@CWOTUS ”...that was tacked onto it and which had nothing at all to do with the storm damage, victim relief or repairs to infrastructure damaged by the storm. Nothing to do with Sandy at all.
This is where Ted Cruz lies all the time. It was NOT filled with “unrelated pork.” Paul Ryan, for instance, referred in a statement to “non-Sandy expenses,” such as “sand dunes at the Kennedy Space Center, highway repairs in the Virgin Islands, and roof repairs in Washington, D.C.” But Sandy was a storm that stretched far beyond New Jersey and New York as it raced up from the Caribbean.
The Smithsonian Institution suffered roof leaks from heavy winds and torrential rain, resulting in a $2 million request. The shoreline near Launch Pads 39A and B at the Kennedy Space Center also suffered major erosion, leaving the ocean less than a quarter-mile away, so $15 million was added to deal with that problem and repair a NASA facility on Wallops Island in Virginia that also was damaged by Sandy.
Also, there were non-Sandy related items added to the disaster relief bill, but they were related to other declared disasters.
Ted Cruz likes to be the “smart guy” in front of the cameras. He is fact one of the smarmiest people currently in office.