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The Trump administration will release its full budget this upcoming Tuesday, May 23, and all indications are that it will expand on the cruel and irresponsible budget blueprint from March, breaking even more of the President’s promises to the American people.

House Budget Committee Ranking Member John Yarmuth, House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Nita Lowey, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, House Budget Committee Vice Ranking Member Pramila Jayapal, and House Appropriations Committee Vice Ranking Member Derek Kilmer joined with representatives from NDD United at a press conference calling on Congress to raise the 2018 spending caps.

Ranking Member Yarmuth says GOP repeal bill weakens healthcare protections for most Americans and leaves families worse off.

Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, delivered opening remarks at today’s hearing with GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, where he challenged his Republican colleagues on the committee to condemn the President’s reckless calls for a government shutdown.

"President Trump’s plan cuts taxes for the wealthy and corporations by trillions of dollars, which will lead to massive cuts to programs that provide economic security to millions of American families."

"It’s clear this debate for them is about politics and ideology and not good health care policy.”

Congressional Republicans are confronting this reality, even though they don’t realize it and would never admit we already have a single-payer system.

"It is tempting to see Donald Trump’s “skinny budget” as a mirror of the man himself. This would be a mistake. Although the budget brandishes Trump’s signature inanities...it thoroughly expresses the values of the Republican congressional majority."