Tom Harkin: “Let me cite a few others: $500,000 for the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT; $800,000 for the Mind-Body Institute of…”

“Let me cite a few others: $500,000 for the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, CT; $800,000 for the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, MA--the Mind-Body Institute of Boston, MA?--$150,000 for the Lady B Ranch Apple Valley, CA, for the Therapeutic Horseback Riding Program. I want to go back to what the Senator said, that there are 1,600 earmarks. So the manager of the bill doesn't even know where $1 million goes. Maybe $1 million isn't much to the manager of the bill, but it sure as heck is a great deal of money to my constituents. If you asked the average citizen if a therapeutic horseback riding program was at the top of their priority list, I don't think so. But therapeutic horseback riding has to be earmarked for Apple Valley, CA. Continuing, $500,000 for the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies in Seattle, WA. By the way, there is $800,000 for the Seattle King County Workforce Development Council, Seattle, WA, for the purpose of retraining displaced Boeing employees. Yet we still need $800,000 to retrain their workers. That is a good deal for Boeing.”