Congressman Boyle Statement on Trump 2018 Budget

WASHINGTON, DC– Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-13), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Committee on the Budget, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's FY2018 Budget:

"As a member of the House Budget Committee and co-chair of the Blue Collar Caucus, I strongly oppose President Trump's budget proposal, which is somehow even more cruel and reckless than the budget outline he released in March. Working Americans need a fair shot at economic stability. This budget demonstrates that Trump wants to abandon the federal government's most basic obligations to middle class families, the poor, the sick, the young, and the disabled. From Meals on Wheels to the EPA and student debt relief, this heartless and short-sighted budget will unnecessarily expose more Americans to hardship by hobbling our national investments, pulling the rug out from beneath the most vulnerable among us.

"President Trump's budget would eviscerate Medicaid, SNAP, children's health insurance, Social Security Disability Insurance, and other anti-poverty programs by a total of $1.7 trillion to pay for his desired tax cuts for the rich, which will cost anywhere between $3 and $7 trillion dollars, according to the conservative Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. This budget is confirmation that Trump values handouts for the extremely rich over protecting the well-being and dignity of the millions of working Americans who are already struggling to make ends meet.

"This budget undermines some of our most critical investments in infrastructure, education, job training, and research. It also guts important diplomatic investments overseas that bring peace and stability to our uncertain world and solidify our leadership in global affairs. At home and abroad, this budget is a giant step backward for American ideals.

"I will do everything in my power to fight this budget. It is fundamentally bankrupt both in a moral and fiscal sense."

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