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Patty Murray: “Trump would rob our families to pay for war while still…”

Featuring: Patty Murray, Democratic | U.S. Senate Washington

What I think About Trump's $1.5 Trillion War Budget

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 16:57

Because that is the basic pitch that Trump has made. Mr. President, the problem with Trump's budget are many, but it does boil down to this. Trump would rob our families to pay for war while still burdening our grandkids with mountains of debt. And for what? To make defense contractors rich? To buy more bombs that Trump can threaten to end civilization with? We should be building bridges here in America, not destroying them in Iran. (16:57–17:06)

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Asserts that Trump's budget priorities would increase national debt and prioritize military spending over family needs.

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“They have chosen to needlessly extend the DHS shutdown, making it the longest shutdown in history.”
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“They gave ICE $75 billion, CBP $65 billion, and even more funding on top of that for the Secretary to tap.”
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“Trump announced on Truth Social he'd seek one and a half trillion dollars for defense.”
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“The price of home heating oil increased by 30%.”
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“Trump wants to slash EPA in half.”
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“This year, for example, the Pell program is facing a $17 billion shortfall.”
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“We outright rejected Trump's plan to gut programs families rely on.”
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“Speaker Johnson and the House Republicans have refused to put the [Homeland Appropriations] bill up for a vote.”
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“Republicans did an end run around the bipartisan appropriations process and handed ICE and Border Patrol vastly more money than they receive…”
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“Republicans signed off on over $160 billion in funding for Trump's mass deportation campaign at DHS.”
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“President Trump and Stephen Miller built ICE and Border Patrol up into untrained paramilitary forces.”
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“American citizens were wrongfully detained.”
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“Democrats made clear there has to be reform, and we will not approve more funding for those agencies until that happens.”
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“Republicans are once again vowing to give ICE and Border Patrol even more money without any accountability.”
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“Trump's vision for our future is not better schools for our kids.”
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“Trump is asking Congress to slash investments in families to help fund his reckless foreign wars.”
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“Trump wants to defund programs that lower people's costs while increasing war spending by half a trillion dollars.”
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“Republicans let [health care tax credits] expire.”
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“Trump wants to cut funding for our schools.”
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“Trump wants to eliminate programs that help families pay their energy bills.”
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“Trump wants to eliminate nutrition assistance for our seniors.”
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“Republicans made the largest SNAP cuts in history.”
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“Trump wants to eliminate Title 10 program.”
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“Trump wants to cut funding for affordable housing programs.”
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“Trump wants to eliminate housing supply programs.”
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“Trump wants to eliminate roughly 30 K-12 programs totaling over $6 billion in funding.”
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“Trump wants to cut NIH by $5.75 billion.”
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“Trump wants to cut CDC by a third.”
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“Trump wants to cut funding for medical research.”
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“Trump wants to cut COPS grants by a quarter.”
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“Trump wants to cut our national parks by a third.”
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“Trump wants to cut the Small Business Administration by 2/3.”
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“Trump wants to cut NASA by a quarter.”
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“Trump wants to cut funding for Amtrak and for transit projects across the country.”
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“Trump wants to cut funding to address violence against women.”
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“Trump wants to slash WIC benefits.”
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“Trump wants to practically eliminate Federal funding for drinking water and sewer infrastructure.”
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“Trump is zeroing out funding for Howard Hansen Dam.”
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“Trump is trying to shortchange the Hanford cleanup.”
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“Trump's budget has $0 to increase child care funding.”
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“When Republicans hold these pressures programs roughly flat for three years, and inflation, not to mention tariffs and chaos, keep raising…”
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“Medical care for our veterans will cost many billions more.”
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“The bipartisan infrastructure law that we passed about five years ago included tens of billions of dollars each year for key non defense…”
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“Those funds run out in September.”
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“Inflation is squeezing families across the board. Electric bills are going up, tariffs have sent grocery prices higher and higher, childcare…”
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