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On the recordApril 28, 2017
tomorrow will be President Trump's 100th day in office. This week, we Democrats have spent each day highlighting how this President has broken or failed to fulfill promise after promise to the working men and women of America on issue after issue-- on jobs and the economy, on healthcare, and on draining the swamp. Earlier today, my colleagues talked about how the President's budget is another example of his tendency to promise one thing and then do another. Despite promising to address the issues of education, infrastructure, and scientific research, the President's budget takes a meat ax to the funding for NIH and NSF, vital school programs, and transportation grants. This morning, I want to touch on a few examples of the broken promises that characterize the President's first 100 days, broken promises to the working men and women of America. In the campaign, he ran as a populist against both the Democratic and Republican establishments. He is governing from the special interest- laden hard right--far, far away from where the American people want him to go. In the President's scramble to show some progress before his 100th day, he has rushed to make progress on the wall, healthcare, and taxes. This desperate sprint has only left these three efforts more damaged than before.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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Apr 28, 2017

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