President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs to promise a balanced budget in 15 years.
That's while boosting the military and leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched.
Trump’s fiscal 2021 plan was released Monday.
It promises the government's deficit will crest above $1 trillion only for the current budget year before steadily decreasing to more manageable levels.
The plan's cuts to food stamps, farm subsidies, Medicaid and student loans couldn't pass when Republicans controlled Congress, much less now with liberal House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
But Trump says it sets the course for “continued American dominance and prosperity.”
Governor Steve Sisolak was at the White House Monday for the 2020 White House Business Session along with many other governors. Sisolak's office released this statement to us:
"Today, the Governor attended the 2020 White House Business Session with the Nation's governors in order to represent Nevada, especially in light of the President's recent signal of opposition to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. At that meeting, the Governor was able to personally hand-deliver a letter to the Administration with recommendations on how the President can begin solidifying his opposition to turning Nevada into the country's nuclear waste dump."
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Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) released this statement:
“While I am relieved to hear that the President has heard the voices of Nevadans across the state who have long opposed Yucca Mountain, I’m disappointed to see him take aim again at our nation’s health care system,” said Senator Jacky Rosen. “This Administration is seeking to dismantle our health care system in court, and now they want to block grant Medicaid, which would put the coverage of Nevadans who enrolled in our state’s Medicaid expansion in jeopardy. I am also very concerned with large proposed cuts to the Urban Area Security Initiative – critical to security in Nevada – along with cuts to affordable housing programs, telemedicine grants, Brand USA, TSA staffing at our nation’s airports, support for small businesses, investment in manufacturing jobs, and public health programs through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. When it comes to addressing our country’s most pressing challenges, such as improving health care and investing in our skilled workforce, the President’s budget fails to deliver. I will continue making these issues a priority in the Senate.”
Rep. Dina Titus of (D-NV) released the following statement:
“The budget proposal that President Trump released today is a disgraceful document,” said Congresswoman Titus (NV-1). “We simply will not allow this President to take billions of dollars from taxpayers for an ineffective border wall while gutting Medicaid, food stamps, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and protections for our clean air and water. President Trump shamefully believes that we can afford to give tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy at the same time that he tears health care away from children and the most vulnerable. Despite all this cruelty, the White House budget still manages to leave a massive hole in our deficit.”
