Oppose the FY 2027 Budget – Prioritize Constituents Over Corporate Welfare

As your constituent, I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request from the White House. This proposal is a clear statement of values that places the interests of billionaire donors and massive corporations above the basic survival of everyday Americans. For years, I have heard your party speak about the dangers of the national deficit and the need for "fiscal stewardship." Yet, the current budget proposal reveals a disturbing double standard. Last June, this Congress passed a tax bill that was essentially a massive welfare package for the ultra-wealthy, permanently draining our national treasury to pad the pockets of those who already have more than they could spend in ten lifetimes. It is both cynical and cruel to now attempt to fix the resulting trillion-dollar deficit by gutting essential programs that Americans rely on for food, housing, and healthcare. We should not be financing corporate handouts by slashing the social safety net for the working class. It is a matter of basic math and morality: - Defense vs. The People: This budget calls for an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in military spending while simultaneously demanding a 10% cut to non-defense programs. We cannot be a "pro-family" government when we slash funding for child care, maternal health, and NIH research to fund un-auditable defense bureaucracy. - Hunger is Not a Budget Tool: Proposing nearly $200 billion in cuts to SNAP while protecting tax breaks for billionaires is not fiscal responsibility. It is a direct attack on your working-class constituents. - Infrastructure and the Future: Our roads and bridges are crumbling because of a decade of corporate handouts. Those who profit most from our American infrastructure owe a debt to the system that allowed their success. - Cuts to Health and Science: Slashing $18 billion from NIH research and eliminating minority health programs during a chronic illness epidemic is not streamlining—it is a dangerous retreat from American innovation and public health. I urge you to reject the path of least resistance. Instead of rubber-stamping the cuts proposed by the Trump administration, we must roll back the corporate welfare enacted last June. There is no fiscal or moral justification for asking a single child to go hungry or a senior to forgo medical care just so the ultra-wealthy can add another zero to their net worth. These cuts are not efficiencies; they are an abdication of your responsibility to the many in favor of the few who choose to cheat their obligations to our society. We will not stand by while you gut the programs that sustain our communities to subsidize the luxury of those who already have everything. I am watching these budget negotiations closely and expect you to prioritize your constituents over your largest donors.