Rep. Garamendi Statement on “Astronomical” $1.2 Trillion Golden Dome CBO Score

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA-08), Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Readiness Subcommittee, released the following statement after the Congressional Budget Office's new $1.2 Trillion price tag for Trump's Golden Dome:

"In a time when families across the country are struggling to afford healthcare, gas, food, and housing after Trump and Republicans passed massive cuts to nearly every public service program that helps with these costs, Trump is now set to spend $1.2 trillion on his egomaniacal Golden Dome project, seven times the administration's initial estimate of $175 billion.

"A $1.2 trillion price tag is outrageous in itself, but it gets even worse when you read the report and see that this exorbitant cost is only a rough estimate. There are few details, no real objectives, and it's missing key plans. There is a real possibility that $1.2 trillion is the floor, not the ceiling, for a program that won't make America any safer.

"Just like his golden ballroom or golden luxury jet, Trump's desire to spend billions of taxpayer dollars to slap his faux-gold branding onto the country's missile defense system should anger every American who has had their healthcare or food benefits cut to help pay for it.

"What Americans deserve now are answers. I demand that the Trump Administration explain to the American people why even more of their hard-earned money is being poured into a system that will not be able to protect us and into the pockets of defense contractors instead of bringing down costs."

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