Utah National Guard troops operating in the nation's capital have a new hotel, after a billing dispute led to their eviction.
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Shortly after, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, tweeted that Bowser was removing Guard troops -- including Utah's -- from D.C. hotels, calling the move"unacceptable" and saying they were"being kicked to the curb by an ungrateful mayor." "The soldiers will relocated to the new hotel today," the statement said, without providing details about what had occurred.Responding to Lee on Friday, Bowser said during a press conference that"D.C. residents cannot pay" for the Guard's rooms.
"Out of respect for existing agreements those facilities have with the city government, those service members have been relocated," Master Sgt. Michael Houk told ABC News. "So our message to the hotel was that if they are going to use the rooms that we reserved, then they are going to have to pay for them, and you have to refund us our money," she said.
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