In new reporting today, Garrity is opposing the bipartisan, commonsense budget Gov. Shapiro signed into law

After Governor Shapiro delivered another budget, Garrity is coming out in vocal opposition to funding for Pennsylvania schools, public safety, and more

PENNSYLVANIA – Today, after weeks of hiding her position, Stacy Garrity is making news in voicing her opposition to the commonsense, bipartisan budget Governor Josh Shapiro signed into law. The budget Garrity opposes earned massive bipartisan support in the House and the Senate – as leaders on both sides of the aisle who praised the budget’s commitment to “important investments in education” and “improvements that prioritize rural Pennsylvania” all while avoiding “tax increases, cuts to government services or tapping into the Commonwealth’s Rainy Day fund.”

Today’s news makes it clear: Stacy Garrity opposes funding for law enforcement, education, economic development, and many more critically important priorities to move Pennsylvania forward.

Garrity said Pennsylvania is spending “too much money” on supporting working families, investing in our students, growing our economy, and making our communities safer. Garrity specifically called out funding for Pennsylvania schools as the “perfect example” of what she opposes.

After months of railing against the budget – aligning herself with Doug Mastriano and the fringes of her party over the people of Pennsylvania – Garrity is once again showing her desire to hold our Commonwealth back. This comes after Garrity opposed and said she would have voted against the bipartisan, commonsense 2025-26 budget deal, and called the 2026-27 deal “totally unacceptable.” At the same time, she is running on her 100% support of Donald Trump’s agenda that has raised costs for Pennsylvanians – from his healthcare cuts and tariffs, to the war of choice in Iran that is driving up costs on everything from gas to groceries.

Read more on Garrity’s opposition to the commonsense, bipartisan budget Gov. Shapiro signed into law:

The Center Square: Garrity says $50.8B state budget Shapiro signed is too high

• As Gov. Josh Shapiro makes his rounds across the commonwealth promoting the $50.8 billion state budget he signed into law earlier this month, his Republican challenger is voicing her opposition.
• “Too much money,” State Treasurer Stacy Garrity said in a response to a question from The Center Square on Monday.
• “We expect families to spend within their means, and our state should be doing the same thing,” Garrity said.
• “From day one, my Administration has been laser-focused on delivering results for the people of Pennsylvania — and what we’re doing is working,” Shapiro said. “In a divided legislature, we’ve proven time and again that Democrats and Republicans can come together to get stuff done for the good people of Pennsylvania — cutting taxes, investing in education and workforce development, and keeping the economy growing.”
• “By listening to Pennsylvanians and working together, we’re solving problems and building on the last three years of real progress,” he continued.
• According to the governor’s office, the budget includes more resources for schools and students, expanded workforce development initiatives, nearly 400 more state troopers, support for start-ups, expanded mental health services, and more support for children and families.
• The latest budget cruised through both chambers.
• Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman, a Republican, who voted in support of the budget proposal, described it as an “imperfectly good plan that will keep Pennsylvania on a promising path for the future.”
• House Minority Leader Jesse Topper, a Republican representing the state House’s 78th District that spans parts of Bedford and Fulton counties, said that the budget approved by the General Assembly continued their “recent history of scouring every corner of state government for existing taxpayer dollars to avoid tax increases, cuts to government services or tapping into the Commonwealth’s Rainy Day fund.”
• “I am also glad to see important investments in education where we are combatting the ongoing issue of growing waitlists at career and technical centers, expanding the successful GROW PA program to ensure Pennsylvania’s graduates have incentive to stay here, and ensuring our largest state-related universities receive funding based upon meeting new performance metrics and accountability provisions,” Topper said.
• Improvements that prioritize rural Pennsylvania were also included in the budget, according to Topper, although he did warn that work “remains on reversing troubling fiscal trends in Pennsylvania to avoid tough budgetary decisions in the future.”
• The final spend number from Shapiro is less than what he originally proposed during his budget address in February, when he wanted to spend $53.2 billion for the 2026-2027 fiscal year.
• Still, Garrity said the agreed upon $50.8 billion budget is “too high.”
• Garrity referenced her background from the private sector when discussing how she thinks the governor should address the state budget.
• Education, Garrity said, was the “perfect example.”
• When explaining his yes vote, Pittman pointed to the Senate Republican Caucus keeping the state’s $7.7 billion Rainy Day Fund “fully intact,” which was a priority for his side of the aisle.
• “Through tremendous hard work we identified and pulled $1.5 billion out of the couch cushions of bureaucracy to balance this budget,” Pittman said. “The ultimate long-term solutions to our budgetary challenges are economic opportunity and growth, and I am proud that the agreement includes numerous policies to support families, invest in our local communities, and foster needed growth.”

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