02/03/2014
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"Now earmarks got a bad name. I won't go into that for various reasons. And they were banned. Well, that was stupid."
"this was an attempt to restore what I always thought was a good principle, which is those who were elected from local areas better understand the needs of their constituents and their infrastructure t..."
"Last time I checked--and someone on the panel can probably correct me--the Corps had more than a $40 billion--``b,'' billion--backlog of critical infrastructure that needed repair or replacement. That..."
"Congress has not been forthcoming. How are we going to deal with the commuter railroads?"