{"id":180324,"date":"2021-02-27T13:46:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T18:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180324"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:35:21","slug":"democrats-reject-gop-stimulus-amendment-to-move-100m-from-silicon-valley-subway-to-childrens-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reject-gop-stimulus-amendment-to-move-100m-from-silicon-valley-subway-to-childrens-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Reject GOP Stimulus Amendment To Move $100M+ From Silicon Valley Subway To Children\u2019s Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-reject-gop-stimulus-amendment-to-move-100m-from-silicon-valley-subway-to-childrens-mental-health%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Np-1-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>House Democrats blocked an attempt by Republicans on Friday night to move more than $100 million away from a Silicon Valley underground rail system and redirect the money to helping children that have developed mental health problems as a result of not being able to attend school during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalling it the \u2018Pelosi payoff,\u2019 Republicans offered a motion to recommit the bill back to the Budget Committee to consider an amendment from freshman Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa,\u201d Roll Call <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/2021\/02\/26\/covid-19-relief-bill-vote-house\/\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe amendment would shift the $140 million for the San Francisco transit project to mental health services for children who can\u2019t attend in-person school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roll Call noted that Democrats blocked the motion to recommit in a 205-218, party-line <a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/evs\/2021\/roll048.xml\">vote<\/a>, with two Democrats and six Republicans absent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/10\/health\/kids-mental-health-suicide-pandemic-wellness\/index.html\">Numerous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whsv.com\/2021\/02\/09\/medical-experts-in-virginia-support-the-re-opening-of-schools\/\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/children-mental-health-during-pandemic\/\">have<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.com\/children\/news\/20201113\/is-the-pandemic-harming-kids-mental-health\">pointed<\/a> to schools being shutdown and other pandemic-related stresses having a serious impact on the mental health of America\u2019s youth.<\/p>\n<p>Fox Business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/house-covid-bill-millions-silicon-valley-transportation-project\">reported<\/a> that approximately $112 million in the stimulus bill would be sent to fund phase two of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion, which \u201cwould use one of the largest boring machines ever built to drill a tunnel for rail transit underneath San Jose, California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe project was estimated to cost $4.69 billion in 2018,\u201d the report said. \u201cBut estimates have already skyrocketed to $6.9 billion. It\u2019s currently scheduled to be complete in approximately 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hinson offered the motion to recommit late last night on the House floor, saying, \u201cAmericans are crying out tonight for targeted relief and instead this bill sends money straight to Speaker Pelosi\u2019s pet project in California, the Bay Area Rapid Transit Silicon Valley phase two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow insulting to the frontline workers who still have not received a COVID-19 vaccine, to the mom trying to pay rent while her small business is in danger, and what about the ER doctors and nurses treating kids rushed in for mental health crisis?\u201d she continued.\u00a0\u201cThis is Washington pork spending at its worst, the kind the speaker puts in for herself. My amendment tonight would take away the speaker\u2019s $140 million subway carve out and instead redirect that money to a truly essential cause, supporting mental health programs for students. We\u2019ve seen increasing rates of depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges among our kids who have been trapped behind screens for a year now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we adopt the motion to recommit, tonight, we will instruct the budget committee to reconsider my amendment, which would put students over subways and reject this $140-million-speaker-set-aside in favor of getting kids the mental health help they need right now, before it\u2019s too late,\u201d she concluded. \u201cI ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my amendment in the record immediately prior to the vote on the motion to recommit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAshleyHinson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAshleyHinson<\/a>&#8216;s amendment &#8220;would put students over subways&#8221; by redirecting $140 million from Speaker Pelosi&#8217;s Silicon Valley subway to kids getting the mental health help they need now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cZpZ02KYCZ\">pic.twitter.com\/cZpZ02KYCZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Bednar (@MarkBednar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkBednar\/status\/1365528728156200963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) immediately responded to Democrats blocking the motion to recommit last night by noting that they \u201cblocked $140 million in grants for mental health services for kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnow where they decided to spend that taxpayer money instead?\u201d McCarthy continued. \u201cPelosi\u2019s tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING\ud83d\udea8 Democrats just blocked $140 million in grants for mental health services for kids.<\/p>\n<p>Know where they decided to spend that taxpayer money instead? Pelosi\u2019s tunnel.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1365552575324565508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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