Torres on GOP “Skinny Budget”: A Full-On Assault on Working Families, Trump’s Plan to Make America Unsafe Again

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May 6, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – RealEstateRama – Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA-35) issued a statement on the administration’s plan for Fiscal Year 2026, calling it a dangerous, extremist blueprint ripped straight from Donald Trump’s playbook — a plan to Make America Unsafe Again.

“Let’s be clear: this isn’t a budget — it’s a declaration of war on working families. Republicans want to gut the programs that keep our kids in school, our families healthy, and our communities safe — just to bankroll tax cuts for billionaires and Trump’s MAGA cronies. Even by their own math, the Trump-Musk budget slashes $163 billion from domestic investments — a brutal 23% cut,” said Torres. “These aren’t just numbers on a page — they’re programs that families in the Inland Empire rely on to make ends meet. Meanwhile, Republicans want to gut $880 billion from Medicaid, raid Social Security, and permanently freeze over $400 billion owed to the American people. All to protect yacht-buying tax breaks? Not on my watch.”

The Trump-Musk budget would:

Raise the Cost of Living and Harm the Economy

Evict hundreds of thousands of seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities by slashing affordable housing programs — and force homeless shelters to halt operations, even as more than 771,000 people are experiencing homelessness.
Zero out the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, turning off the heat and air conditioning for 6 million households.
Eliminate the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, forcing more than 1,000 mayors and governors to abandon street, water, and sewer improvements and vital services for youth and seniors.

Decimate Public Education

Make it harder for students to afford college by need-based financial aid for 1.7 million students by cutting Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) and ending the Federal Work Study Program for more than 500,000 students.
Eliminate English Language Acquisition programs, cutting services for over 5 million English learners.

Make Americans Less Safe

Slash funding for public safety by cutting resources at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Eliminate thousands of FBI positions, including intelligence analysts who help prevent domestic and international threats.
Defund grants to prevent hate crimes and protect civil rights.
Cut weather satellite funding, crippling storm forecasting and emergency response capabilities during natural disasters.

Make Communities Less Healthy

Eviscerate the CDC by eliminating dozens of programs — from HIV/AIDS, tobacco, and asthma prevention to maternal health and emergency preparedness.
Slash substance use prevention and treatment programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, undermining the fight against opioids.
Cut food assistance programs, including the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which provides food assistance for seniors.
Slash NIH funding by 40%, halting progress toward cures for cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and more.
Eliminate air pollution control programs, increasing Americans’ exposure to harmful pollutants.

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