House Speaker Mike Johnson delayed a vote Wednesday on a Trump- and Senate-approved budget framework after he failed to gain sufficient support from his Republican caucus. House Republicans want to enact $2 trillion in spending cuts to offset tax cuts for the wealthy. Democrats oppose the budget. This is Massachusetts Congressmember Jim McGovern.

Rep. Jim McGovern: “It is a budget that will hurt working families. It is a budget that will especially hurt families who are struggling in poverty. Republicans have succeeded in putting together a Marie Antoinette budget, helping the richest of the rich while hurting the poorest of the poor. 'Let them eat cake,' that is the Republican motto. And I’ve never seen such cruelty contained in a budget in all my years here.”