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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextMr. President, on costs, reconciliation, and the ballroom, the list goes on and on. As costs continue to skyrocket, Americans know exactly who is making their lives harder: Donald Trump.
percent of Americans approve of Trump. Only 37 percent of Americans approve of Trump. It was low in January. It is now 4 points even lower. And only 28 percent—28 percent of Americans—only a little more than one in four Americans approves of Trump's handling of the cost of living.
feet, unable to bear the weight of his complete disregard for the higher costs he is forcing on Americans every time they go to the grocery store, gas pump, or doctor's office. As Donald Trump
situation. He doesn't think about anyone but himself. Look at that:
I don't think about Americans' financial situation. I don't
think about anyone.
That is Trump. He is totally on his own, helping himself, dipping into the pockets of the taxpayers and putting the money in his pockets and in his friends' pockets.
faster than wages, and the price of everything—from gas to groceries, to healthcare—is through the roof, Donald Trump demands that Americans shell out a billion dollars for his golden ballroom and tens of billions of dollars more for his masked secret police force. At the very moment Americans are asking, “How do I make ends meet?” Donald Trump is asking: How do I get taxpayers to fund my vanity project?
right along with him. Instead of changing course in the face of Americans' outcry, Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are doubling down on their ballroom.
successfully derailed Republicans' ballroom proposal, but now Republicans are scrambling to reinsert a new ballroom provision into their bill. Now, Republicans are scrambling over what comes next: whether they try to shove the ballroom back in, hide it somewhere else, or quietly retreat because Democrats exposed it. But either way, the point is clear: Republicans were ready to spend taxpayer dollars on Trump's vanity project, while doing nothing—nothing—serious to lower costs for families.
Do you hear that, America? Republicans will not work this hard to lower your costs, lower your rent, lower your grocery bill, but they worked overtime to protect Trump's priorities, including this ballroom. That tells you everything you need to know. Ballroom Republicans have made their choice: Trump's ego over your electric bill, Trump's palace over your paycheck, Trump's priorities over your family's needs.
provision, good, they should. Democrats called the ballroom out, fought it, and made clear we would not let Republicans quietly stick taxpayers with the bill for Donald Trump's vanity project.
core. Whether the ballroom stays, goes, or gets buried somewhere else, Republicans are still pushing a bill that does nothing meaningful to lower costs for families, while pouring tens of billions into Trump's extreme agenda. Democrats are going to fight this with everything we have: in the Byrd bath, on the floor, in vote-arama—amendment after amendment, vote after vote. We are going to force Republicans to answer a simple question: Who are you here to fight for—American families or Donald Trump's priorities?
Democrats fight for families. Republicans fight for Trump.