Congress just passed Trump’s Disastrous Budget Bill. Here is Representative Eskamani’s statement in response:
“The budget bill passed today is a devastating blueprint for cruelty. It slashes funding for programs that millions of families rely on — from food assistance and Medicaid to housing vouchers and education. It guts environmental protections, defunds public health efforts, and undermines critical services for veterans, seniors, and people with disabilities. It’s a billionaire’s budget, designed not to serve the people but to satisfy the demands of the ultra-wealthy and the far-right. While Donald Trump’s net worth has soared, this budget cuts billions from programs that help children eat, ensure new moms get care, and allow working-class families to survive.
It weaponizes federal funding to advance extremist policies — including anti-immigrant enforcement, attacks on LGBTQ+ communities, and the criminalization of abortion care. It threatens reproductive freedom, undermines civil rights protections, and advances a dangerous agenda of fear and control.
This bill isn’t about fiscal responsibility. It’s about punishment. It’s about using the power of government to hurt those with the least, while protecting and enriching those with the most. And it’s a terrifying preview of what Republican control at every level could look like if we don’t fight back — and win.”