05.02.2025 / Statement

President Trump’s Proposed Budget is an Extreme and Draconian Plan that Will Hurt Families Across America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anthony Wright, executive director of Families USA, issued the following statement today in response to the release of the President’s FY 2026 budget.

“President Trump’s budget is so draconian and extreme that even some of his allies in Congress can’t support it, and rightly so. President Trump’s budget is just another example of this administration taking a chainsaw to our nation’s health system – these cuts would be devastating not just for the remaining heroic public servants responsible for protecting our health, but would also undermine and even dismantle core functions of our nation’s services to provide coverage and care and overall public health for the American people.

“This budget attacks science and research to find effective medical treatments, public health preparedness and ability to manage outbreaks, programs that serve pregnant women, moms and babies, and critical education and training to support health care providers in meeting the health needs of our nation’s families. This budget proposal carries forward the Trump administration’s relentless effort to decentralize and weaken our public health and health care infrastructure, shifting the burden of costs on to states that are already dealing with significant budget shortfalls, much caused by this administration’s reckless funding freezes and cuts. Coupled with Republican Congressional proposals that would decimate coverage and access to care, this budget would catapult states into a health and fiscal crisis.

“President Trump’s budget calls for deep cuts to programs that are counterproductive to his own agenda, hurting his own voters, and scaling back or entirely eliminating programs that are purported priorities of the Make America Healthy Again agenda. The details of the budget go well beyond the anti-DEI and anti-Democratic rhetoric to slash programs that are overwhelmingly bipartisan and benefit millions of Americans.

“Americans should rally against this budget and the administration’s anti-health agenda, including the reckless budget reconciliation plans being proposed in Congress over the next few weeks.”