Hypocrisy alert! One-Term Wonder Congresswoman Barbara Comstock is trying to take Virginia voters for a ride by pretending to support the Silver Line.
Today, Comstock is taking a joyride on the Metro’s Silver Line Metro “protesting” proposed cuts to federal funding for capital improvements on Metro, but just two years ago, she voted against critical funding, potentially halting the expansion.
In a high-speed fail, Comstock voted against a Virginia Legislature transportation bill in 2013 that included $300 million to complete the Metro’s Silver Line. And in 2012, she voted for a budget that failed to include that same necessary funding.
“There is no silver lining to Barbara Comstock’s high-speed fail when it comes to the silver line,” said Matt Thornton of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “Northern Virginian commuters need a Representative who will stand for them, not provide empty rhetoric when the cameras are on.”
BACKGROUND
Comstock Voted Against Transportation Compromise; Thumbing Her Nose At “A Solution To Rush Hour Misery.” “VIRGINIA’S LEGISLATURE has enacted the most important transportation funding bill in 27 years, a measure bringing billions to fix Northern Virginia’s crumbling roads and horrible traffic. Amazingly, 12 of 40 Northern Virginia lawmakers — nine Republicans and three Democrats — voted against it, thumbing their noses at the first politically feasible solution to rush-hour misery.” [Editorial, Washington Post,3/03/13]
Transportation Compromise Helped Fund Silver Line. The transportation bill “is projected to raise more than $3.5 billion for roads and rails over five years and nearly $900 million annually after 2018. Northern Virginia would get hundreds of millions from the state, including $300 million committed to complete Metro’s Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport.” [Connection Newspapers, 2/27/13]
Washington Post: Comstock “Opposed Most Important State Legislation In More Than A Quarter Century” “Unfortunately, the Republican running to succeed Mr. Wolf, State Del. Barbara Comstock, is not in his mold… But while Mr. Wolf’s fingerprints are on virtually every major transportation project in the region, Ms. Comstock opposed the most important state legislation in more than a quarter century to pay for improvements to roads, bridges, tunnels and mass transit.” [Washington Post, 9/27/14]
Sun Gazette: Comstock’s Transportation Vote A “Disservice To Her Constituents.” In 2014, the Sun Gazette wrote: “We have had our quibbles with Comstock’s tenure in the House of Delegates. Among them: her vote against the 2013 transportation plan was a disservice to her constituents, designed to inoculate herself within the party against accusations of not being anti-tax enough.” [Sun Gazette, 4/22/14]
Comstock Voted For State Budget That Failed to Include Funding for Silver Line. In 2012, Comstock voted for the state budget. “The primary budget objection of Senate Democrats was the lack of $300 million to reduce tolls on a Northern Virginia highway that are used to fund the extension of a commuter rail line to Dulles International Airport.” [HB 1301, 4/17/12; Virginian-Pilot, 4/19/12]