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Checking in at a little more than 3,500 words, below is a transcript of Gov. Charlie Baker's second State of the Commonwealth Address.
BOSTON — With House lawmakers poised to vote Wednesday on whether to approve a new pay package that could net public officials big bumps in salary, Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop) told reporters Tuesday that the proposal is "not anything new."
"This wasn't myself just thinking during the Christmas holiday that this would be a good thing to do," DeLeo said during a media availability held immediately House Democrats finished a closed-door caucus. "This is something I've been hearing about for years from constitutional officers, I've been hearing from House members, Senate members — an awful lot of, you know, folks."