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In case you missed it, Ashley Hinson is once again getting called out for trying to cover up her record of “vocal opposition” to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which has already begun delivering key infrastructure investments for Iowa.
As the Telegraph Herald Editorial Board writes, “[A]n overhaul of the lock and dam system long has been sorely needed… But it’s disingenuous to see U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson touting the ‘game-changing’ investment when she voted against the infrastructure bill from which the funding comes.”
Despite her best efforts to lie to Iowans and take credit for work she didn’t do, the truth is that Hinson chose partisan politics and Washington gamesmanship over working together to secure a big win for Dubuque.
Read more about Hinson the Hypocrite’s “disingenuous” lies to Iowans:
Telegraph Herald: Our opinion: Hinson shouldn’t tout infrastructure award when she voted against bill
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Indeed, an overhaul of the lock and dam system long has been sorely needed — and much more investment needs to be made in the years to come to really make a difference. Inland river transportation is a key economic driver. The Mississippi River locking system, which moves hundreds of millions of tons of U.S. grain, petroleum and coal, is aged and undersized.
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The lock-and-dam structures in Dubuque, Bellevue and Guttenberg, Iowa, were completed in the late 1930s. All three have stood for more than 80 years, despite being designed with only a 50-year life expectancy.
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Hinson was, in fact, vehement in her vocal opposition to the infrastructure bill, describing it as “tossing trillions of hard-working Americans’ money up in the air like Monopoly money. That’s Washington gamesmanship at its absolute worst and the very definition of chaos and dysfunction that Iowans sent me here to fight against.”
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Yet Hinson was proud to join with her tri-state colleagues in Washington, U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley and Tammy Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, as well as U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, of Missouri, to announce this wonderful allocation of funds for the lock and dam system. Hinson noted in a press release that she “helped lead a bipartisan group of my colleagues in urging the administration to prioritize funding for these essential upgrades.”
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Republican Grassley didn’t vote no. He voted yes — specifically because he knows how important this investment in the locks and dams system is. Some in his party were critical of that position, but Grassley thought it was the right thing to do. “When I voted for the bipartisan infrastructure bill, I was voting for exactly this type of federal support for critical infrastructure that Iowans depend on,” Grassley said in a press release.
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Roy Blunt, the Missouri Republican, didn’t vote no. He broke with party ranks because he thought it was critical for his state. “As a national transportation hub, Missouri is among the states that will benefit the most from the targeted investments in this bipartisan infrastructure bill. The bill … includes much-needed funding for ports and waterways.”
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As for Hinson, it’s a classic case of wanting to have it both ways. But she shouldn’t get to malign a piece of legislation and vote no on it, only to turn around and accept the accolades for helping to secure the money for infrastructure.
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