WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) issued the following statement after Senate passage of the FY 2018 Budget Resolution, a framework to pass tax legislation that would increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion over the next decade.
“The Senate Republican budget resolution is an abomination. It threatens huge cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and essential programs that help poor families and people with disabilities — all to pay for President Trump's effort to give massive tax cuts to the ultra-wealthy and well-connected.”
“We should be investing in our future and finding ways to level the playing field for Americans facing high costs and stagnating wages, not pursuing deficit-busting policies that hurt everyday Americans and only benefit the very wealthiest.”
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