For the first time in the 236-year history of the U.S. Senate, two black women are serving simultaneously.

I sat down with Senators Angela Alslebrooks of Maryland and Lisa Blunt, Rochester of Delaware,

for a conversation about breaking barriers, shaping history, and how Democrats aim to meet the current political moment.

Senator Alslebrooks and Blunt Rochester, thanks so much for making time. I appreciate it.

Thank you.

I'd like to start with some news because the GOP-led House this week passed a sweeping multi-tillion dollar plan that supports President Donald Trump's policy agenda.

How are Democrats planning to address it, especially if it makes significant cuts to the social safety net?

The billionaires have gotten what they paid for.

You'll see in this budget that there will be significant cuts for Medicaid and other significant cuts that matter to the American people. There's nothing about this budget that really addresses the germane concerns of Americans

around ability to afford health care and ability to be able to bring down the cost of groceries.

This hasn't been the focus of this administration.

Instead, it's been really lining the pockets of these

billionaires and doing so on the backs of the American people. How do you see it? I totally agree.

I mean, you know, a lot of times people say if you want to see their priorities, look at their

checkbook. They're showing us exactly what their priorities are. When you've got 72 million people in this

country who are on Medicaid in some way, it might be a parent who has a child with a disability.

It might be a family whose grandparent is in a nursing home. People are going to be touched and

hurt if these things move forward. And so

for us, as Democrats, you know, we feel it's really important that, number one, we make sure

people know what the stakes are. And number two, make sure that they recognize that we're all

in this fighting to make sure that the cost of eggs are not skyrocketing, even though this president said on day one,

he was going to address the economy. We put our priority, the American people, families of this

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