The large request that I put in was in excess of $800 million. My district: Agricultural. A lot of corn, soybeans, wheat, a lot of pork, cattle, chickens, duck production, automobiles. I do not have the big defense contractors. So those who want to say that it is pork laden, I do not sell any of my hogs, none of my hogs out of Indiana for this bill.
Discussing funding requests and agricultural interests in his district.
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