research this fiscal year. one of many projects known as earmarks. you may have heard of them. lawmakers tack them on to spending bills. it's routine. other examples of what critics call pork barrel spending including 4. million dollars for wood utilization research. a quarter of a million dollars for a farmers market in monroe county, kentucky. i'm sure it's nice. $300,000 for music education programs at carnegie hall. william la jeunesse has been looking into how much of all of this is costing you, specifically you. william? >> well, shepard, you know the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. but will congress concede an addiction to earmarks? those pet projects dolled out by lawmakers for the sole benefit typically of a local employer or town like millions for textile research in north carolina. thousands for tattoo removal in california. and almost a million for fish management in alabama. >> earmarks are not historically necessary. we don't need to have them. and they have gotten completely