Chris Van Hollen: “you know, it was just 30 days ago that President Trump took the oath of office just down the hall here in the Rotunda.…”

“you know, it was just 30 days ago that President Trump took the oath of office just down the hall here in the Rotunda. Thirty days later, he continues to betray the promises that he made to the American people when he was on the campaign trail. He promised he would focus on reducing prices and costs that the American people have to bear. In fact, costs are going up. He promised to fight for working Americans, the forgotten Americans, but with the help of the richest man in the world Elon Musk, he is actually going about cutting very important public services to the American people in order to make way for and pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest in this country--people like Elon Musk. I come to the Senate floor today because we are in the process of setting up the framework in which that is going to happen. Republicans are bringing to the floor--probably tomorrow--a budget resolution that will set in motion that process of providing tax cuts for the very wealthy at the expense of other Americans. That is a great betrayal by the Trump administration. But before I talk about that great betrayal by Donald Trump, I want to talk about another betrayal that is going on as we speak, and that is his betrayal of the Ukrainian people and everybody who yearns for and fights for freedom and democracy around the world.…”