Political Quotes

“This morning, President Trump has released the first budget proposal of his administration. In reading through the budget proposal, I am reminded of what President Trump said in the summer when he was speaking to the African- American community in a rally in Philadelphia. He said: What do you have to lose? This is what we have to lose: eliminating the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant program, whose sole purpose is to combat poverty nationwide. This is what we have to lose: cutting funding for Head Start and before- and after-school programs for our kids does not give them a chance to get ahead. This is what we have to lose: stripping funding for Medicaid in your new healthcare law that provides critical services for our most vulnerable. This is what we have to lose: all of those cuts do not give our seniors, our children, and our working families a chance to get ahead. Our communities have too much to lose, Mr. President. Our communities need the opportunity to make crucial investments that make our neighborhoods stronger block by block. ____________________”