Alcee Hastings: “I would ask our friend from California what do 29 and one-tenth million dollars in Members' personal projects have to do…”

“I would ask our friend from California what do 29 and one-tenth million dollars in Members' personal projects have to do with the war on terrorism? Like Americans all over this great Nation, I strongly support, as do all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, the expenditure of supplemental funds that will help our military win the battle against terrorism. However, I cannot help but note that in our patriotic fervor, we are jeopardizing the future for our children and grandchildren by passing on an additional $750 billion in debt. I can only hope that when history judges us and the decisions we make today are the bad ones we made yesterday, we are found wise and not ridiculous. In the area of the ridiculous, I have noticed several items within this supplemental that for the life of me I cannot tie to the war on terrorism.”