Washington, DC – Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08) released the following statement after the first 100 days of the Trump Administration, a period of mass job cuts and economic uncertainty for many residents of MD-08:
“In just 100 days, Donald Trump has taken a chainsaw to our economy, to our Constitution, and to the livelihoods of my constituents in Maryland’s Eighth Congressional District. Our economy is shrinking, the stock market is sinking, consumer confidence is crumbling and the government is being disabled and dismantled by Trump and Elon Musk. Trump has pushed for devastating cuts to federal workers’ benefits, Medicaid, Head Start and SNAP, all so his billionaire buddies get one more giant tax cut. He’s driving up the costs he promised to lower.
“I represent 55,000 federal workers in Maryland’s beautiful Eighth Congressional District. Trump and Elon Musk are sacking them en masse in the name of cutting waste, fraud and abuse. Our hardworking public servants and their livelihoods are not waste, fraud or abuse. They are cancer researchers, they are air traffic controllers, they are food safety inspectors, they are civil rights lawyers. Federal workers power our nation and keep it moving. They discover treatments and cures for diseases. They keep us safe from disasters and emergencies of all kinds. What’s more, they take care that the laws are faithfully executed every day even when the president is trying to thwart and destroy the laws and the Constitution.
“Across the country, the people are rising up and sending a clear message to Donald Trump: we need an economy that works for working families, not for autocrats and oligarchs. We need the lifesaving care that Medicaid and Medicare provide. We need our federal workforce, not mass firings. We need lower costs, not a needless trade war. We need Due Process, not a systematic rejection of the rule of law.
“Every member of Congress must make a choice. Do you stand with a lawless authoritarian who is crashing our economy and giving away the store to billionaires at the expense of American families, or do you stand with the people he’s hurting every day? I know whose side I’m on.”
Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Rep. Raskin has released numerous resources for communities targeted by the Trump-Vance Administration, including launching a webpage compiling information and services, convening webinars for federal workers, immigrants and LGBTQIA+ Americans and submitting a Privacy Act request to DOGE.
You can stay updated on Rep. Raskin’s work at his Congressional office and House Judiciary Committee Democratic websites.
###