2019 Budget
President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2019 Budget
On February 12th, the President unveiled his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2019. This budget bankrupts the country – it doesn’t even come close to balancing – and sets our economy up to fail. Budgets are about priorities, and this one makes President Trump’s priorities clear: he does not prioritize fiscal sustainability; middle class workers and their families; investments in our economy; or stable, long-term funding certainty for our military and national security agencies. Middle class Americans should have no doubt, after seeing the tax law and this budget, that President Trump is looking out for the wealthy and not for them. His budget cuts investments in job creation, innovation, infrastructure, medical and scientific research, nutrition assistance, and law enforcement. It embraces TrumpCare, kicking millions of Americans off coverage and increasing costs for millions more. It also pursues deep cuts to Medicaid, putting care at risk for seniors in nursing homes, children with disabilities, and low-income families. This is an inefficient, ineffective, and irresponsible budget that ought to be rejected by the Congress.
2019 Budget Related
Thank you, Chairman John Yarmuth and Ranking Member Steve Womack.
I am glad that a federal judge today acted to prevent the Trump Administration from tampering with the 2020 Census. Our founding generation created the decennial census in order to ensure an accurate count of all those living within our borders, subject to our laws, and participating in our economy.
Tonight, President Trump and Republicans chose to end their House Majority the way they have governed over the past two years, rejecting bipartisan compromise and embracing extremism, to the detriment of our country.
WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) appeared on CNN's "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer" this evening to urge President Trump and Congressional Republicans to work with Democrats to fund government and avoid another Trump shutdown. Below are excerpts from the interview and a link to the video.
My view is we ought to pass the agreement that we all thought had been agreed to by all parties including the President of the United States.
This morning, President Trump is gearing up to shut down the government over his costly, ineffective border wall that he knows cannot pass the Senate. A look at the headlines shows blame for this shutdown is going to land exactly where it belongs—with the man who said he would be “proud” to shut down the government for a “very long time” just ahead of Christmas.
What a sad day. Mr. Chairman [Rodney Frelinghuysen], I feel badly that you're leaving on this note.
What is happening now is continuation of the dysfunctional, deeply divided Republican Leadership and the Congress.
Instead of putting the Senate-passed CR on the Floor to prevent another Trump shutdown, Republican leaders are gearing up to put their CR/border wall funding bill on the Floor for a House vote. But there are some responsible Republicans out there who don’t agree with their leadership that they should shut down the government. Take a look:
Moments ago on the House Floor, Leader Pelosi offered a privileged resolution that would fund the remainder of government as well as extend a number of other critical programs through September 30, 2019.