Pete Stark: “Today's Budget resolution is a cruel and direct attack on the least advantaged Americans. It shows the majority party's…”

“Today's Budget resolution is a cruel and direct attack on the least advantaged Americans. It shows the majority party's true colors. They are willing to make our children pay the price for their politics in three significant ways: The government infrastructure that benefits the common good and each individual family--our schools, our environment, our park systems, our crime fighting programs--is cut to the bone. Programs providing a safety net for the neediest families with children are gutted. A $10 billion cut in the Budget category 600 translates into a 25% cut in budget authority for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. The proposal to spend $100 billion today on tax breaks for the wealthy to please voters at November's polls instead of investing it for Medicare and Social Security solvency will only devastate our future federal budgets--and our children will pay the price.”