On the recordMay 24, 2017
It has been said that a budget is more than a series of statements or line items. It is really a statement of your values and of your priorities. If that is true, then Donald Trump's anti-working families budget shows he doesn't understand the challenges facing honest, hardworking Americans. Let's be clear: the Trump budget was written by some of the wealthiest Americans for the benefit of the wealthiest Americans. This budget is a major setback for the middle class, and it makes life even harder for anyone who is trying to punch a ticket to the middle class. This budget eliminates hundreds of millions of dollars for job creation, it zeros out funding for workforce training and good-paying manufacturing jobs, and it makes it even harder for young people to succeed by cutting teacher training, eliminating afterschool programs, and making it harder to pay off student loans. The American people deserve better. This is not a budget that any Member of Congress should be comfortable supporting. Democrats are speaking out today against the Trump budget. It is time Republicans do the same. ____________________
