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Hoyer Statement on House Republicans' Fiscal Year 2016 Budget

March 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) issued the following statement today after House Republicans released their proposed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2016:

"The House Republican budget resolution unveiled this morning is more of the same extreme policies that disinvest in our nation while placing the burden of deficit reduction on seniors, children, the middle class, and the most vulnerable. We should be working in a bipartisan way to ensure all Marylanders have access to the opportunities necessary to achieve the American Dream in a fiscally responsible way. Unfortunately, the Republican budget does the exact opposite by slashing funding for programs that help middle class families send their children to college and afford their homes.

"Additionally, the Republican budget doesn't replace the irrational across-the-board spending cuts, known as the sequester, which continue to have an impact on Maryland's economy. The budget also repeals the Affordable Care Act, taking away the health care security made available by the law which has ensured that more than 284,000 Marylanders have quality and affordable health coverage. It leaves seniors out in the cold by ending the Medicare guarantee as we know it, it cuts vital programs that Fifth District families need, and it does nothing to invest in economic growth or job creation.

"I will continue to urge my Republican colleagues to work with Democrats on a bipartisan basis to pass a budget that puts our state and country back on a fiscally sustainable path. Marylanders deserve a budget that replaces the sequester and invests in our nation's future."