Rep. Chip Roy (R-Tex.) voted to block the legislation.
By Jeff Stein and Jeff Stein Economic policy reporter Email Bio Follow Mike DeBonis Mike DeBonis Congressional reporter covering the House of Representatives Email Bio Follow May 24 at 2:04 PM A House Republican lawmaker blocked a $19.1 billion disaster aid package on Friday, delaying a bill that would send federal funding to disaster-affected areas across the country.
The White House had initially pushed lawmakers to include the new funding in the disaster bill, but the funds were left out of a Senate compromised reached this week to move the aid package forward. Roy described the $4.4 billion as “quite modest.” Many House Republicans are frustrated that Roy blocked the bill, said Rep. Austin Scott , who represents a district where farmers were devastated by Hurricane Michael last fall and are awaiting aid.
Roy, when asked whether Trump or House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had attempted to dissuade him from objecting, said he did not want to discuss private conversations.“Texas gets money from this,” said House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern as he made an expression of disbelief. “I’ve had nothing, for the most part, but ‘attaboys’ from people around the House who have flown home and did not know a consent request was going to be done and are saying, ‘Thank you, I would have stayed and objected, too,’” Roy said.
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