Keith Ashdown
Keith Ashdown
bill history known
This bill will be known as the most earmarked transportation bill in the history of our nation.
absolute agency clue head highway math robbery value
This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real value of contracts. I've done the math in my head 100 times and I don't know how they computed this cost.
anyone iraq money people precedent presence watching
Our Iraq presence isn't going away; the only thing going away is the people watching how the money is being spent. If you don't have anyone watching it, the precedent is that the money will be wasted.
campaign employ sure thousands trying win
Lawmakers are not trying to win campaign cash. They are trying to make sure that they employ thousands of people.
cut fly pigs
Pigs will fly before we cut this pork. I don't know how we'll make this happen.
basically jury
He's basically judge, jury and executioner for all this money.
congress gorilla happen major nobody program protecting talking
The only thing I think can happen is that (Congress enacts) a very large, across-the-board cut, ... and nobody is talking about that. Every major program has an 800-pound gorilla protecting it.
small snapshot
but it is only a small snapshot of what is going on.
decisions good last minds money terrible
The last thing on people's minds are these good investments. We are making terrible decisions on where money goes.
harris members
If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too.
guarantee paid paying prices reviewed
I guarantee we're going to come back to this after everything has been reviewed and find we paid Nordstrom prices when we should have been paying Wal-Mart costs.
acted acting air billion business force instead nearly partner silent
Instead of the Air Force acting as an independent reviewer of this nearly $30 billion deal, they've acted as a silent business partner of Boeing.
letter scarlet tattooed version washington
If you're a lobbyist, you've got the Washington version of the scarlet letter tattooed on your back right now.
almost bottom local money people pyramid
And in almost every case, the local people who really need to be making the money are at the bottom of these upside-down pyramid schemes.