Bill Shuster: “Perhaps what I hear the gentleman saying is that there are those who think that if we designate worthy projects here…”

“Perhaps what I hear the gentleman saying is that there are those who think that if we designate worthy projects here, that is a terrible thing, but if we shovel the money back to the States, then there are angels in heaven in the State government who makes these dispassionate, objective decisions as to how to spend the money. Politics, that terrible, crass work, politics, never enters into a decision when the States decide how to spend the money that we send to them.”