Congress Spending and Voting Controversies

I want to talk about some of the spending going on in Congress, and the fact that

Congress doesn't seem to be able to-

Let, let, let's go to-

Well, yeah, let's-

Let's, let's talk about America's Act, which goes ties with Argentina

... No, wait, wait, wait a second. No. Wait, let me go, let me go to spending.

Which I also introduced in Congress.

Last month you were at FIU and you presented a check for $650,000

to help small businesses at FIU. But you voted against the bill

that gave the money that you then signed a check for

and handed, and had

a photo op. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of

2023,

right? You voted against that bill.

I, uh, right now you have to give me more

details, but I do know that every time I

have an opportunity to bring money to my

constituents, I do so. I just did-

Well, you remember, you-

... I just did $400,000. But look, let's go-

Well, you, but you voted against, you voted against the CHIPS

and Science Act,

right?

Listen, I, right now I need to, I need to ask my staff.

But, you know, why don't we look at the-

No, you, you-

... $40 million that I have brought-

Here's-

... to this community.

No, no, let's, that's-

Aren't you proud of me? Aren't you proud of the $40 million

that I brought?

But how much, but how much-

Aren't you proud that I wrote the Dignity Act?

Haven't I, I mean, let's talk about the America's Act.

Wait, wait, wait a second. Maria, let me, one second.

Tell me.

The money that you talk about, the $40 million that you bring back to the

district,

sometimes that money comes from bills that you voted against.

You voted against the CHIPS Act, and yet you praise the fact

that the South Florida Climate Resilience Tech Hub is gonna be started

in Miami, right? You voted against the infrastructure bill,

and you talk about all the money that comes back to the airport.

So at the same time that you're taking credit for the money

that you bring back to

the district, in Washington you're voting against these

projects on

party line votes.

Listen, I, that was, I think, last cycle.

I cannot really remember right now, but just look, let's look at the America's

Act, which is what I'm gonna vo- which is what I would like-

So you don't wanna, you don't wanna explain why you vote

against things?

I, I really cannot. I mean, right now, and I'm not trying to be a politician,

there's so many bills that I've introduced, that I know

that many of them have

been-

No, these are bills that you voted against.

The, the-

That, understand. And, but they, it's-