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Ray LaHood: 'If people like Ray LaHood and others aren't able to earmark dollars, that money will be spent by some bureaucrat in…

On the recordJanuary 20, 2009
'If people like Ray LaHood and others aren't able to earmark dollars, that money will be spent by some bureaucrat in Washington, D.C., and who knows better how to spend money on worthwhile projects than a community and an individual Congressman?'
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Ray LaHood
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

LaHood emphasizes the importance of local input over federal bureaucratic decisions on earmarks.

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