Governor Andy Beshear claims one word sums up this legislative session denial.

He says the Kentucky General Assembly denied the state's spending needs and Medicaid, housing and other programs.

It was also denial of of people struggling to put food on the table with the snap cuts that have happened and are coming.

My budget had $50 million going to our food banks to help people in need.

Not only did they not do that, they didn't fully fund senior meals.

After what we saw previously, which suggested that they thought that was important.

We didn't see any extra dollars to make health care more affordable.

After Congress didn't extend the ACA credits that so many people, needed.

We didn't see a rural hospital fund, which I tried to create to make sure that this largest payroll and so many of these communities doesn't close, because if it does, so does the the local coffee shop and restaurant bank, insurance company.

I mean, those are just such important parts of, rural Kentucky and rural America.

But my job is to take whatever good I can from this budget and to continue the momentum that we've got.

I don't believe in excuses.

And so we will do our best in each of these situations to to find a way.