Keith Ashdown
Keith Ashdown
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The fact is, there are not the checks and balances to make sure the money is spent well.
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It's ironic. This program was set up to save money. But because of poor oversight, it has spent money like Paris Hilton at a shoe sale.
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There's definitely a need to get the money on the ground fast. But I don't think any of these proposals would do that. What I see them doing is lessening the transparency. It's the opposite of the way we should be going. We need to know more so we can know if all this money is being spent in a wise and responsible manner.
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The other reason you see Murtha get so much is because Young does not ask for very much.
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We used to think that Mr. Lewis would be a champion for smart spending. But he brought us the biggest increase in defense earmarking in history.
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Pigs will fly before we cut this pork. I don't know how we'll make this happen.
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Lawmakers are not trying to win campaign cash. They are trying to make sure that they employ thousands of people.
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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.
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We've known for years that there are some easy things on paper. But it's politically hard to limit the budgetary footprint of the federal government. Any item you try and cut, you're going to tick off an 800-pound gorilla that fights with a sledgehammer.
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Transparency is the best disinfectant. If they would disclose everything and give the public time to review it, that would change the discourse dramatically.
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You know how they call Vancouver 'North Hollywood'? Well, Alaska could become 'North North Hollywood,'
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It's hard to turn around a train in Washington, and they deserve credit.
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It's sending shivers down the spines of a lot of senators. They've thrown down the gauntlet here to other people. I believe this is probably a bargaining chip to try to move senators down the road to more earmarking reform.
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Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show his complete record. He's going to let this case cloud his reputation.