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Mitch McConnell Rails Against Using COVID Funds On Baseball Stadiums, Ski Slopes
During a speech on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, condemned the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package intended to help communities recover from the economic damage of the pandemic.
However, McConnell pointed to several local projects as being examples of what he believes is wasteful spending on projects that do not directly relate to coronavirus recovery.
For example, he pointed to $2 million being spent in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, to purchase a privately owned ski area, $12 million being spent in New York's Dutchess County for renovations of a minor league baseball stadium, and more than $6 million being used to replace irrigation systems at Colorado Springs golf courses, revelations first uncovered by the Associated Press.
He also pointed to towns using the funds to install pickleball courts in their local parks as a potential misuse of funds.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...AAWQCoe?cvid=60ce4e92d2e54ad4a46313e0c12a0c7e
During a speech on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, condemned the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid package intended to help communities recover from the economic damage of the pandemic.
However, McConnell pointed to several local projects as being examples of what he believes is wasteful spending on projects that do not directly relate to coronavirus recovery.
For example, he pointed to $2 million being spent in Pottawattamie County, Iowa, to purchase a privately owned ski area, $12 million being spent in New York's Dutchess County for renovations of a minor league baseball stadium, and more than $6 million being used to replace irrigation systems at Colorado Springs golf courses, revelations first uncovered by the Associated Press.
He also pointed to towns using the funds to install pickleball courts in their local parks as a potential misuse of funds.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...AAWQCoe?cvid=60ce4e92d2e54ad4a46313e0c12a0c7e