(Radio Iowa) – Democrat Liz Mathis says her Republican opponent — Congresswoman Ashley Hinson — has voted against bills that will benefit Iowans, like the bipartisan infrastructure bill.  “She’s been voting the wrong way,” Mathis says.
“She’s been saying, ‘No,’ to a lot of things where she should be saying, ‘Yes.'” Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says she voted no on the infrastructure package because it was a leap toward socialism that went beyond spending on physical infrastructure.

Mathis, a Democrat from Hiawatha, says the bill means five BILLION dollars of infrastructure investments will be made in Iowa. “And invest in 4000 endangered bridges, fix roads, fix broadband — not only the quality, but the quantity. to expand that. That will expand a lot of economic development. She voted no, now remember that, but also took credit about two weeks later for a project that was funded by infrastructure money,” Mathis said. “That is not the Iowa way.”

Hinson says she advocated for Iowa projects because once Biden signed the bill last year there was money on the table. Mathis says Hinson should have voted for the bill Biden signed last week that included a series health care and energy-related proposals backed by Democrats in congress. “That has so many provisions to help all of us,” Mathis said. “It’s going to save us money and there are biofuels measures in this bill.”

Mathis made her comments on the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair.