Rep. Johnson: President’s Forward-Looking Budget Makes Bold Investments in America’s Future
February 9, 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the White House sent President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request to Congress. Rep. Johnson applauded the President for putting forward a budget that builds the foundation for a strong American future – investing in innovation for the 21st century, advancing a world-class education system, and empowering hard-working families.
“The President has presented a bold, forward-looking plan for the future: a budget that creates good-paying jobs, fuels innovation, education, and infrastructure, and strengthens our national security,” said Rep. Johnson. “Building on the framework of the bipartisan budget agreement signed into law last fall, this budget charts an aggressive, new course for American growth and prosperity.”
The President’s budget request makes key investments to grow the economy and expand opportunity for hard-working Americans in the 21st century:
• Innovation to Forge A Better Future: create the industries and good-paying jobs of the future, doubling investment in clean energy research and development, embracing 21st century transportation infrastructure, and launching Vice President Biden’s Moonshot to end cancer;
• Education to Expand Opportunity: strengthen Pell Grants for striving students, expand early childhood education, invest in job training and apprenticeships to help all workers get the skills they need for the 21st century economy;
• Empower Hard-Working Families: expand tax credits for hard-working families, increase access to quality child care, expand paid leave, enact comprehensive immigration reform and help workers save more for a secure and comfortable retirement.
“This budget represents a sharp contrast with House Republicans’ plans to protect special interests, abandon seniors, and undermine working families,” continued Rep. Johnson. “I will continue to stand with my House Democratic colleagues to fight for a budget that embraces the possibility of America and secures a future of prosperity and opportunity for hard-working families.”
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