Congressman Boyle Continues Fight Against Disastrous Republican Budget

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), a member of the House Budget Committee, issued the following statement today in advance of the House floor vote on House Republicans' 2018 Fiscal Year Budget this week:

"I continue to oppose this morally indefensible budget in the strongest possible terms. Americans need a budget that will strengthen our infrastructure, create jobs, and give working families a fair shot at financial stability. Instead, Republicans have outlined a cruel plan that forsakes our government's most basic obligations to children, seniors, struggling families, and the disabled. Instead of investing in the future of our country, this short-sighted budget would undermine some of our most critical investments and pull the rug out from under those Americans who are already struggling to make ends meet.

"As a member of the Budget Committee and a Co-Chair of the Blue Collar Caucus, I have fought against this heartless legislation at every step and I will continue to do everything in my power to protect Americans from these reckless threats to the stability and security of our nation. Now more than ever, we need to invest in the dignity and well-being of America's working families. We have the tools to rebuild the American dream – but this budget would be a wrecking ball."

Boyle voted against the GOP budget when it passed the House Budget Committee by a vote of 22-14 on a party line vote on July 19. He has consistently championed robust federal investment in jobs, education, environmental protection, and infrastructure – which the GOP budget would gut. Boyle believes the federal budget must grow the economy, fuel research and innovation, and create new opportunity for all Americans – not advance special interests at the expense of public interests.

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