Today, First Focus Campaign for Children sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to express our strong opposition to the House Budget Committee-passed FY2025 budget resolution, H.Con.Res.14.
Excerpt from the letter:
This budget blueprint would have devastating consequences for our nation’s children and their families. H.Con.Res.14 provides specific spending and tax instructions to congressional committees that will inevitably increase child poverty and hunger, strip healthcare and assistance from low-income families with children, and finance a tax cut that overwhelmingly benefits the wealthiest. This budget, which deepens economic hardship, increases income inequality, and escalates deficit spending, does not serve the best interests of our children, their families, or communities across the country. I urge you to reject H.Con.Res.14 and return to the drawing board to create a budget that prioritizes the well-being of our children.