Budgets are reflections of our values.
President Trump proposed his 2018 budget for the federal government to members of Congress earlier this year. In it, there are deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) — which severely impairs the advanced scientific, health, and environmental studies that researchers perform at institutions across the country.
This new budget reflects the president’s lack of understanding and regard for protecting our environment or investing in scientific research. These cuts will not only have an impact on our nation’s economy and national security as a whole, but also specifically for the Central Coast.