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On the recordMarch 9, 2023
on the President's budget, today, as we all know, President Biden will release his budget for fiscal year 2024. As promised, the President's budget is set to be a bold, optimistic, and serious proposal for strengthening our economy and creating opportunities to climb into the middle class as well as helping people stay there once they get in the middle class. The President's budget succeeds where Republicans have failed by presenting a realistic blueprint for lowering the deficit without cutting benefits tens of millions of Americans rely upon. Unlike the Republicans, the President's plan actually protects Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid while building on Democrats' work to lower prescription drug costs and save taxpayer dollars. Again, Republicans love to talk about deficit cuts and saving tax dollars, but Democrats are the ones actually getting it done. The President's budget prioritizes a strong defense. It offers robust support for Ukraine, which, after last night's brutal missile barrage, remains as urgent as ever. Unlike Republicans, the President's plan invests in America instead of starving it. The President's budget invests in advanced manufacturing and high-tech jobs and scientific research, job training, education, and apprenticeships. The President's budget asks the wealthiest Americans to pay just a little more of their fair share in taxes so that programs like Medicare remain solvent for decades.…
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
Mar 9, 2023

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