Chair, I include in the Record the top ten reasons to support the
Congressional Progressive Caucus' budget. Top Ten Reasons To Support The People's Budget
(Supported by over 60 organizations including: AFT, NEA, Planned
Parenthood, Communications Workers of America, Sierra Club, AFSCME,
AFGE, Vote Vets, Social Security Works, NARAL)
(1) The People's Budget invests $2 trillion in America's
crumbling infrastructure while promoting job growth and
strengthening our commitment to sustainability. This is an
investment in America which will transform our fossil-fuel
energy system, overburdened mass transit, deteriorating
schools, lead-contaminated water systems, and crumbling roads
and bridges through local hiring and livable wages.
(2) The People's Budget enacts comprehensive immigration
reform which permanently protects Dreamers and their families
and opposes immigration bans on Muslims and refugees. Our
country needs an immigration system that honors our values of
inclusion, diversity, and equality. Our Budget prohibits
funding to Customs and Border Protection to implement
President Trump's discriminatory Muslim and refugee bans.
(3) Our budget takes bold action to fight climate change
and rebuild our local communities recently devastated by
hurricanes. The People's Budget requires polluters to pay for
their reckless behavior while eliminating tax breaks that
incentivize fossil fuel energy over cleaner energy. It
invests $200 billion to ensure families in Texas, Louisiana,
Puerto Rico, Florida and U.S. territories have the immediate
assistance they need to begin the stable road to recovery.
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