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>House Republicans tout infrastructure
>funding they voted against
>January 24, 2022
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>In November, Rep. Rob Wittman,
>R-Virginia, was one of 205 House
>Republicans to vote against the
>bipartisan, $1.5 trillion
>infrastructure bill, calling it
>irresponsible and the "Green New
>Deal in disguise."
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>On Friday, he took to Twitter to
>tout funding from the bill he voted
>against -- highlighting a $70 million
>expansion of the Port of Virginia in
>Norfolk -- one of the busiest and
>deepest ports in the United States.
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>Shortly after voting against the
>measure last fall, Rep. Gary Palmer,
>R-Alabama, celebrated its hundreds
>of millions in funding for a stalled
>highway project in Birmingham.
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>Last week, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas,
>touted new funding for a flood control
>project from the package, which she
>opposed last year, decrying it at the
>time as a "so-called infrastructure
>bill."
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>Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, a freshman
>lawmaker who also voted against the
>infrastructure bill, celebrating new
>"game-changing" funding to upgrade
>locks along the Upper Mississippi River.
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>Democrats have been quick to call out
>Republicans who voted against the
>infrastructure deal and recent COVID-19
>relief package while praising elements
>of the legislation, criticizing them
>for "voting no and taking the dough."
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>�When these Republicans had the chance
>to actually do something good for their
>constituents, they refused,� Nebeyatt
>Betre, a spokesperson for the
>Democratic Congressional Campaign
>Committee, said in a statement. �We�re
>not going to let them get away with this
>blatant attempt to rewrite history.�
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>https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-tout-infrastructure-fu
>nding-voted/story?id=82429064
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