Rep. Chip Roy of Texas argued the disaster aid bill is not “fiscally responsible.”
People play basketball under a heavily damaged open air roof structure caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
That meant a normal vote was not possible, so the House attempted to pass the bill through unanimous consent. When the moment came, freshman Rep. Chip Roy of TexasRoy said he supported disaster aid but argued the package was not done in a “fiscally responsible” way. Roy also objected to the bill not containing $4.4 billion in border security funding that the Trump administration had requested.
In a statement, Pelosi blamed House Republicans for “last-minute sabotage of an overwhelmingly bipartisan disaster relief bill in an act of staggering political cynicism.”
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