The White House announced this week that $350 billion in aid as part of the overwhelmingly popular American Rescue Plan will begin to flow to state and local governments – no thanks to Rep. Ann Wagner.
If Rep. Ann Wagner had her way, counties that make up her district in MO-02 would have lost out on more than $314 million in funding:
- $193 million in St. Louis County
- $78 million in St. Charles County
- $43.7 million in Jefferson County
This critical funding will be a lifeline for state and local governments as they continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic by getting shots in arms, people back to work, and children safely back in schools. Here are some of the ways state and local governments can use these relief funds that, if Rep. Ann Wagner had her way, Missouri communities wouldn’t be getting:
- Vaccine distribution, contact tracing, and COVID-19 testing to continue to decrease spread of the virus and bring the pandemic under control,
- Support for small businesses, laid-off workers, and families of COVID-19 victims,
- Continuity of essential public services, such as local police departments and emergency response services,
- Needed upgrades to critical infrastructure, including water, sewer, and broadband systems, and
- Support for communities hit hardest by the pandemic to address health, educational, and housing disparities.
Help is on the way to families across MO-02. Just don’t thank Rep. Ann Wagner.
“Thanks to Democrats and the American Rescue Plan, more help is on the way to communities across Missouri – despite Rep. Ann Wagner’s best efforts to block it,” said DCCC spokesperson Monica Robinson. “Ann Wagner put politics over her own community and deserves absolutely zero credit for the much-needed relief headed to families, small businesses, and local governments in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.”
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