BCHC joins 1,100 organizations to urge Congress to reject damaging non-defense discretionary fund cuts
June 2024
BCHC joined more than 1,100 local, state, and national organizations to call on Congress to reject arbitrary and damaging funding levels for FY25. At the very least, Congress should fully appropriate the necessary non-defense discretionary (NDD) funds to keep pace with rising costs and demand and keep poison pill policy riders that undercut the priorities of the American people out of the package.
Vital domestic and international appropriations are a small part of the federal budget—less than one-sixth—yet they fund a wide range of important services and investments that keep America strong now and in the future. Examples include: scientific and medical research; health care for veterans; housing and child care assistance for low-income families; mental health and substance use disorder treatment; nutrition assistance for young children, families, and older people; financial aid for higher and technical education; public health; and much more.
Denying NDD programs the increases needed to keep pace with rising costs and provide effective services is a penny-wise, pound-foolish way to address the larger fiscal challenges facing our country.
Every state and congressional district benefits from NDD investments. Denying NDD programs the increases needed to keep pace with rising costs and provide effective services is a penny-wise, pound-foolish way to address the larger fiscal challenges facing our country.
As seen with enactment of FY24 appropriations law, there is a strong governing majority for more robust investments. Rather than constraining NDD appropriations to an arbitrary and insufficient funding target, our organizations urge you to avoid poison pill policy riders and invest the amounts needed to meet the needs of our country and protect American competitiveness, economic strength, security, and services critical to families and individuals.
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