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Durbin Statement On President Trump's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Request

Statement

Date: May 23, 2017
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Executive Branch Government Budget and Spending

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today released the following statement after President Donald Trump submitted his fiscal year 2018 budget request to Congress:

"In the America of President Trump's budget, children, working families, seniors, and people with disabilities will be "fined,' while the wealthiest Americans will get a "bonus.' What's so "great' about that America?"


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