WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and lead Democrat on the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, released the following statement regarding the Trump Administration's initial proposed budget for fiscal year 2027:
"Donald Trump's budget proposal reflects what the American people have come to despise about business-as-usual politics in Washington. Instead of keeping us out of foreign conflicts and combatting the rising cost of living crisis, he is doing the opposite - asking Congress to sign off on an astronomical $1.5 trillion defense budget to support his illegal war of ch...