Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-Allegheny) slammed House Republicans’ budget during a press conference on Friday.
Deluzio warned that the Republican plan could raise the national debt by $3 trillion and harm millions of Americans with cuts to Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in order to pay for President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
The GOP budget aims to cut Medicaid and other health care programs by a combined $715 billion and cut SNAP by $290 billion, a 30% cut to the program.
Over 3 million Pennsylvanians, including 1.4 million children, rely on Medicaid for health care coverage and close to 2 million Pennsylvanians rely on SNAP to put food on their tables.
✏️: Sean Kitchen
🎥: Pennsylvania Democratic Party
