Higgins Will Vote Against $1.9T Budget Reconciliation Package

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Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that he will vote against Democrats' $1.9 trillion budget reconciliation package.

Less than 9% of the $1.9 trillion will be used for COVID-19 public health response efforts. Some of the most egregious funding items include:

$12 billion for foreign aid;
$350 billion to bail out poorly managed Democrat-run state and local governments;
$50 million for EPA environmental justice grants;
Over $100 million for Pelosi's tunnel and Schumer's bridge;
$135 million for the National Endowment for the Arts;
$135 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities;
$200 million for the Institute of Museum and Library Services;
Paying federal bureaucrats $1,400/week for 15 weeks to stay home if their child's school is remote;
Allowing tax dollars to pay for abortions; and
Allowing stimulus payments to go to illegal immigrants.

Congressman Higgins issued the following statement:

"I am a firm NO on this monstrosity of a bill. It is full of wasteful spending and liberal wish list items that have zero to do with COVID relief. The bill does nothing to encourage reopening our schools or ending government-mandated lockdowns. With over $1 trillion in already appropriated relief funding still unspent, doling out another $2 trillion is completely unjustified."

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