Lucas,
If you're not from Minnesota, you might call it a "casserole,"
but hotdish is a one-pan dish made of several ingredients, usually some
potatoes or grain, vegetables, and a protein. (Cheese never hurts, either.)
Any number of combinations can make a delicious hotdish. I'm partial
to Franni's hotdish myself. But you have to be careful; the wrong
mix can go really, really badly.
Putting together a budget is a little like putting together a good hotdish.
You need to find the right balance of ingredients.
If Trump's budget were a hotdish, it would be a tripe, chocolate syrup,
and cheese nightmare.
Trump's making deep, deep cuts to almost every department. He's
slashing the EPA budget by 31 percent. He's eliminating funding for
important initiatives that do things like help seniors pay their heating
bills in the winter (LIHEAP). He's cutting funding for practically
every climate change initiative we have, but actually increasing funding
for programs that drill for oil and gas on public lands.
And families in Minnesota are the ones who will have to stomach the consequences.
Join me and stand against Trump's disastrous budget. Add your name.
Every year I hold a Hotdish-Off in the Capitol for the Minnesota congressional
delegation. I do this every year to foster a sense of friendly competition
with my Minnesota colleagues from both sides of the aisle.
In Minnesota, we believe in reaching out and working together. Putting
together a budget isn't easy, and there has got to be some room for
compromise along the way.
But Trump's budget isn't compromising. It takes a hatchet to important
programs that millions of Americans rely on. I simply can't stand for that.
I hope you'll join me. Reject President Trump's budget.
Thanks.
Al