The ‘rats continue to infest Mrs. Pelosi’s swamp. Congressman Neil Abercrombie [1] (D-HI 1st) wants to spend eight million dollars of the taxpayer’s money because he is too cheap to buy a membership in a healthclub for himself. Emily Belz and Alexander Bolton, Hill [2], report:
Abercrombie is touting his efforts to secure funding in the legislative branch spending bill to begin an estimated $8 million renovation of the House gym. The project is personally important to Abercrombie, who sets a yearly goal to bench-press 200 pounds more than his age, now 69.
Heathclub memberships can be had in Washington for a hundred dollars a month [3]. It is far better for the taxpayer, that is you and me, for Abercombe to pay a hundred dollars a month out his own pocket rather than to soak us for eight million dollars.