[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 46 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H2722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUDGET
(Mr. CARBAJAL asked and was given permission to address the House for
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, this week the President broke his promise
to America's seniors that he would not cut Medicare or Social Security
benefits.
After Republicans in Congress passed a massive tax giveaway for
corporations and the wealthiest 1 percent, the President now wants to
balance the budget on the backs of our seniors and students.
This budget cuts $2 trillion from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social
Security over the next 10 years, programs that our seniors have paid
into for decades.
As students face a $1 trillion student loan debt crisis, Trump's
budget pushes affordable college further out of reach by cutting $207
billion from student loan programs.
Thankfully, Americans voted overwhelmingly last election to place a
check on this President by sending a new Democratic majority to
Congress, and they can rest assured knowing that we will not consider
the President's cruel budget cuts in this House.
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