I'm sorry. The 6,000 earmarks that were put in place under the speaker's term, for instance, were oftentimes tagged onto other bills.

I would put a ban on earmarks. I think it opens the door to excessive spending.

I would put a ban on earmarks.

If you want a fiscal conservative, you can't vote for Rick Santorum because he's not.

I've lived balancing budgets.

That was an American promise and it's been broken by this president.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to finish my speech regardless of the time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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And we better fix Michigan and get Michigan on track. And anybody who comes in here, Republican or Democrat, and says they want to help Michigan say, where have you been?

Throwing money at the auto industry is not going to help it long term. If you just write a check that you're going to see these companies go out of business ultimately, what you can't do is just send a big check. Billions and billions of…

Are we going to let the entire automobile industry domestic manufactured automotive industry, disappear and just say well, that was tough, it's just the way it is.

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I appreciate your efforts in that.

I would actually urge you to be very careful in that respect.

We should not have our head in the sands.

You are going to have to prove that to me, because I do not believe it one bit.