[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 24, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E714]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRUMPSCARE, OR THE PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2017

  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, the federal budget is more than a 
financial document; it is an expression of our values and priorities as 
a nation.
  Sadly, the President's budget fails this moral test of government.
  This budget does not reflect our dreams for our nation; rather it is 
the ``Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue.''
  Mr. Speaker, it appears that the President loves TrumpCare so much 
that he decided to double down and give us ``TrumpScare'' for a budget.
  This TrumpScare budget stacks the deck for the rich while undermining 
hard-working Americans everywhere.
  Throwing billions at defense while ransacking America's investments 
in jobs, education, clean energy and lifesaving medical research will 
leave our nation weakened.
  America will not be made great by stealing another $610 billion from 
Medicaid, abandoning seniors and families in need, depriving students 
of realizing a dream to attend college without drowning in debt, or 
disinvesting in the working families to give unwanted tax breaks to 
wealthy corporations and the top 1 percent.
  America will not be positioned to compete and win in the global, 
interconnected, and digital economy by slashing funding for scientific 
research, the arts and humanities, job retraining, and clean energy.
  And the President's TrumpScare budget does not ``put America First'' 
by cutting Social Security Disability Insurance benefits and Meals on 
Wheels for Americans who depend upon these programs to sustain 
themselves.
  Even a cursory review leaves the inescapable conclusion that this 
budget represents a betrayal--of our values as a nation, and of the 
promises made by the President during the election campaign.
  Just like the ``TrumpRussia'' scandal, we have another mystery and 
the question is: ``Whodunit?''
  So the real question is whether the budgetary priorities in the 
budget represent a betrayal of the President, or a betrayal by the 
President of the promises he made repeatedly to the American people?
  The answer to this question will tell us all we need to know about 
this budget and this President.

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