Political Quotes

“On Monday, the Trump administration released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2021. It was titled ``A Budget for America's Future,'' but its vision for that future is bleak. Its vision of the future is the true American carnage that President Trump described in his inaugural address. It envisions an America that is less than it can or should be. It envisions an America where working families are left to struggle while the wealthy continue to prosper. Rather than expanding economic opportunity to all, it would force families to choose between food and other essentials by cutting nutrition assistance by $182 billion so more children and more people would go hungry in America, the richest nation on the face of the Earth. It would completely eliminate the Community Development Block Grant, which helps local communities keep millions out of poverty. Rather than ensuring healthcare is accessible to all, this budget cuts Medicaid by $900 billion and slashes Medicare by half a trillion dollars, even though the President promised he would never touch the program's funding from that podium just a few days ago. It would also cut research into lifesaving cures at the National Institutes of Health by $3.3 billion--penny-wise, pound-foolish. It cuts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by more than half a billion dollars, at a moment when we need to protect our people against the coronavirus and other public health threats. Mr.…”