{"id":949575,"date":"2021-11-01T12:59:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=949575"},"modified":"2021-11-01T12:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:59:23","slug":"exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-the-stop-aoc-act-to-prevent-government-from-paying-for-covid-19-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-introduce-the-stop-aoc-act-to-prevent-government-from-paying-for-covid-19-funerals\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Introduce \u2018The Stop AOC Act\u2019 To Prevent Government From Paying For COVID-19 Funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fexclusive-house-republicans-introduce-the-stop-aoc-act-to-prevent-government-from-paying-for-covid-19-funerals%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=949575&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><\/div>\n<p>Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert and a group of House Republicans introduced legislation Monday that would prevent FEMA from paying for funeral expenses that \u201cmay or may not have been the result of a COVID-19 death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the \u201cThe Stop AOC Act,\u201d which would stop FEMA\u2019s COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program. The program has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fema.gov\/press-release\/20211004\/fema-covid-19-funeral-assistance-state-state-breakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">given more than<\/a> $1.158 billion to 176,000 people out of the initial $2 billion earmarked for the COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Program. In a statement to the Daily Caller, Boebert slammed Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for supporting the Funeral Assistance Program.<\/p>\n<p>Boebert also claimed that illegal immigrants are receiving the money. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/27\/scott-atlas-deborah-birx-donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Scott Atlas Slams Dr. Birx, COVID-19 Lockdowns In Statement)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAOC\u2019s government welfare program is cradle to grave \u2014 literally. AOC and Chuck Schumer have shelled out almost $1.2 billion in COVID funeral earmarks. Never mind that the average cost of a funeral is $3,000-$7,000, AOC\u2019s FEMA program will give you $9,000. There has been little to no auditing of this colossal waste of money, and the program is ripe for abuse and fraud \u2014 even allowing illegal immigrants to receive money. The Biden regime\u2019s priority is placating AOC instead of helping Americans; for instance, while the VA backlog takes over 125 days, it only takes a month to get funding from AOC\u2019s pet project,\u201d Boebert said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE BILL HERE:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View (DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) -- Stop AOC Act_ on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/536483465\/DAILY-CALLER-OBTAINED-Stop-AOC-Act#from_embed\">(DAILY CALLER OBTAINED) \u2014 \u2026<\/a> by <a title=\"View Henry Rodgers&#039;s profile on Scribd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/user\/527927298\/Henry-Rodgers#from_embed\">Henry Rodgers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is just another blue state bailout, and coastal blue states like Maryland, New York, D.C., and California get almost 70% more money per COVID death on average than rural states like Colorado, Montana, Idaho, and New Mexico. I\u2019m sick of my constituents\u2019 tax dollars being sent to bankrupt liberal states through a program that is bankrupting the federal government,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>The bill has seven co-sponsors, including Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde, South Carolina Rep. Ralph Norman, Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert, Illinois Rep. Mary Miller, Florida Rep. Brian Mast and Georgia Rep. Jody Hice. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/03\/covid-19-lockdowns-economy-climate-change-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Think COVID-19 Lockdowns Were Bad? Climate Lockdowns Could Be Next)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of Oct. 23, the CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/covid19\/mortality-overview.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> over 700,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Rep. 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