Dr. Rand Paul Sounds Alarm on 6,000+ Earmark Spending Bill
Last week, the Senate voted on a $468 billion spending bill filled with over 6,000 earmarks.
The bill contains more than 6,000 earmarks detailed over 605 pages which include:
- $4 million for a waterfront walkway in New Jersey
- $3.5 million for Detroit's Thanksgiving Parade float maker's new headquarters
- $1.75 million for the Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) in New York City
- $1 million for an environmental justice center in New York City
- $500,000 for gardens in San Francisco
- $1 million to a non-profit in Minnesota to build a coffee shop and a greenhouse for refugees
- $1 million to help San Francisco organic dairy farmers
- $500,000 for a "cybercrime vehicle" for the Honolulu police department
- $1.2 million for bike path resurfacing in Rhode Island
- $209,000 for HVAC replacement for the "Charles Town Opera House" in West Virginia
These are only ten of the over 6,000 wasteful earmarks included in the spending bill that is funding half of the government. In a couple weeks the uniparty in Washington will come back to fund the other half of the government, and if there were 6,000 earmarks this week, I'm guessing they'll have 6,000 next week.
This type of excessive, wasteful spending is what is bankrupting our nation and driving up costs for Kentuckians across our Commonwealth. We can't continue like this, and I for one will continue fighting against reckless spending that is driving up costs and driving down the value of your dollar.
You can learn more about my efforts HERE.
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