Wyden Statement on Republican Tax Plans and Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance

Wyden Statement on Republican Tax Plans and Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance

Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement on a new report indicating that Trump and Republicans are planning to make deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy:

"You couldn't come up with a better distillation of the real Trump agenda than paying for tax breaks for the rich by gutting Medicaid and increasing child hunger. Following through on this plan would cause real hardship and increase the cost of living for millions of working families, but the votes are tallied and Trump is headed back to the White House, so his campaign trail populism is over and done with. Ultra-wealthy political donors want their massive tax handouts, and as far as Trump and Republicans are concerned, everybody else can go pound sand."

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