07/24/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/24/2024 16:51
Jul 24, 2024| Infrastructure, Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced today that three airports in Louisiana's 3rd District will receive $3,763,738 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP).
The funding was made available through regular FY24 appropriations.
"While I opposed the minibus funding bill based upon the overall level of spending and exclusion of conservative policy riders, some of the programs within the bill are those we support. Ultimately, the bill became law, and the funding has been allocated," said Congressman Higgins. "Our local and regional airports are major economic engines for South Louisiana. This funding provides our airports with the necessary tools needed for future growth and support of commercial activity. My office will continue working at a federal level to prioritize strategic investments in South Louisiana's hard infrastructure so that we may better serve our communities and this great nation."
Obviously, when the federal government spends trillions of dollars that we don't have, there are going to be some expenditures written into a huge funding bill that are indeed worthy of support. Every principled conservative must oppose out-of-control government spending. This particular massive spending bill combined six individual appropriations bills, and the Democrat-controlled Senate stripped many conservative sections that had originally been included in the individual House Republican-controlled appropriations bills.
The stripped language included:
See conservative opposition to the spending bill from Heritage here and The Club for Growth here.