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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Milman

Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at a news briefing in Texas' Hill Country near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Monday.
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas speaks at a news briefing in Texas' Hill Country near the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Ted Cruz has had quite a week. On Tuesday, the Texas senator ensured the Republican spending bill slashed funding for weather forecasting, only to then go on vacation to Greece while his state was hit by deadly flooding, a disaster critics say was worsened by cuts to forecasting.

Cruz, who infamously fled Texas for Cancún when a crippling winter storm ravaged his state in 2021, was seen visiting the Parthenon in Athens with his wife, Heidi, on Saturday, a day after a flash flood along the Guadalupe River in central Texas killed more than 100 people, including dozens of children and counselors at a camp.

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