President Trump's abysmal budget assumes savings from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and deep cuts to the Medicaid program.

one thing we learn at a young age is the very basic principle that, when you give your word, you keep it. On June I, on the international stage, President Trump signaled to the rest of the world that America cannot be relied upon to meet…

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You reduce discretionary spending by nearly $8 billion, a 12 percent cut.

Improving access is essential.

You target women's health, and Senator Murray has talked about this, by discriminating against providers that serve low-income women.

Now, the healthcare bill was voted on in the House, but most House Members never read it.

It's obvious the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services is very, very wide; it touches every American.

Are you saying that in, for example, a program in Vermont where 68 percent of medication-assisted treatment is funded through Medicaid, even though you're making enormous cuts in Medicaid--reducing national Medicaid spending by over $600…

You have a 17 percent cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As a child, I believed in the Tooth Fairy, but I'm a little bit older now.

You eliminate funding for teen pregnancy prevention.

Twenty-three million Americans would lose coverage, and your administration celebrated a bill that will do that.

I'm talking about a program that seems to be working now. You're talking about taking the money away from this program that's working and saying that somewhere you're going to give some flexibility.

I don't support your enormous cuts you've made in Trumpcare in the House bill.

And if these cuts weren't bad enough, you also assume savings from the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and deep cuts to the Medicaid program.

I compliment you, Secretary Price, for traveling around the country to look at the concerns of those who are facing opioid addiction.

The best way to create a 'foundation of greatness' is to support programs that lift people up.

They don't want to go back to those days.

You leave people in the cold by eliminating the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP.

The massive cuts to the Medicaid program, which your administration endorsed in the House-passed bill, and assumed in your budget, would have the opposite effect.

If we do not lift the budget caps from 2 years ago, effectively, we are robbing Peter to pay Paul.

I thank the distinguished senior Senator from Illinois for his comments. Certainly we hear those same things in town meetings in Vermont. Russia Investigation Mr. President, on another matter, this afternoon, Attorney General Sessions will…

I have been on this committee for an awful lot of years.

I think there has to be a commitment, though, if they are going to get the funding they need.