Because the very individuals who complain about earmarks are the ones who vote for the very largest, multi-hundred billi...
I made some pretty strong statements concerning this fraud called earmarks.
Regularly enacted WRDA bills provide the best opportunities to address our Nation's water resources infrastructure needs...
The only last thing I wanted to say in terms of the earmark argument is the importance of authorization.
This year I again was ranked by National Journal as the most conservative Senator.
Any of these earmarks that they talk about, if you kill an earmark on the floor of the Senate, it does not save one cent...
I think that is probably the reason there was not one.
I am a very strong believer that our system will work if people will get serious about it.
We have needs that are out there. We have, in my State of Oklahoma, things that need to be done.
This WRDA bill is to make sure that we do not put out things that are not deserving of public funding.
I support the Chair's intent to move a Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, this year.
I couldn't disagree more.
My point is this. We can all agree that Government has functions to perform.
This is the way it is supposed to happen.
We set up something where we would have certain things that were going to be happening in the future, and then had overs...
I appreciate that very much. Thank you.
Regulatory actions should always be . . . decisively administered so as to lend stability to the nuclear operational and...
It is our job to make certain that safety is the No. 1 priority for the nuclear industry and the NRC.
