President Trump
proposes to go far beyond these agreements, proposing for 2018, $54
billion in increased defense spending, and he pays for it by cutting
the nondefense side of the budget by a corresponding $54 billion next
year. Mr. Speaker, there is a responsible way to provide our military
relief from sequestration. I support doing so, as do my colleagues in
the Congressional Black Caucus. This is not the way to do it. Much of the proposed investments will go to draconian immigration
enforcement and an ineffective border wall. The President even has the
audacity to propose ignoring the budget agreement for 2017, that was
passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama over 2 years
ago. What exactly does proposing $54 billion below sequester level caps
for the nondefense side of the budget mean?
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