Majority Budget Cuts Target Kids, College Students, Sick Americans

WASHINGTON, DC--Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), RankingMember on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education AppropriationsSubcommittee, released the following statement today on the Committee's 2014budget allocations. The cuts would worsen the effects of the budget cuts knownas sequestration, resulting in the lowest funding levels since fiscal year2001—before accounting for inflation and population growth.

"Budgets reflect our values; what we invest in shows what wecare about. Today we once again see the values of the House Majority withthe release of their funding levels for the programs that matter in Americans'lives.

"The disinvestment proposed for health, education, and laborprograms reveal that the majority believes that poor people, kids, collegestudents, sick people, the unemployed and the disabled should just fend forthemselves. The majority's funding proposal would help create a permanentunderclass in this country when we should be ensuring competitiveness in theglobal economy with robust education and training programs. Themajority's funding proposal would cause research into new drugs that would improvethe lives of millions to languish, literally putting their lives in thebalance. The majority's funding proposal tells our most vulnerablechildren that they just aren't important to us and we are content to let themstruggle for the rest of their lives."