Adriano Espaillat: “A budget is a moral contract between elected officials--the government--and the people we were elected to represent.…”

“A budget is a moral contract between elected officials--the government--and the people we were elected to represent. That is why I am proud to rise in support of the people's budget, presented by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. This budget serves as a Progressive alternative to the GPO's cruel budget plan, a plan that prioritizes tax breaks for billionaires over the need to fund care for seniors in nursing homes and children and struggling families in places like Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. I was proud to help draft the people's budget, which invests $200 billion to ensure that families in Texas, Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Florida, and the U.S. territories have the immediate assistance they need right now. The people's budget would also reduce the deficit by $700 billion over the next 20 years by investing in human capital. We would do this while enacting comprehensive immigration reform, protecting DREAMers, and ending funding for family detention centers. Mr. Chair, I encourage my colleagues to support the people's budget and reject H. Con. Res. 71. Let's stands with the working class, the middle class, and the immigrants in our country. This is the right thing to do for our people and for our economy. Mr. McCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, I am prepared to close when the gentleman from Arizona is finished, and I reserve the balance of my time.”