The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee is sounding the alarm about a Republican proposal to cut agency spending to fiscal 2022 levels, warning it would “put people at risk,” including veterans, seniors, and people with low incomes.
These comments by Rep. Rosa DeLauro come as federal agencies have responded to her January request asking to detail what $130 billion in cuts would mean for the federal government
“The draconian cuts would take away the opportunity for 80,000 people to attend college and impact all 6.6 million students who rely on Pell Grants. If implemented, 200,000 children will lose access to Head Start, and 100,000 children will lose access to child care, undermining early education and parents’ ability to go to work,” DeLauro said in a statement on Monday morning.
According to the Department of Transportation, the Federal Aviation Administration would need to “implement an immediate hiring freeze for its entire operations and facilities workforce” and would need to shut down air traffic control towers at one-third of airports. The Department of Justice said the cuts would result in a loss of “roughly 11,000 positions, or 29.2% of the FBI’s workforce.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to make these large cuts as part of his bid for the gavel. Republicans have promised Social Security and Medicare won’t be the target of budget cuts as well as the Department of Defense. DeLauro’s comments attempt to portray how cuts to the rest of the budget through nondefense discretionary spending and entitlement programs will affect the federal government and taxpayers.
The discussion isn’t likely to end here as Cabinet secretaries prepare to testify this week before both chambers over President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget request.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Three Conspiracy-Minded Ex-FBI Agents Air Their Jan. 6 Grievances to House GOPThree former FBI agents with a history of spreading far-right conspiracy theories about Jan. 6 have landed an audience with its most receptive crowd: a GOP-led House committee.
Read more »
House GOP Examines $1M In China-Linked Payments To Biden FamilyOn Thursday, the House Oversight Committee published a memo alleging Hunter Biden and two other family members received over $1 million indirectly from a Chinese company. See perspectives across the spectrum from CNN, FoxNews, and Newsweek:
Read more »
Trump-DeSantis drama casts a shadow over House GOP retreat in FloridaTrying to preserve their fragile majority, most House Republicans are trying to steer clear of the intensifying battle between two of the Sunshine State’s most powerful residents.
Read more »
House GOP panel to ‘respond’ to Manhattan DA’s plan to indict TrumpRepublicans plan to use their new investigative powers in the House majority to ramp up probes into the Biden family and liberal Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, amid reports that Mr. Bragg is on the verge of indicting former President Donald Trump on felony charges.
Read more »
Trump shadow looms large over House GOP policy retreat | CNN PoliticsHouse Republicans had hoped to use their annual retreat to get on the same page about upcoming policy battles and devise a strategy to preserve their fragile majority. Instead, they find themselves playing defense for former President Donald Trump.
Read more »
White House to counter GOP's soft-on-crime attacks by targeting far-right budget planMonday’s focus on crime as the opening salvo in a weeklong “offensive” to highlight different provisions in a budget put forward by the far-right House Freedom Caucus.
Read more »