Chuck Schumer: “I believe this is the worst legislation that I have seen in my over 20 years in the Congress. It is bad for what is in…”

“I believe this is the worst legislation that I have seen in my over 20 years in the Congress. It is bad for what is in it, and it is bad for what is not in it. It is laden with special interest provisions. There is no question about it. So many people got little things for their States. Some of them are good, some of them are not good. When you add them up they are extremely expensive. It is hard to believe in an administration that is watching costs so much that a bill that was originally $8 billion should balloon to $23 billion. This includes $1 billion to build a nuclear reactor in Idaho. I understand we need projects in people's States to sort of grease the wheels of legislation, but at $1 billion a shot? There is so much bad in this bill. To me, the two worst provisions are the MTBE and the ethanol provision: MTBE, taking people's livelihood they put into their home; their homes are ruined.”