House of Representatives ·
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2027
“I oppose this budget plan. Republicans are simply giving President Trump everything he asks for, including huge tax breaks for the rich, billions more for immigration enforcement, and billions more for war. At the same time, they cut healthcare and food help for regular people, and they rejected our amendments to lower costs.”
“Mr. Chairman, there is a great scene in the movie ``Jurassic Park’’ where the scientist says: You guys are so preoccupied with whether you could, you forgot to ask whether you should. I think the Republicans have been so preoccupied with counting votes to see if they can do the President’s bidding that they have forgotten to ask whether they should. First, they brought a budget bill to the floor of this House that took away people’s healthcare and food so they could give billionaires and corporations the largest permanent tax break in American history. Next, President Trump said: I need $70 billion more for the ICE agents acting as my personal police force. They are going around and using kids as bait, ripping apart families, murdering American citizens on the streets of our country. Republicans said: Fine, we will do that. Now, Trump wants another $95 billion for his forever war in the Middle East. Mr. Chairman, 18 Americans are dead. There is a 19-year- old coming home in a coffin this week, never to spend another holiday or birthday with her family. Everything from gas to groceries has gone up, and America is less safe because of it. But Republicans say: Absolutely, no problem. We will do it. Is there anything Trump wants that Republicans will say no to? I think the answer is no. Democrats offered commonsense amendments that said let’s lower the cost of healthcare, let’s lower the cost of goods, and let’s end corruption. Republican Members said no to all of them. I even offered an amendment that said you can’t use $400 million of taxpayer money to build your ballroom vanity project. What did Republicans say? Fine with us. We will do it because we can. But should you? No.”
Mr. Chairman, there is a great scene in the movie ``Jurassic Park’’ where the scientist says: You guys are so preoccupied with whether you could, you forgot to ask whether you should. I think the Republicans have been so preoccupied with counting votes to see if they can do the President’s bidding that they have forgotten to ask whether they should. First, they brought a budget bill to the floor of this House that took away people’s healthcare and food so they could give billionaires and corporations the largest permanent tax break in American history. Next, President Trump said: I need $70 billion more for the ICE agents acting as my personal police force. They are going around and using kids as bait, ripping apart families, murdering American citizens on the streets of our country. Republicans said: Fine, we will do that. Now, Trump wants another $95 billion for his forever war in the Middle East. Mr. Chairman, 18 Americans are dead. There is a 19-year- old coming home in a coffin this week, never to spend another holiday or birthday with her family. Everything from gas to groceries has gone up, and America is less safe because of it. But Republicans say: Absolutely, no problem. We will do it. Is there anything Trump wants that Republicans will say no to? I think the answer is no. Democrats offered commonsense amendments that said let’s lower the cost of healthcare, let’s lower the cost of goods, and let’s end corruption. Republican Members said no to all of them. I even offered an amendment that said you can’t use $400 million of taxpayer money to build your ballroom vanity project. What did Republicans say? Fine with us. We will do it because we can. But should you? No.