House Republican lawmakers who advocate for reducing federal spending to bring down the budget deficit are defending the use of earmarks as Congress passes a spending package that include $13 billion of them.
Rep. Burgess Owens, R-Utah, said he's thankful for the earmarks process, which is now formally titled, "Community Project Funding," noting that his "District was not being serviced at all" when earmarks were banned prior to 2021.
There were about 6,000 earmarks taking up 605 pages in the minibus spending package that passed.
"If there's a body that knows what the people really care for and need it is the House and what we did, we took ourselves off the plate." Not all Republicans in Congress are on board with earmarks, known derogatorily as "Pork." Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., told Just the News that the previous ban on earmarks should be resurrected.
"It's another step in the wrong direction. It does nothing to cut our spending, it does nothing to secure our border, and worse than that, you mentioned, you've got nearly 7,000 earmarks for about $13 billion." "And earmarks represent the worst in Washington because they are pet projects back in somebody's district used to buy votes," Good continued.
"Inflation is a general punishment. So, I would say this bill is not for the general welfare of the country. It is for the general punishment of the country, because if it continues a $1.5 trillion deficit that leads to inflation, that causes all of us to not be able to afford food, clothing, gasoline. That's what this is. This bill is an insult to the American people. The earmarks are all the wasteful spending that you could ever hope to see, and it should be defeated," he added.
" House GOP Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., was asked how he responds to conservative Republicans who opposed the spending package over the $13 billion in earmarks.
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