Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday rejected calls from a fellow Republican, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), to return money in excess of COVID-19-related costs that is being handed out to state and local governments under the $1.9 trillion relief package, funds that Scott has denounced as “bonus cash to plug budget holes.” “It doesn’t make any sense,” DeSantis told Politico in response to a question about Scott’s suggestion to give back to the Feds money over and above what would reimburse actual expenses incurred by Florida in its COVID-19 response. “If Florida were to send the money back, [Treasury Secretary Janet] Yellen is going to send it to Illinois, California, New York, or New Jersey,” DeSantis added. “I don’t think that would make sense for Floridians—for us to be giving even more money to the blue states that are already getting such a big windfall in this bill.” A vocal critic …
DeSantis Rejects Sen. Scott’s Calls for Florida to Give Back Relief Money
March 17, 2021
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