Do Our Politicians Believe in Louisiana’s Future? Here’s One Who Doesn’t.
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, the House minority whip, voted against the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. (Photo by Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press)
After the U.S. House followed the Senate recently and passed the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill with 14 votes from its 213 GOP members, but none from Louisiana, there were revealing comments from the two most powerful members of Louisiana’s GOP congressional delegation.
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who helped push approval in his chamber said:
“This infrastructure package will rebuild our roads and bridges, increase access to high-speed internet, strengthen our electric grid, add levee protection, and improve flood resiliency. After almost every corner of our state was hit by natural disasters in the last year, we must have the federal investment to protect us from future storms.”
U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, the GOP whip, said: “I whipped against the entire package. … There are no moderates, by the way, they are socialists and liberals and they finally worked some kind of bill together.”
Some readers take exception to how often I “bring politics” into my op-eds. The complaints usually go like this: “You’re supposed to be writing about science and our coastal future, not who to blame.”
Oh, if only I could.
Read the rest of the article at The Times-Picayune.
