For 4 consecutive years Trump proposed a budget with huge cdc cuts
He signed it, he proposed it. He can’t dodge it so can a reporter ask him that question?
Can a reporter make him own up to his responsibility, his policy, his dangerous malfeasance?
Here is the proof
For fiscal year 2020:
Trump released his fiscal year 2020 federal budget proposal in March, recommending huge cuts across the federal government, including a 12 percent cut to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a 10 percent cut for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
At CDC, a reduction of that magnitude equates to a $750 million spending cut over fiscal year 2019. APHA member John Auerbach, MBA, president and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, said the proposed CDC cuts not only threaten federal public health capacity, they would have a “devastating” impact on state and local public health departments, which depend heavily on CDC dollars flowing down to the community level.
http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/content/49/3/1.2
For fiscal year 2018
Here are some of the biggest cuts the agencies within the HHS are facing:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 17%
The CDC, which is in charge of public health and disease prevention, would see its budget cut by $1.2 billion. Dr. Tom Frieden, who was director of the agency until 2017, went off on the proposed cuts on Twitter on Monday, saying Americans would be "less safe," and that the cuts "would increase illness, death, risks to Americans, and health care costs."
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-2018-budget-health-2017-5
For fiscal year 2019
Yesterday (February 12), President Donald Trump’s administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2019—just days after Congress passed a deal to increase discretionary spending caps. The proposal calls for cuts to some science agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while maintaining or boosting funding for others.
The CDC and the Department of Education would also see budget reductions, of 12 percent and 5 percent, respectively.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/proposed-federal-budget-slashes-funds-to-epa-cdc-30285
For fiscal year 2021
Amid an explosive outbreak of a novel coronavirus in China that has killed over 1,000 and sickened over 43,000 worldwide, US President Donald Trump proposed a nearly 19 percent budget cut to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—the agency primarily tasked with preparing for and responding to such outbreaks and other serious health threats.
The budget also cuts funding for infectious-disease responses, including a 13 percent cut to programs under the category of “emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases.” (Zoonotic infectious diseases are those that spread from animals to people, of which the novel coronavirus is one.) This category includes cuts to programs addressing antibiotic-resistant infections, food safety, and healthcare-associated infections.
Additionally, Trump proposes a 10 percent cut to “public health scientific services,” which includes funding for health statistics, surveillance, epidemiology, and informatics activities. There’s also a 3 percent cut to “public health preparedness and response” programs and a nearly 7 percent cut to global health programs.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/amid-coronavirus-outbreak-trump-proposes-slashing-cdc-budget/