Boyle Statement on Passage of Senate Budget Resolution

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after Senate Republicans voted to pass a budget resolution that adds trillions to the debt and doubles down on historic Medicaid cuts:

“Once again, Donald Trump and his sycophantic followers in Congress are showing us who they really work for. This Republican budget would deliver a staggering $7 trillion in giveaways to billionaires and big corporations while making the largest cuts to Medicaid in US history. After today, I don’t want to ever hear another word about ‘fiscal responsibility’ from the party that just chose to blatantly lie about exploding the deficit and national debt.

With Donald Trump tanking our economy and imposing the largest tax hike in history on working families, the last thing they need is for Republicans to rip away affordable health care and force kids to go hungry, but that’s exactly what Senate Republicans just voted to do. This fight isn’t over — and as the top Democrat on the Budget Committee I will continue to fight, along with my House Democratic colleagues, to do everything possible to fight back against Donald Trump’s betrayal of middle-class families.”

Background:

Click here to read Ranking Member Boyle’s statement outlining how the so-called current policy baseline is nothing more than “D.C. jargon for the single most irresponsible tax bill in American history.”

Click here to read a new estimate from the Joint Committee on Taxation showing the staggering cost of Republicans’ giveaways to billionaires.

Click here to read a one-pager showing how it is impossible for Republicans to reach the targets in their budget resolution without making the largest Medicaid cuts in US history.

Click here for district information from House Budget Committee Democrats on Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, and SNAP enrollment in communities across America.

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