Meng Issues Statement on Budget Resolution Vote

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today issued the following statement on the House narrowly passing a budget resolution to fast-track the GOP tax plan:  

 

“Today I voted no on the immoral GOP budget resolution that serves to advance a crushing tax plan particularly harmful to New Yorkers because it includes elimination of the State & Local Tax Deduction. Thirty percent of the households in my district rely on this critical deduction to get back an average of $11,000 per year.

 

The budget resolution would jeopardize the health care of seniors, children, the disabled, and veterans. It disinvests in our future by slashing funding for education, infrastructure, and medical research. It cuts Medicare by $473 billion, Medicaid by $1 trillion, infrastructure spending by almost $200 billion, and Pell Grants by more than $100 billion, all while increasing the deficit by $1.5 trillion through tax cut proposals to provide a break to the wealthiest on the backs of hardworking American families.

 

My constituents, and indeed all Americans, deserve a better deal.”