John Duarte Votes To Gut Critical Programs for Californians While House Democrats Avert Shutdown

Last week, John Duarte worked overtime to side with his extreme party by voting for devastating cuts to law enforcement, education, Social Security access, and small businesses in MAGA Republicans’ failed C.R.

Meanwhile, this weekend, House Democrats voted to keep our government open for 45 days, ensuring active-duty servicemembers and federal workers are paid after Republican extremists led us to a brink of a government shutdown.

No matter what John Duarte tells Californians, the truth is that Duarte voted to:

• Defund law enforcement by slashing funding for the FBI, DEA and other cuts that could lead to the elimination of hundreds of state and local law enforcement nationwide.

• Cut funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA) that could lead to closing SSA field offices that seniors rely on.

• Slash education funding that could lead to the loss of nearly 150,000 teachers and service providers and kick 275,000 kids out of Head Start.

• Cut SBA Entrepreneurial Development programs that support small businesses by 30%, potentially cutting support to 400,000 small businesses.

• Cut funding for wildfire suppression efforts by 57 percent — a $2.4 billion divestment from protecting places like California.

DCCC Spokesperson Dan Gottlieb: 
“John Duarte talked a big game during shutdown negotiations, but his vote to gut law enforcement and other critical programs tells us everything we need to know: Duarte will always choose his Republican Party bosses over Californians.”

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