John Murtha: “I know the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Young] and I have looked at this. This is, I think, an important safeguard that…”

Let me mention to the gentleman, we have a $459 billion bill. We look at every one. We ask the Members to vet them. Our staff vets them. We go over every single earmark. We don't apologize for them because we think the Members know as much…

The Iraqi leaders are not stepping up to unit and rebuild the country.

Let me tell you, we have added, we have added all kinds of money for body armor, for paint, for the gentleman from Ohio, predecessors, one of your predecessors was always looking for new ways, new developments. Small business has been the…

I think that is a perfect example of the way things work. When we see something that we think is not as valuable as something else is, we change it.