On the recordJune 13, 2007
The reason we are in this debate today, one of the reasons, is we have created a process where instead of 435 people will meet their constitutional obligation of their oath to determine how the earmarks will be spent, we have narrowed it down to one or whatever his designation may be, and I think that is inappropriate, although I will say and I wish to end by saying Mr. Obey is an honorable man, and I have the greatest respect for him. But that's not the way we were supposed to act when we came to Congress. We were supposed to participate in this process of determining the earmarks.
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