Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has announced that she is working hard to stop San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s pork project. The project is part of the administration’s infrastructure bill and has been declared a “success” despite being billions of dollars over budget and more than a decade behind schedule. .
Ernst denounced the Biden-funded South Bay rail extension project as “profiteering.”
Celebrating Sunshine Week, which promotes open government and warns against unnecessary secrecy, and promises to: make WASHINGTON ‘Screaming’ Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair Joni Ernst announces she will ‘shed light’ and expose ex-Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s staggering price tag on pork projectwhich initially requires a 6-mile rail extension sold It will be offered to the public for $4.7 billion.
However, after that secure Injected with billions of taxpayer dollars from Washington, its price has nearly tripled and now carries a $12.8 billion price tag. This equates to more than $2 billion per mile. Additionally, this project was initially It is scheduled It is expected to be completed within two years, but is currently not expected to be completed until 2037.
the #SunshineWeek,everyone! ☀️
This week, I’m shining a light on reckless government spending and taking a stand against wasted tax dollars! #make musk squirt
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) March 11, 2024
In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News on Wednesday, Sen. Joni Ernst accused the 83-year-old California congressman of spending public resources recklessly.
“Pelosi’s pork project is once again ballooning billions of dollars over budget,” he said, adding that “breaking ground on the rail expansion puts oil on the wheels of Biden’s gravy train.”
While the president is “still boasting about his infrastructure bill,” Ernst said, “this project encapsulates its ‘successes’: billions of dollars over budget and more than a decade behind schedule.” , taxpayers are stuck with a bill for very rich people with nowhere to go.” fast. ”
She concluded by vowing to continue working to “put a brake on the Democrats’ extravagant policies and ensure taxpayers are no longer on the hook for these runaway costs.”
The Biden administration insists it will cancel the infrastructure plan instead of canceling the project, which is billions of dollars over budget and more than a decade behind schedule. treated It was rated as “one of the top transportation projects” in the country.
Earlier this month, House Democrats blocked Pelosi supported a motion to eliminate Silicon Valley’s subway tunnels to pay for additional mental health measures in the coronavirus bill. The project later became Dropped President Biden continues to provide funding despite Republican opposition, but a new audit finds the public was misled about the huge costs.
It’s Ernst I have written Biden administration refuses to comply with law that would bring the gravy train to a screeching halt, knowing it would cost him the presidency can answer For his many costly failures.
Monday, Ernst sent In a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Secretary Isabel Casillas Guzman, the agency criticized the agency for failing to meet transparency requirements.
“As it is Sunshine Week, our annual celebration of the public’s right to know what their government is doing, I urge the SBA to stop keeping taxpayers in the dark and to comply with the law. I ask,” she wrote. “I know that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and that’s why I’m committed to making sunlight a bright light, including in our recent efforts to force the SBA to collect billions of dollars in small business loan arrears. Because it has stopped billions of dollars in wasted spending.”
In December, Ernst prompted After the administration released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that exposed most federal agencies, the administration moved taxpayer-funded government buildings from President Biden’s “Washington, D.C. swamp” to “diligently” decided to move to a “central location” where they could be more responsible to the American people. Most of the positions are vacant due to the prevalence of telework among federal employees.
Admin Biden doesn’t want the public to see the naughty list of non-participants, but I’ll share!
I’m calling on Biden’s bureaucrats to either deck out government halls with federal employees or sell unused space 🎄 pic.twitter.com/9JyPNSds5o
— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) December 5, 2023
In October, Ernst successfully introduced an amendment to the bill that would reduce bureaucrats’ salaries based on the extent of their telework and remote work location. He also called for a study into the impact of remote working on productivity in early September.
In September she announced It is a reform package to hold the “entrenched federal bureaucracy” accountable, “drain the swamp,” and “abolish bureaucracy.”
The package of solutions includes bringing decision-making “closer to the American people and the nation.”[ing] The government responds to the real needs of the American people.” Swamp method She introduced me.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
