Republican U.S. Rep. French Hill alone among Arkansas’s House delegation voted last week against a measure that provided $36.5 billion in disaster aid, a
The vote was 353-69, with all nays coming from Republicans.
The aid was a budget-buster said Hill. From KTVH’s account, with my editorial comment:
In a press release, Rep. Hill said that he “firmly” believed that the United States should aid “our neighbors in need,” [just not Puerto Rican neighbors] but didn’t think this bill was “the right way or the compassionate way to do it” [Compassion apparently requires the disaster-stricken to lift themselves by their own bootrstraps, unless they live in Florida or Texas.]
“Continuing the trend of adding massive amounts onto our national debt and doing nothing to change programs that are in dire need of reforms hurts hardworking Americans both today and tomorrow who will have to pay for this unfunded package,” Hill said.
Hill said that Congress is not “taking seriously” our national debt, but instead putting it on the “shoulders of future generations.”
Noted: Hill said earlier he was “proud” to vote for the aid package for Hurricane Harvey relief in Texas and Florida “America is strongest when neighbor supports
Question for this week: Does Hill continue to support Donald Trump’s approach to health care, which reduces insurance coverage for Americans, causes huge premium increases and increases the budget deficit? More compassionate conservatism at work.