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Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Merkley Fact Sheet: Trump's Budget Would Be Devastating for Health Care
April 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following fact sheet on April 13, 2026:

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TRUMP'S BUDGET WOULD BE DEVASTATING FOR HEALTH CARE

President Trump and Secretary Kennedy's health care budget brings more chaos and destruction to the Department of Health and Human Services, slashing its funding by $15.4 billion, and gutting programs working families rely on.

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