I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.

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Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure...

Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure...

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a...

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a...

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders...

I am going to work with Tom Daschle. And I'll work with the Republican leaders...

It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid...

It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid...

Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to...

Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to...

And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health...

And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health...

We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that...

We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that...

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there...

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there...

I am pleased to see that information campaigns, such as the America's WETLAND effort, are...

I am pleased to see that information campaigns, such as the America's WETLAND effort, are...

Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics...

Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics...

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things...

I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things...

But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in...

But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in...

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a...

When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a...

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent,...

When you have a Senate that is 50 Democrats and 49 Republicans and one independent,...

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United...

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United...

My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see...

My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see...

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the...

Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the...