March 21, 2017
Washington – The first budget proposed by the Trump administration would cut $54 billion in funding to various segments of the federal government, including the Departments of Labor and Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Released March 16, America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again lists the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs as the only entities that would receive funding increases in fiscal year 2018.
The budget also would eliminate funding for 19 independent agencies, including the Chemical Safety Board.
CSB Chairperson Vanessa A. Sutherland issued a statement saying the agency’s investigations and recommendations “have had an enormous effect on improving public safety” and that “as this process moves forward, we hope that the important mission of this agency will be preserved.”
Among the proposed department cuts:
“A budget that puts America first must make the safety of our people its number one priority – because without safety, there can be no prosperity,” Trump wrote in the document’s introduction. “That is why I have instructed my Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, to craft a budget that emphasizes national security and public safety.”
The document states that the blueprint “provides details only on our discretionary funding proposals,” and that the full budget, slated for release in the spring, will include specific mandatory and tax proposals.
Politicians from both sides of the aisle commented on the blueprint.
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