John Murtha: “I know standing here does not solve the problem! And it hasn't gotten better; it's gotten worse. That's the problem!”

Let me just mention to the gentleman, 85 of the 90 members of the RSC receive, RSC which you just mentioned, receive earmarks in this total of this $436 million.

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.

You can see the hearings we've had on this issue. We felt that the missile defense cuts we made were because of schedule more than anything else, and I appreciate your determination to put it in. We'll take another look at conference, but…

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