[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 13, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H2689-H2690]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             TRUMP'S BUDGET

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was given permission to address the House

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for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I am here to represent the residents 
of Arizona's Second Congressional District. I work for them.
  Our constituents sent us here to practice good government and to 
fight for their values and interests, so I am upset with the 
President's recent budget request.
  A budget is an expression of our values, and this budget further 
proves how out of touch Donald Trump is with real American families.
  This budget ransacks Medicaid, Medicare, and affordable healthcare. 
It makes it harder for Americans to have access to quality healthcare.
  This budget abandons hungry families who are struggling to make ends 
meet. It fails farmers and rural communities. It pushes affordable 
college further out of reach, making it harder for students to attend 
college. And this budget demands billions for a wasteful, ineffective 
wall.
  We need to have a budget that prioritizes working families and not 
large corporations.
  We need to invest more in our education system and invest more in our 
young people, not less.
  What the President has laid out does not accomplish the goals or 
values of American families, and I reject this budget.

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