Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2026

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Mr. McGARVEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this Republican budget.

Last year, my Republican colleagues forced through a budget that gave ICE over $80 billion.

Let's put that in perspective: Last year, ICE got more than double the amount that they got during the entirety of Trump's first Presidency, but somehow that is not enough.

Now, they are trying to push through another $70 billion with no reforms, no accountability, no strings attached, nothing. That is $70 billion in taxpayer dollars for an agency responsible for kidnapping people off the street, murdering U.S. citizens, separating families, detaining children, and breaking down doors without warrants.

That is $70 billion in taxpayer dollars for masked, armed, and untrained agents who don't answer to anyone; $70 billion in taxpayer dollars for a campaign of terror directed at our own neighbors, while the rest of the country struggles to feed their families, pay rent, go to the doctor, and keep the lights on.

I am so tired of hearing that we don't have enough money for our schools and hospitals, no money to make sure that our veterans are taken care of, no money to make sure that everyone has a roof over their head, and no money for healthcare. I mean, just a couple of weeks ago, we were told that we don't even have the money to make sure that pregnant women can have fruits and vegetables.

Yet, the second that Trump needs more money to bankroll his own personal police force, Republicans in Congress can move mountains. For ICE, we have $70 billion. For everyone else, nothing.

This is intentional. It is a choice, and it is the wrong one.

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