Peter DeFazio actually said...

But what I am trying to get at here is everybody here wants to get this done as quickly as possible.

I am saying that is why as soon as practicable physically and, you know, not something that meets their convenience or their capital outlays...

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 understan...