Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) voted against President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill before promoting his role in a project that draws funds from it.
of Texas played in funding the Red River Chloride Control Project, which aims to remove salt from water flowing into a Texas lake that is used as a source for drinking water. However, funding for the project is coming from President
's bipartisan infrastructure bill—which was signed into law last year despite Jackson voting against it and denouncing it as"terrible."by the infrastructure bill on January 19. Jackson issued a press release on Tuesday that lauded his efforts to fund the project, which is in his congressional district, while failing to mention the ultimate source of the funds but conceding that federal funds were"the only viable option.
"My staff and I have been deeply engaged on this issue for months now because safe drinking water for our communities is nonnegotiable, and because it's my firm belief that the federal government had a duty in this situation to either continue funding the project or ensure a smooth transition to local control," Jackson said in the"It quickly became clear that the Biden Administration had no interest in working with our community, so the only viable option in my eyes was...
Jackson voted against the infrastructure bill, which is officially titled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, less than two weeks before Biden signed it into law on November 15. In an October 14 tweet opposing the bill, Jackson suggested that the"bloated" proposal was an insult to his constituents and did not address infrastructure issues.
"I WILL NOT be voting for Pelosi's bloated 'infrastructure' bill, which spits in the face of the Patriotic values my constituents expect out of their representation in Washington,"Read more
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