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09/26/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/26/2024 12:26

María Elvira Salazar Has “No Answer” To Help Working Families In South Florida

The Republican led 118th Congress will go down as one of the least productive in history. That is in no small part because of people like María Elvira Salazar - who's spent more time lying about her voting record than passing laws that actually help her constituents.

When asked by the New York Times about Republican achievements, she has "no answer."

Sound familiar? Earlier this year Salazar told CBS Miami she "cannot really remember" her votes against landmark legislation that brought critical resources to Miami-Dade. As Jim DeFede noted, Salazar voted against the Chips and Science Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, but celebrated the new local projects they're funding.

Salazar has already admitted to doing nothing to help her district.

DCCC Spokesperson Lauryn Fanguen:
"It's no surprise that María Elvira Salazar has no answer to the problems facing the people of Miami-Dade. She has no answer for helping lower costs, no answer for making housing more affordable, and no answer for why she keeps lying about her record. South Florida deserves a representative who answers to them, and Salazar ain't it."

New York Times: With Few Wins to Highlight, House Republicans Head Home to Chase Votes - The New York Times
Annie Karni | September 26, 2024

  • As they head home to make the case to voters for why they deserve to keep their dysfunctional House majority, Republicans have little to point to in terms of accomplishments.

  • Not everyone was able to rattle off achievements they were proud of. Representative María Elvira Salazar, a vulnerable Republican from Florida, would not answer when asked what she had to tell voters back home about Republican achievements in Congress over the past two years.

  • At first, she told a reporter to wait for her outside the House chamber to chat after votes. But then she was out of time. "I have to run to a fund-raiser," she said, promising that a staff member would get in contact with a full answer to the question.