Moulton Reacts to President Trump’s Shortsighted Budget Proposal
March 16, 2017
Moulton: “For a President who talks about "America First," this budget puts Americans last."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget for Fiscal Year 2018.
“For a President who talks about "America First," this budget puts Americans last.
“During the campaign, Donald Trump promised to create good-paying jobs, invest in our infrastructure, and ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to thrive in the new economy. I have advocated for all those things myself—they are bipartisan priorities. Yet, President Trump’s budget makes no mention of jobs, infrastructure investment, or expanding economic opportunity for all Americans.
“This budget makes all the wrong trade-offs. Cutting investments in research and development that advance lifesaving medicines and spur untold economic innovation and job creation is beyond shortsighted. It is destructive to America. To pay for a wall that no one actually wants, Trump is gutting the Coast Guard and the airport security funding that protect our seas and skies. To build up a military to fight wars, Trump guts the State Department’s capacity to avoid wars through diplomacy and directly puts our troops lives’ at increased risk. To give massive tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires, Trump cuts entrepreneurship, rural investment, and job-training programs that support middle-class workers and small business owners. It’s all the wrong trade-offs.
Instead, I’d invest in America: in our people, in our schools, and in our infrastructure, to reignite the American Dream and spur our future prosperity as a nation. Trump's budget will prevent Americans from attaining economic opportunity and security, and Americans deserve a plan that helps all of us succeed in the new economy and prepares our country to win the 21st century.”
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