Gov. Evers Urges Wisconsin Congressional Leaders to Reject Devastating, Harmful Cuts in President Trump’s Budget

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers today, in a letter to every member of Wisconsin’s Congressional delegation, urged bipartisan opposition to provisions in President Donald Trump’s proposed Federal Fiscal Year 2027 (FFY27) budget that would have devastating impacts on Wisconsin’s kids, families, and communities, do nothing to lower costs for hardworking families, make the state healthier, or support communities across the state. The governor’s letter comes as congressional committees in Washington are expected to continue their work marking up the federal budget with the goal of finalizing the budget by the end of the current federal fiscal year on Oct. 1, 2026.

“Wisconsinites are already feeling the squeeze as a result of the president’s harmful, reckless policies that are kicking folks off their healthcare and making costs go up on everything from the gas pump to the grocery store. Now, the president is putting forward yet another budget that would gut essential, decades-long programming that has worked to keep Wisconsinites healthy, ensure families have a roof over their heads, keep household energy bills down, and so much more—it’s shameful,” said Gov. Evers. “Wisconsinites deserve leaders who stand up to the president’s harmful, half-baked proposals, which is exactly what I’m calling on Congress to do.”

A summarized list of the concerns outlined in Gov. Evers’ letter in opposition to the president’s proposed FFY27 budget includes:

• Energy Affordability:
  • President Trump’s proposed budget would eliminate or gut several programs aimed at keeping household energy costs down, including:
    • The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which, in Wisconsin, provided heating assistance to 179,296 households in FFY25, in addition to support provided via state resources;
    • The Weatherization Assistance Program, which helps homeowners reduce energy bills by increasing energy efficiency and lowering energy use throughout their homes, and helped lower bills for nearly 5,500 households in state fiscal year 2025; and
    • The State Energy Program, which is utilized by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) to fund updates to the state’s Energy Security Plan, help coordinate on fuel supply conditions so the state can respond quickly to urgent needs, and facilitate connecting emergency response officials with fuel in times of fuel supply disruption.
• Community Investment:
  • President Trump’s proposed budget would eliminate or gut several programs aimed at investing in communities statewide, including:
    • The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), which supports anti-poverty programming in rural and urban communities across the state; and
    • The Preschool Development Grant (PDG), which has been an integral part of Wisconsin’s early child care and education landscape over the past several years.
• Keeping Wisconsinites Healthy:
  • President Trump’s budget includes cuts that will put the health of Wisconsinites at stake, including:
    • Making drastic cuts to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which helps ensure pregnant women, mothers, and their young kids up to the age of five have access to nutritional, basic food necessities;
      • These cuts would cause women, mothers, and kids to see their current benefits reduced significantly, including from $52 to $13 for fruit and vegetables for breastfeeding mothers, from $47 to $13 for pregnant, postpartum, and other mothers, and from $26 to $10 for young children.
      • This reduction also takes $15 million out of the pocket of grocery stores across the state already struggling with thin margins.
    • Eliminating the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion and all associated funding;
    • Eliminating the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program, which provides direct funding and assistance to 69 hospital partners, 31 EMS providers, and 19 other community organizations in Wisconsin, taking away $600,000 annually that helps ensure quality care for stroke patients in rural Wisconsin and across the state;
    • Permanently eliminating the funding that has supported comprehensive tobacco control efforts and quit lines;
      • The Wisconsin Tobacco Quit Line is a free service that has helped more than 200,000 people. Through the president’s budget, Wisconsin would lose $1.6 million annually to prevent tobacco-related deaths and help people quit smoking.
    • Eliminating the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant, which would result in Wisconsin losing $3.5 million annually that helps local and Tribal health departments invest in locally identified priorities that support their accountability, effectiveness, and community health improvement infrastructure; and
    • Eliminating the Title X Family Planning program and other funding that goes directly to local organizations, with Wisconsin losing $4.2 million annually that helps all people access these essential health care services.

The list released by the governor today comprises programs at the Wisconsin Department of Administration, PSC, Wisconsin Department of Children and Families, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and more. The Evers Administration is continuing to analyze the impacts of President Trump’s budget proposal on other state agencies and programs that Wisconsinites depend on every day and anticipates releasing further analyses as they become available.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. While it is believed to be reliable, Urban Milwaukee does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness.

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