The Senate on Thursday rejected a proposal from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to impose spending cuts to offset billions of dollars in new spending to help Texas and Louisiana recovery from Hurricane Harvey.

Paul said rushing to pass a bill creating billions of dollars in additional U.S. debt was unwise, and said senators should work to offset the funding. Paul said failing to offset the spending makes lawmakers “like dinosaurs: big hearts and small brains.”

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