GOP Rep Again Takes Credit For Bill She Voted Against

The Huffington Post reports:

Rep. Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) this month celebrated delivering $1.4 million to a children’s hospital in her district, even attending a photo op where she handed over massive checks to leadership and staff at the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Except Salazar voted against the bill that provided this money.

“The doctors and staff at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital are nothing short of miracle workers, and I am proud to support their work in Congress,” Salazar declared in a Feb. 8 press release.

“I am thrilled to have secured over $1.4 million to provide cutting-edge medicine to children and help the hospital confront our nation’s growing mental health crisis.”

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Last month Salazar made news for presenting a giant check to a small business group and then claiming not to remember having voted against the bill that delivered the funds seen on the check.

Earlier this month she appeared her when she declared that that “all Americans will serve and praise Jesus.”

Salazar appeared here in November 2023 when she praised “homogeneous” Argentina for having “one race, one culture, one religion.”

Salazar also appeared here in 2021 when she condemned Biden for “handing over” the international rights to COVID vaccines, thereby “undermining” US-based big pharma of their profits.

Salazar missed her 2020 swearing-in as a freshman because she was ill with COVID.

I was thrilled to celebrate the $1.45 million my office secured for @Nicklaus4Kids with the wonderful leadership and staff.

Nicklaus Children’s leads the nation in pediatric care, and I am proud to deliver funding for projects that will significantly improve patient outcomes. pic.twitter.com/092CVBZ673

— Rep. María Elvira Salazar (@RepMariaSalazar) February 8, 2024