Rep. Balint Calls Out GOP Committee for Anti-LGBTQ Comments Amid Continued Attacks on Queer Youth
May 12, 2023
May 12, 2023
WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023:
Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) calls out GOP Budget Committee witness for blaming federal programs that support LGBTQ people and kids for the deficit spending. Rep. Balint called their remarks "morally bankrupt and deeply un-American." Rep. Balint is a member of the Budget Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus.
Read transcript from today's hearing below:
Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) calls out GOP Budget Committee witness for blaming federal programs that support LGBTQ people and kids for the deficit spending. Rep. Balint called their remarks "morally bankrupt and deeply un-American." Rep. Balint is a member of the Budget Committee and Co-Chair of the Equality Caucus.
Read transcript from today's hearing below: