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Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, speaks on the Senate floor at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Niederhauser says the higher tax on food is needed because it's more reliable than sales tax collected on other items. He says even in a recession, people buy groceries and Utah needs a stable revenue source to pay for programs that the poor rely on like Medicaid. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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FILE - In this March 10, 2016 file photo, state Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, speaks during a news conference in Salt Lake City. Niederhauser, a Sandy accountant and real estate developer who has served in the Legislature for over a decade, said at the start of the session that this year that settling and balancing Utah's budget is one of his chief priorities this year - as it is every year. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)