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"I need to ask my staff": GOPer "cannot really remember" she voted against funding she bragged about
“I need to ask my staff”: GOPer “cannot really remember” she voted against funding she bragged aboutA Republican congresswoman on Sunday was called out for seeking credit for legislation that provided money to her district despite previously opposing those bills.
Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., was confronted about the posturing during an interview with CBS News Miami, when "Facing South Florida" host Jim DeFede questioned her presentation of a $650,000 check meant to support small businesses at a Florida International University ceremony last month, HuffPost reports.
“You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” DeFede said. “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?”
Salazar joined almost every other House Republican in voting against the $1.7 trillion government funding bill in 2022. She told DeFede, however, that she could not recall the vote.
“Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—”
DeFede interrupted to confirm that she had voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, which, in part, authorized a slate of programs and activities of federal science agencies.
“Listen, I— right now, I need to, I need to ask my staff,” Salazar said. “Why don’t we look at the $40 million that I have brought to this community. Aren’t you proud of me?”
Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., was confronted about the posturing during an interview with CBS News Miami, when "Facing South Florida" host Jim DeFede questioned her presentation of a $650,000 check meant to support small businesses at a Florida International University ceremony last month, HuffPost reports.
“You voted against the bill that gave the money that you then signed a check for and handed and had a photo op,” DeFede said. “The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, right?”
Salazar joined almost every other House Republican in voting against the $1.7 trillion government funding bill in 2022. She told DeFede, however, that she could not recall the vote.
“Right now, you have to give me more details,” she said. “But I do know that every time I have an opportunity to bring money to my constituents, I do so. I just did $400,000, but look—”
DeFede interrupted to confirm that she had voted against the CHIPS and Science Act, which, in part, authorized a slate of programs and activities of federal science agencies.
“Listen, I— right now, I need to, I need to ask my staff,” Salazar said. “Why don’t we look at the $40 million that I have brought to this community. Aren’t you proud of me?”
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