Washington, April 27 -- Congresswoman Veronica Escobar issued the following press release:
This afternoon, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) provided opening remarks at the the FY2026 Budget Resolution at the House of Representatives Committee on Rules, which begins the Senate-led reconciliation process.
The video can be found here (https://youtu.be/Daip4g5zZFc?si=W2JMjk-_lVNgRVjM) and a (lightly edited) transcript has been provided below:
Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Fox: Miss Escobar, you're recognized.
Congresswoman Escobar: Thank you so much, Chairwoman Fox and Ranking Member McGovern. I'm here to voice my strong opposition to this budget resolution, both because of its outrageous spending allocations and because of my s...