1. United States
2. Texas
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This is a reminder — not a suggestion — of your constitutional responsibility. Congress controls the federal budget. You decide how taxpayer dollars are allocated. Not the President. Not the Pentagon. You. So why is President Trump handing the Department of Defense an additional $500 million as if it were his personal checking account? We are repeatedly told there is “no money” for the things Americans actually need: • No money to fully fund public schools • No money for a livable minimum wage • No money for affordable healthcare • No money to properly care for veterans • No money to ensure Americans don’t go hungry Yet there is always more money for war, weapons, and military expansion. That is not a budget problem. That is a values problem. If we can suddenly find half a billion dollars for the Department of Defense, then the claim that we “can’t afford” to invest in Americans is false — and you know it. This country is not poor. It is mismanaged by leaders who choose bombs over books, corporations over children, and endless military spending over basic human dignity. Congress must explain: • Who authorized this increase? • Where the money is coming from? • What programs serving Americans will be cut or underfunded as a result? You swore an oath to serve the people of the United States — not to rubber-stamp reckless spending while Americans struggle to survive. Budget authority is one of Congress’s most powerful tools. Use it. Stop pretending your hands are tied. They are not. The American people are watching, and we expect accountability.