who may have kids in head start. is it also hard hearted budget? no. i think it s one of the most compassionate things we can do. not focussing on elderly and kids? we re trying to focus on both recipients of the money and folks who give us the money in the first place and i think it s fairly compassionate to say we re not going to ask you for your hard earned money anymore. single mom of two in detroit give us your money but the head stard please let me finish, that that money be used a proper function. i think that s about as compassionate as you can get. a question on the border wall. the budget as i understand it asked for 4.1 billion so 1.5
hard-powered budget but is it a heart ache budget? no. it s one of the most compassionate things we can do. cut programs and help the elderly? you re focusing on half of the equation. we re trying to focus on recipients of the money and the folks that give us the money in the first place. it s compassionate to say we re not going to ask you for your harder earned money anymore. single mom of two in detroit. give us your money. we re not going to do that anymore unless we can guarantee let me finish. unless we can guarantee to you that that money will be used in a proper function. i think that is about as compassionate you can get. i have a question on the border wall. you know, the budget as i understand it asked for $4.1 billion. so 1.5 for this year and 2.6 for the following years. there s no mention at all of whether or not mexico will help
what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. melissa: fox news alert for you as we await white house press secretary sean spicer to take the podium with additional details ability the budget. one of the topics likely to come up will be the president s immigration proposal from a border wall to a travel ban, which has just suffered a new legal set back. two federal judges blocking the revised version just hours before it was supposed to take effect. vincente gonzalez joins us. he represents the district along the u.s./mexico border. sir, thank you very much for joining us. i was reading about a town in your district called mcgowan
increases within the department of justice invisas within the department of homeland security. including border security, immigration controls. increases within the department of energy to deal with nuclear triad and corresponding reductions in similar amounts off-setting dollar for dollar in other programs. the largest reduction if you have seen the budget all right is 31% reduction within the environmental protection agency, the next largest on a percentage basis is with the department of state and other are reduced in lesser amounts. i think the smallest reduction is nasa just less than 1% and with many agencies you will see certain line items. this is the message the president wanted to send to the public, the press. capitol hill, he wants more money for law enforcement, more money generally, more for the
demonstrates the commitment to identifying criminals, no matter where they are and look i said yesterday, this is a lawful enforcement action, anything beyond that i would direct you to the department of justice and the fbi for further details. before i continue let me turn it over to director mulvaney to talk a little bit about the budget. director. thanks very much. good afternoon and happy day before saint t. patricks day al known as budget day. we will remind you what we are calling the america first budget. america first candidate now america first president and shouldn t surprise anybody we have a america first budget. you have seen the details, last week $54 billion of additional defense spending. we have details where that money is going. seeing increases at the v.a.