Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) is pushing back on a proposal to spend as much as $400 million in taxpayer money to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House, arguing that Congress needs to rein in its deficit spending at a time of historically high national debt. Scott told NBC News on Monday evening that…
Senate Republican on Trump ballroom push: ‘We have $39 trillion of debt’
Originally reported by The Hill
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