Cornyn: Puerto Rico bill 'an anti-taxpayer bailout bill'

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn backed the House-passed Puerto Rico rescue legislation, dubbing the package “an anti-taxpayer bailout bill” in advance of an expected vote this week.

“If we don’t pass this Puerto Rico bill, when July 1 hits and there is a major default, then there is going to be a demand that we use taxpayer dollars to bail out out Puerto Rico,” Cornyn told reporters Monday afternoon. “And to me, this is an anti-taxpayer bailout bill as much as it is anything else.”