Warren Opposes Budget Deal Funding Trump’s Abuses of Power

Warren Opposes Budget Deal Funding Trump's Abuses of Power

Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement ahead of a vote on Congress's $1.2 trillion funding deal:

"I have been clear that I will not vote for any budget deal that does not lower costs for families and ensure that Donald Trump can't just take back funding later whenever he feels like it. Congress must also use its power of the purse to restrict spending on forever wars overseas and stop ICE's terror here at home.

"This deal does nothing to lower costs like health care. This bill does not restrict Trump's military adventurism in Venezuela and Greenland. This legislation does not halt ICE's dangerous abuses of power and prevent ICE's chaos in every American city.

"I will vote no on these funding bills. Donald Trump does not need more power and more funding to make life more dangerous and more expensive for American families."

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