Ted Cruz ASKS For ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES For Texas
In January of 2013, before he became infamous for modernizing McCarthyism in the Senate halls,
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) claimed he couldn’t support aid for Sandy victims because of the “pork” and “wasteful spending” in the Disaster Relief Act of 2013.
Read the freshman Senator’s explanation for refusing aid to Sandy victims:
While it’s true that lawmakers like to use/abuse the freedom granted by “emergency funding”, it’s also ironic that, according to PolitiFact,
“A big portion of the $17 billion in “immediate” assistance, more than $5 billion, went to replenish FEMA’s disaster relief fund, which may fund relief from future disasters.” PolitiFact also disagrees with some of the math Cruz repeated, “On Jan. 28, it passed H.R. 152, a separate $50.5 billion package.
Of that $50.5 billion, $17 billion went toward immediate Sandy aid, while $33.5 billion was for “near- and long-term assistance and mitigation,” according to a Congressional Quarterly analysis.”
Furthermore, Rick Ungar, writing at Forbes, pointed out that the
“pork” came from having to bribe red state Republicans — including Texas — in order to get the package passed over their filibuster, “However, as it turns out, the pork portions of the Senate bill were
not earmarked to benefit Democratic members of the upper chamber of Congress…
cont'
http://www.politicususa.com/flashbac...outs-feds.html
$#@!ing Hypocrite