President Joe Biden’s biggest Republican foes in the House are not outright rejecting his request for federal relief as he travels to Baltimore on Friday to inspect the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse — but it won’t come for free, they say.
The House Freedom Caucus released its position on whether federal funding should be made available for reconstructing the bridge, which fell down after a cargo ship crashed into it last week. The group said its members would require a series of concessions, including the cost being fully offset and, most notably, a reversal of the president’s pause in liquefied natural gas exports.
“Before Congress considers any emergency supplemental funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, it’s important that (1) we first seek maximum liability from the foreign shipping companies upfront and
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