know it. people won t be able to afford it we won t have the quality of care that we expect and deserve in america. we have got a lot of work to do. laura: we all agree on that. stop this thing from happening. laura: why are you not for an all out ban on earmarks then. listen, i don t earmark. okay? so republicans are not about earmarking. all right? we are the ones that went. i worked for five years to make sure and john boehner and i have were able this year to make it so that our conference supported a moratorium on earmarks. and so what i will say is if these earmarks come back, they will not be earmarks that will include monuments to me and teapot museums and frankly. laura: they will be good earmarks? listen, if these earmarks come back, there will have to be a demonstration to the american people that their taxpayer dollars are being spent prudently in a way with a federal purpose. listen, again, i say i don t
know it. people won t be able to afford it we won t have the quality of care that we expect and deserve in america. we have got a lot of work to do. laura: we all agree on that. stop this thing from happening. laura: why are you not for an all out ban on earmarks then. listen, i don t earmark. okay? so republicans are not about earmarking. all right? we are the ones that went. i worked for five years to make sure and john boehner and i have were able this year to make it so that our conference supported a moratorium on earmarks. and so what i will say is if these earmarks come back, they will not be earmarks that will include monuments to me and teapot museums and frankly. laura: they will be good earmarks? listen, if these earmarks come back, there will have to be a demonstration to the american people that their taxpayer dollars are being spent prudently in a way with a federal purpose. listen, again, i say i don t
know it. people won t be able to afford it we won t have the quality of care that we expect and deserve in america. we have got a lot of work to do. laura: we all agree on that. stop this thing from happening. laura: why are you not for an all out ban on earmarks then. listen, i don t earmark. okay? so republicans are not about earmarking. all right? we are the ones that went. i worked for five years to make sure and john boehner and i have were able this year to make it so that our conference supported a moratorium on earmarks. and so what i will say is if these earmarks come back, they will not be earmarks that will include monuments to me and teapot museums and frankly. laura: they will be good earmarks? listen, if these earmarks come back, there will have to be a demonstration to the american people that their taxpayer dollars are being spent prudently in a way with a federal purpose.