#budget-proposal

#budget-proposal

Mary Lou McDonald stated that "the deficit in infrastructure is on you," emphasizing the critical need for a cost of living package within the Budget, highlighting rising costs including home heating oil and rents.

"This is catastrophic for space science and astrophysics," decried theoretical physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein. "Globally catastrophic, not just for Americans."

Rep. Brittany Pettersen expressed her distress over being forced back to D.C. for a vote on President Trump's budget proposal, calling it disastrous and harmful to rural healthcare.

“I just can't accept this is the new normal. So President Trump, his goal in the Senate was to make the big, beautiful bill even better.”

The proposed budget brings an $18.8-billion spending plan for the upcoming school year but raises concerns about future cuts as the district’s revenue falls short.

San Mateo County's proposed budget reflects increased pressures on revenues and expenses, ensuring flexibility amidst uncertainties, while prioritizing children, families, seniors, and mental health support.

Giving parents the ability to choose the best education for their child makes the American Dream possible," said Republican Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy.

The proposed budget reveals a sweeping restructuring of rental assistance, significantly cutting federal support and empowering states to tailor housing solutions according to their needs.

The NEA has come under the axe of US President Donald Trump once again as he proposes to eliminate its funding as part of his 2026 budget.

President Trump appears set to propose freezing civilian federal employees' pay next year, marking the first pay freeze since 2013 and reflecting ongoing tensions with federal labor.

"Let's be clear: Trump and his allies in Congress are cooking the books in broad daylight. They don't want Americans to know that their scam of a tax bill, which gives trillions in giveaways to their billionaire and corporate donors, costs over $5 trillion."

"We will not be able to maintain the trust of our community and continue to spend tens of millions of dollars a year to invest in interim housing ... if we cannot prove to [residents] that it allows us to resolve the homeless encampments that have caused so much harm to the broader community."

House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget, said House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries.