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On the recordMarch 13, 2019
On Monday, the Trump administration released what has to be the cruelest and most irresponsible proposed budget in our Nation's 243-year history. The Trump budget adds trillions of dollars to our national debt. The Trump budget cuts $1.5 trillion from Medicaid, $845 billion from Medicare, and $26 billion from Social Security. Meanwhile, it cuts over 90 percent of the funding for freshwater in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. We are not going to be able to combat deadly algal blooms in Lake Erie. We are not going to be able to contain invasive species like the Asian carp. We are not going to be able to restore the Great Lakes and its environmental integrity. The President promised he would never cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, yet he has done exactly that. His proposed budget adds trillions to the national debt while also undermining the financial pillars of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid. Madam Speaker, budgets are a reflection of our values, and President Trump's values are clearly with the 1 percent. He is out of step with the majority of the American people and, surely, those living in northern Ohio. ____________________
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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