Rosa DeLauro

We are looking at cuts to the Border Patrol. We are looking at gutting border protections.

It is an exploitation of vulnerable children regardless of where a child is from.

We do need to get the authorization for the mandatory program to increase 16 million kids being able to get access to childcare.

The numbers are the President is requesting $600,000,000,000 for childcare. That is a lot of money.

Childcare is essential. It is a crisis. More kids need access to childcare.

It was found by the prior administration that the expanded background checks did not increase the safety of these children.

Cuts to HHS, Health and Human Services, would result in fewer opioid use disorder and medication-assisted treatment programs that millions of people in rural areas depend on.

When a worker in America--mostly women, mostly women of color--are taking care of our next generation of leaders, and they could probably go across the street at that burger joint and apply for a job and make more money flipping burgers…

I must mention how deeply concerned I am over extreme--some House Republican calls for massive spending cuts.

We need to support reproductive healthcare, and family planning has become even more pronounced.

American families need our help. This budget acknowledges that reality.

It would mean that there would be a loss of some 200,000 slots for children in the Head Start program.

What we can tell you is that it would lead to some 100,000 slots for childcare being eliminated from our funding opportunity.

There are some in the Republican House majority that are demanding massive funding cuts in the fiscal year 2024 appropriations.

The cuts are unrealistic, unsustainable, and unacceptable. They threaten so much of the progress we have made in recent years.

These cuts would be devastating to children, families, seniors, veterans.

The maternal mortality rate in this Nation, especially among black and brown women, is unacceptable and, frankly, appalling.

I am proud having served as chair of this committee, and I have served as ranking member in the past of this committee.

Understand and use your voices. Use every ounce of your being in your advocacy to thwart this disastrous effort.

There is a reality out there, with everyone in this room and beyond whatever networks you have, to understand what is being suggested.

I plan to cite the proposed cuts in the future.

Nearly a million people facing suicidal, mental health, or substance use crisis would be unable to access support.

A 22 percent reduction in the 988 Suicide Lifeline, cut responses by 900,000.

It was a crisis before the pandemic, and it certainly was exacerbated by that. So it is front and center.

We need to respect the decisions that women make. We need to trust women.