I am pleased that you are reaching out to the private sector. I am pleased that you are reaching out to foundations.

How can the United States, in all good conscience, leave millions of children and their family members vulnerable by denying treatment or preventative interventions?

This budget would abandon our allies and encourage the worst behavior by Russia.

The United States will not maintain our global leadership if we slash our development and diplomacy budgets.

I am a strong supporter of public-private partnerships, but I am strongly opposed to a proposal when President Trump has emphasized infrastructure.

I do not want, frankly, the responsibility for these major infrastructure programs that the President talked about, and how he was going to create jobs, fall on the tax base of our local citizens.

It would be unfair, in my judgment, to force New Yorkers to pay for even more, particularly when many infrastructure developments and economic gains in New York benefit the economy of the entire Nation.

While I am very pleased that your budget focuses on readiness and strengthening our military, I have serious concerns about how this dynamic world would impact nondefense discretionary funding.

The Department of Defense's task to track the quickly changing global security landscape and ensure the defense of our Nation and our allies is both exceedingly challenging and costly.

I am concerned that the President's plan lacks actual funding and, instead, would put a burden on State and local taxpayers to pay for those programs.

I know many of us sleep better at night in this very difficult world knowing that you are there making decisions.