Chairman Graham Statement on President Trump’s FY26 Budget Request
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement on President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request. “I very much appreciate President Trump and his team giving our nation’s military a trillion dollar-plus budget. The mandatory portion should help stabilize the defense budget in the […]
Chairman Graham Statement on President Trump’s FY26 Budget Request
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement on President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget request. “I very much appreciate President Trump and his team giving our nation’s military a trillion dollar-plus budget. The mandatory portion should help stabilize the defense budget in the […]
Merkley Statement on Trump Administration’s “Skinny” Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following the release of President Trump’s ‘skinny’ budget for Fiscal Year 2026. “This budget is exactly what we expected: a betrayal of hardworking, middle-class families that shows the President’s singular focus is slashing essential government programs […]
Merkley Statement on GDP Report Showing Economy Slowing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following the Commerce Department’s report showing the economy began to shrink in the first three months of the year. This is a major shift from uninterrupted economic growth since 2022, including the last three months of […]
Merkley Calls on GAO to Conduct Audit of DOGE’s Destruction of U.S. Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a comprehensive audit of the foreign policy and national security implications of the Trump administration’s recent actions to terminate foreign assistance […]
Merkley Letter GAO on Budget Impacts of Trump Foreign Aid Cuts
In Open Letter to the American Public, Wyden, Merkley, Senate Democrats Warn Against Republican Cuts to Health Care to Pay for Tax Handouts for Billionaires
Text of the Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. – Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American public today, warning families across the nation about Republicans’ efforts in Congress to pass legislation that would deliver a tax handout that disproportionately benefits millionaires and billionaires while taking away health insurance and health care benefits from millions of […]
Merkley: House Republicans Are Betraying Middle-Class Families by Advancing Senate Republicans’ Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the below statement following House Republicans’ vote to advance Senate Republicans’ budget resolution. “After all their concerns around the Senate Republicans’ budget resolution, House Republicans bent the knee to President Trump and advanced this resolution that will slash […]
New CBO Analysis Shows Republicans’ Tax Giveaways Add $52 Trillion to National Debt Over 30 Years
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the request of U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new projection showing that the tax giveaways in the Senate Republicans’ budget proposal will add $52 trillion to the national debt over the next 30 years. The […]
Chairman Graham Statement After House Adopts Amended Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today made this statement after the House of Representatives voted to adopt the amended budget resolution. The Senate passed it last week. Adopting the budget resolution is the crucial first step for unlocking the reconciliation process and allowing a bill to […]