Date: May 23, 2019

Subject: Hiking Wasteful Spending under the Guise of "Emergency" Disaster Relief

Description: This supplemental appropriations bill appropriates $19.1 billion in so-called "emergency" disaster relief spending. However, according to the Congressional Budget Office, only $5.3 billion of these funds would be spent in 2019, demonstrating that the majority of these funds have nothing to do with any kind of emergency. Additionally, the lion's share of the funds have been earmarked for programs benefiting special interests such as the National Flood Insurance Program and "climate crisis" slush funds, feeding into the worst kind of cronyism. This vote also came at a time when the Federal Emergency Management Agency had a balance in its account exceeding $28 billion. ACU opposes this scheme to bypass spending caps, opposes expanding wasteful government spending under the guise of "emergency" disaster relief, resulting in the nation lacking revenue for true emergencies.

Result: Bill Passed, 85-8

Democrat: 44 Yeas, 0 Nays, 1 Not voting
Republican: 39 Yeas, 8 Nays, 6 Not voting
Independent: 2 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Not voting

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