Betty McCollum: “This needs to be a whole-of-government approach. We need to be relying on diplomacy and development, and defense should…”

Mr. Speaker, last week the Republican Majority in the House of Representatives decided that they know better than the residents of the District of Columbia what their local government needs.

I expressed my serious concerns with how this resolution was written then, but nothing has changed.

The Republican's Reckless Budget Scheme is back on the House floor today, proposing the same devastating cuts to our families and communities in exchange for massive tax breaks for Elon Musk, President Trump, and their billionaire buddies.

This bill does nothing to address the health care affordability crisis and is full of tired, failed ideas from previous GOP efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA).