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Congressional leaders tell Trump to pay DC back for 'Salute to America,' inauguration costs
The members of Congress sent him a letter, asking him to reimburse the depleted DC Emergency Planning and Security Fund for the cost of those events.
DC
Author:Samantha Kubota
Published:4:43 PM EDT July 12, 2019
Updated:5:51 PM EDT July 12, 2019
Several democratic leaders of U.S. Congress sent President Trump a letter Friday, demanding he reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs surrounding his inauguration and the Fourth of July Salute to America event.
In the letter – penned by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform – they asked the president to commit to reimbursing the D.C. Emergency Planning and Security Fund (EPSF) for the costs of the events and other federal activities the city provided security support for.
“As Members of Congress committed to reducing the unnecessary expenditure of federal funds, upholding national security, and conducting oversight of government operations, we already had concerns about the cost and purpose of your ‘Salute to America’ event,” they wrote in the letter. “The depletion of the EPSF, the costs of the July 4 events, and your comments on July 8, 2019, that you plan to repeat this event next year and ‘for the foreseeable future’ only reinforce the necessity of ensuring that federal funds are spent wisely and with proper oversight. For these reasons, we respectfully request that you commit to reimbursing the EPSF for the costs of your 2017 inauguration, the July 4 ‘Salute to America,’ and other federal activities for which D.C. has provided security support.”
Wednesday, the mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser, sent the president a letter, similarly asking for reimbursement.
RELATED: Bowser to Trump: You owe DC $9M for your festivities
She said the events cost the city around $9 million in total.
The mayor said recent official estimates project the city's emergency fund is in the hole $6 million and is partly attributed to increased demands for heightened security.
She said there was a $7.3 million price tag for security at Trump's inauguration ceremony, and an additional $1.7 million for security support for the Fourth of July events and related demonstrations.
"...the necessity of ensuring that federal funds are spent wisely and with proper oversight."
Seriously? Did you seriously fucking say that? How much of our tax dollars have been pissed away on bottomless pots of stupid ideas not to mention what we spend on coddling invaders?At least the AMERICAN public got something out of this one.
The members of Congress sent him a letter, asking him to reimburse the depleted DC Emergency Planning and Security Fund for the cost of those events.
DC
Author:Samantha Kubota
Published:4:43 PM EDT July 12, 2019
Updated:5:51 PM EDT July 12, 2019
Several democratic leaders of U.S. Congress sent President Trump a letter Friday, demanding he reimburse the District of Columbia for the costs surrounding his inauguration and the Fourth of July Salute to America event.
In the letter – penned by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform – they asked the president to commit to reimbursing the D.C. Emergency Planning and Security Fund (EPSF) for the costs of the events and other federal activities the city provided security support for.
“As Members of Congress committed to reducing the unnecessary expenditure of federal funds, upholding national security, and conducting oversight of government operations, we already had concerns about the cost and purpose of your ‘Salute to America’ event,” they wrote in the letter. “The depletion of the EPSF, the costs of the July 4 events, and your comments on July 8, 2019, that you plan to repeat this event next year and ‘for the foreseeable future’ only reinforce the necessity of ensuring that federal funds are spent wisely and with proper oversight. For these reasons, we respectfully request that you commit to reimbursing the EPSF for the costs of your 2017 inauguration, the July 4 ‘Salute to America,’ and other federal activities for which D.C. has provided security support.”
Wednesday, the mayor of Washington D.C., Muriel Bowser, sent the president a letter, similarly asking for reimbursement.
RELATED: Bowser to Trump: You owe DC $9M for your festivities
She said the events cost the city around $9 million in total.
The mayor said recent official estimates project the city's emergency fund is in the hole $6 million and is partly attributed to increased demands for heightened security.
She said there was a $7.3 million price tag for security at Trump's inauguration ceremony, and an additional $1.7 million for security support for the Fourth of July events and related demonstrations.
"...the necessity of ensuring that federal funds are spent wisely and with proper oversight."
Seriously? Did you seriously fucking say that? How much of our tax dollars have been pissed away on bottomless pots of stupid ideas not to mention what we spend on coddling invaders?At least the AMERICAN public got something out of this one.
