Peter DeFazio actually said...

"It is clear that the Class I's aren't going to be able to meet the deadline."

"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 or whatever."

"Now earmarks got a bad name. I won't go into that for various reasons. And they were banned. Well, that was stupid."