ThenJan 4, 2013“Hurricane Sandy funding bill is filled with unrelated pork. Two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy.”
NowAug 28, 2017“Texas has been hit by a devastating natural disaster, and the state needs the federal government's help.”
Voted against federal disaster relief for other states citing fiscal concerns, then sought the same type of relief when his own state was affected. Fact-checkers debunked his claim that two-thirds of the Sandy bill was pork