Congressman-Elect Mike Kennedy vows to secure federal funding for the 2034 Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah, despite the incoming administration's efforts to cut spending.
PARK CITY, Utah — As the incoming Trump Administration talks of cutting spending, Congress man-Elect Mike Kennedy walked to the podium at a recent Park City Council meeting and talked of bringing money here. 'This is going to be ground zero for our United States Olympics in the winter,' Kennedy, a Republican, told the room. 'So, what is that going to take?' Kennedy continued. 'A bunch of building and infrastructure; it’s going to take a bunch of federal money.
' 'And I’m very happy to be your advocate to fight for every dime that I can bring to this place to build the things that we’ll use for two weeks during the Olympics and then the next 70 years after that.' Kennedy made the remarks on Dec. 19 – the council’s annual Ugly Sweater Night. A video recording on Park City’s municipal website captured both Kennedy’s address and a cornucopia of bedazzled knits.No one else from Utah’s congressional delegation has made a public expression of federal financial support for the 2034 Winter Olympics. FOX 13 News requested an interview with Kennedy, who takes his oath of office Friday to represent Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, to ask what deals he would be willing to make in Congress to support the Olympics.Kennedy instead issued a statement. 'I understand there’s always a level of give and take,' the statement read, in part, 'but I will never sell out Utah or compromise our nation’s future. There’s plenty of waste in government that can be cut, and I will work to prioritize spending and deliver results for Utahns.'Wasteful spending is a hot topic. The incoming presidential administration has pledged to eliminate it.But Republicans, who also will control Congress in 2025, have been averse to even the spending Americans tend to like – new roads, bridges and any infrastructure that makes water or terabytes flow and toilets flush.While then-Sen. Mitt Romney negotiated the 2021 infrastructure bill, the rest of Utah’s congressional delegation voted against i
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