Kit Bond: “I just question how much money is going to be spent on sidewalks, when we need highways and we need bridges.”

That number needs to be publicized because that is the greatest prophylactic to let people know if they are going to do it.

I pledge to dedicate my skills and energy to strengthen our diplomatic and economic ties to Trinidad and Tobago to advance U.S. interests in the world and to promote American democratic values.

Now that is, being a Missouri resident and a 'show me,' I like the bottom line.

to quote an earlier comment by Senator Bond, "skin in the game"