Barbara Lee Slams Mulvaney: Trump's $30M 'Parade' Would Fund SNAP For 24,000
Budget Director Mick Mulvaney revealed on Wednesday that a military parade requested by President Donald Trump could cost as much as $30 million -- enough to fund food stamps for over 20,000 people each year.
At a House budget hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) noted that Trump's proposed budget cuts funds for some of the most vulnerable Americans.
"This budget is really shameful," Lee explained. "It dismantles our basic living standards that Americans have turned to for decades and pushes millions of people into poverty. It will destroy people's lives."
Lee reminded Mulvaney that his budget cuts $213 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps. In addition, the budget slashes billions from disability, rental assistance, adult employment and training programs, education, Medicaid, and the minority AIDS program.
"It's hard to imagine how you could be proud of this budget," she said to Mulvaney. "Since these cuts are to pay for the tax cuts for the wealthy billionaires, millionaires and corporations. It's clear to me that you don't care about paying down the debt or the deficit because this budget really shows what this tax scam was all about."
Lee went on to ask Mulvaney about Trump's proposed military parade.
"I've seen various different cost estimates," Mulvaney replied. "Between $10 million and $30 million depending on the size of the parade, the scope of it, the length, those types of things."