Patty Murray Warns Against Trump's Proposed Cuts and Chaos in Appropriations

Bipartisan Appropriations and Investments

• 🤝 Patty Murray acknowledges the bipartisan work on appropriations bills, noting they represent critical investments in families and the country's future.
• 🇺🇸 The bills fund essential areas like defense, healthcare, child care, education, medical research, and workforce training, crucial for national security and American livelihoods.
• 🎯 These appropriations aim to help people solve problems and reject devastating cuts and chaos proposed by President Trump.

Rejection of Trump's Vision

• ⚠️ Murray warns against the path proposed by Trump and Russ Vought, which would diminish bipartisanship and congressional power.
• 🏛️ Their vision involves the president and OMB director dictating decisions, with Republicans cutting programs as instructed, potentially harming their constituents.
• 🚫 This path contrasts with bipartisan agreements that secure investments and allow constituents a say in how tax dollars are spent.

Specific Program Impacts

• 📉 The LHS bill rejects Trump's proposed cuts to workforce programs for substance use, HIV, and pandemics.
• 👩‍⚕️ It eliminates women's health investments, including Title 10 funding and teen pregnancy prevention programs, and avoids halving the CDC's budget.
• 📚 Trump's backward proposals, like eliminating preschool grants or slashing public school funding and ending Job Corps, are also rejected.
• 🔬 The bill rejects a 40% cut to medical research, increasing the NIH budget by $400 million to support research against cancer, Alzheimer's, and other diseases.

Administration's Actions and Accountability

• ⚖️ Murray criticizes the administration for ignoring Congress, breaking laws, and dismantling programs without transparency.
• 🏫 Despite laws preventing it, Trump is shipping CTE and adult education programs to other agencies, with similar intentions for Title 1 programs.
• 📊 Billions in congressionally secured funds are being held up or impounded, with data illegally hidden, preventing oversight.
• 🚫 A footnote from Russ Vought paused $15 billion in NIH funding, overriding Congress and NIH, which is deemed unacceptable.

Conclusion and Future Actions

• ✅ Murray emphasizes that the bills represent vital funds and reject devastating proposals, despite not achieving all desired investments.
• 🗳️ She will vote yes to advance both bills, continuing the fight for bipartisan progress that invests in communities and global strength.
• 🗣️ She calls for colleagues to speak out against the administration's defiance of laws and its harmful actions.