On the recordJuly 29, 2010
I will be brief. Let me just say that there are 435 Members of this House; there are five Delegates representing the territories. Each and every one of these districts and the territories has its own peculiar needs, and the Members should be entitled to do something like what I am trying to do, help a town in Puerto Rico with the highest poverty rate in the region where kids do not even have a place to play, particularly meeting the needs and the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There cannot be a more justified earmark than this one. The amount at stake is $150,000. So I urge my friend from Arizona to withdraw this amendment because, clearly, it has no merit. I urge my colleagues to oppose it.
