[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H1127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PRESIDENT'S BUDGET

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, President Trump stood in this very 
Chamber last week promising that he would protect Medicare and Social 
Security, but like so many things with this administration, that empty 
promise didn't even last a week. In fact, when he sent his budget 
proposal to Congress on Monday, it cut more than $1.6 trillion for 
Medicare, Medicaid, and other healthcare programs. It cut another $24 
billion from Social Security.
  As the top 1 percent of wealthy corporations continue to benefit from 
the President's tax cut, he is now asking for you, the American people, 
to pay for it.
  He likes to brag that the stock market is up and unemployment is 
down, but what he refuses to acknowledge is that the economy isn't 
working for most working folks.
  Healthcare costs are rising as his administration sues the eliminate 
the ACA in its entirety. The cost of living is increasing as he tries 
to cut funding for affordable housing. And prescription drug prices 
continue to climb despite our passage of H.R. 3, which is collecting 
dust on Mitch McConnell's desk.
  The President's budget is nothing more than assault on hardworking 
families just trying to keep a roof over their heads and put food on 
their table. The American people deserve better.
  House Democrats are going to continue passing legislation that 
actually gets government working for the people again, and the 
President and Mitch McConnell should get off the sidelines and join us 
in this effort.

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