why do you think it s worth the money? i ll put it this way. our constitution says that members of congress have to run every two years. by the very nature, i think we re closer to the people than the other parts of the federal government. therefore, we know what the needs are, we talk to folks and i d rather have, quite honestly with all due respect to the administration, i think i can do a better job represent of my district than some bureaucrat in washington, d.c. this is what the local communities have requested and this is what i m trying to help them with. jenna: so some of your fellow congressmen are looking for funds as well, $400,000 for solar parking canopies in kansas, for example or $277,000 for a potato pest management in wisconsin. when you are both looking at what you need for your own communities, what do you say to your critics who say hey listen, we don t need that bridge in your district, we re going to need something for a potato pest management in wisconsin,
$277,000 for potato pest management in wisconsin. $246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in michigan and minnesota. $522,000 for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in new jersey. $500,000 for oyster safety in florida. some people are watching and thinking i m making this up. i m not making it up. bill: that is how as animated as he gets. how about $235,000 for noxious weed management in nevada and 300,000 for the polynesian v voyaging society of hawaii. martha: like you said, you think i m making it up. you can t make this up. bill: right there, black and white. republicans to cram it in before the final hour. bill: bob corker on the senate banking committee, another lawmaker fired up over the massive check. sitting on the desk of
bill, thank you so much. superintendent down there at bay district school superintendent. merry christmas to you. you, too. merry christmas. and the next stop as we move ahead back to politics where it s not life or death but in terms of the health of the country, you cannot feel good about what s in it. at one point $1 trillion omnibus bill being jammed down our throats. john mccain has a few highlights of this outrage. 12:15 my office received this appropriations bill. this appropriations bill. 1,924 pages long. and contains funding for all 12 of the annual appropriations bills for a grand total of $1.1 trillion. are we tone deaf? are we stricken with amnesia? what is going on here? here s a small sample. $277,000 for potato pest
brian touched on it. they would stop spending the money. salmon research, 1924 pages long. appropriations bills for a grand total for $1 trillion. are we tone deaf? what is going on here? earmarks totalling near $8.3 billion. here s a small sample. $277,000 for potato pest
three. reporter: the problem critics argue is trying to push through a 2,000-page bill in three days makes it difficult if not impossible to look closely at all the spending in there. that is a major objection from one of the long-time warriors of earmarks, senator john mccain. we have already identified 6,488 earmarks totaling nearly $8.3 billion. $277,000 for potato pest management in wisconsin. you ll notice that there is a location for literally every one of these earmarks. $246,000 for bovine tuberculosis in michigan and minimum soto. 500 22,000 dollars for cranberry and blueberry disease and breeding in new jersey. reporter: and there was $6 billion for a rural iowa school named after a senator and 18 million set aeu tied to two