WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Peter Meijer (R-MI) today voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs (BIF) Actafter Democratic leadership linked the procedural vote for the Build Back Better (BBB) Act to passage of BIF. He released the following statement:
“Back in August, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed the U.S. Senate with bipartisan support. The House had the opportunity to vote on and pass this bill nearly three months ago, but Speaker Pelosi and the progressive wing of her caucus held this bill hostage as they developed a multi-trillion-dollar partisan spending package, which they call the ‘Build Back Better’ (BBB) Act. Because Democratic leadership chose to let progressives take the reins and link the procedural vote for BBB to passage of the infrastructure bill, I had no choice but to vote against both. Our country desperately needs commonsense infrastructure investments, and I am deeply frustrated that Democrats chose to play petty politics with such a critical issue.”
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