Evidence in the 2019 Trump Budget

The annual release of the president’s budget provides insight into the administration’s policy priorities, including how the Trump administration might use evidence for policymaking in the upcoming year. Leading up to the release of President Trump’s 2019 budget proposal, BPC experts suggested the administration’s stance on the use of evidence needed clarification and outlined key areas to watch when the budget was released to determine whether science, evidence, and statistical activities were prioritized. So how does the Trump budget proposal stack up against those key areas?