President Trump’s FY2021 Budget Proposal
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Chris Murphy on Twitter Yesterday: 97 died of Coronavirus in China alone. Today: President Trump announced plans to cut funding for global health programs by 34%. (Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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Despite the world grappling with the spread of the novel coronavirus, the newly unveiled Trump administration FY21 $4.8 trillion Budget Proposal, released on Monday, February 10, 2020, includes steep cuts (34% overall cut) for Global Health Programs and the $65M proposed cut to the World Health Organization (WHO). It does, however, increases its proposed funding for Global Health Security. Some additional aspects of President Trump’s 2021 Budget Proposal are listed below:
- Military Spending -0.3%
- Defense Spending up to $740B
- Non-Defense Spending -5%
- NASA Funding +12%
- Border Wall $2B
- Tighter work requirements & extend tax cut
President Trump released his new $4.8 trillion budget for the 2021 fiscal year, with the proposal including plans to increase defense spending to $740 billion, lower non-defense spending to $590 billion and to slash funding for social-safety-net programs and foreign aid. Yahoo Finance’s Jessica Smith discusses with House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) on The Final Round, in the video “Trump administration unveils $4.8 trillion budget for the 2021 fiscal year“, below:
CBS4’s Natalie Brands reports it calls for increases in national security spending while slashing foreign aid, education funding, affordable housing and Medicaid, in the video “President Trump Unveils $4.8 Trillion Budget Proposal For Fiscal Year 2021“, below:
The increase of up to $115 million from last year’s request of $25 million for Global Health Security is aiming at enabling “the U.S. government, in partnership with other nations, international organizations, and public and private stakeholders, to prevent avoidable epidemics, detect threats early, and respond rapidly and effectively to disease outbreaks and other critical infectious disease threats (including anti-microbial resistance) in an effort to prevent them from becoming national or global emergencies.” When asked about the potential impact of the WHO cut on the coronavirus response, the Director of the Department of State’s Bureau Budget & Planning Douglas Pitkin, responded, “We believe that each of the international organizations has a need for greater accountability and efficiency. We have other mechanisms for providing resources, targeted outreach and targeted efforts to reach specific diseases and health crises.”
The Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources at the State Department, Jim Richardson, said the U.S. was the “largest donor overall to global health around the world….We do think that it’s important to balance the multilateral against the bilateral assistance. Both are important, but it is important for us to make sure that we get the appropriate reform to the multilateral while delivering the best assistance that we possibly can on the ground, and that’s often through bilateral.”
Deputy Secretary of State, Steve Biegun, stated that the budget bolsters “country capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to outbreaks and to prevent epidemics from reaching our borders. It also allows us to provide the necessary flexibility to respond to emerging global health threats such as the novel coronavirus and Ebola.” Biegan praised the State Department and USAID efforts in responding to the novel coronavirus.
President Trump’s Budget Proposal is expected to be dead on arrival at the Democratic-controlled House. The House Budget Committee Chairman (D-KY), John Yarmuth, issued a statement calling the proposal “…Ad destructive and irrational budget…” The acting director of Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Russell Vought, is expected to defend President’s budget on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
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