WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, released a statement on Tuesday pledging to fight against President Trump’s harmful FY 2018 budget proposal.

“If President Trump's budget ever became law, it would devastate Connecticut. It slashes funding Connecticut uses to provide children with health care, help college students pay for tuition, care for the elderly, and fight the worsening opioid epidemic. Quite literally, if Congress passes Trump's budget, seniors would be kicked out of their homes and heroin addicts would be kicked out of treatment,” said Murphy. “They say a president's budget is a reflection of his values – if these are President Trump's values, then everyone in this country should be sickened.

“The good news is that Congress doesn't have to adopt a single line of this budget,” continued Murphy. “As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I look forward to working with my Republican friends to make sure this budget never becomes a reality.”

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