Congress and the SBA appeared to be more interested in shoveling the money out than they were in actually making sure that they were helping people affected by the 911 attacks.
Congress and the SBA appeared to be more interested in shoveling the money out than they were in actually making sure that they were helping people affected by the 911 attacks.
It's passing the buck, literally. There are no profiles in courage in the Senate on this.
The Corps of Engineers and Congress are partners in crime. We have this process where the pork barrel dictates that we spread the money over the 535 mouths to feed that are Congress rather than putting our resources where it makes the most sense.
We have a clear example here that earmarks caused harm. Because we siphoned off funds to go to parochial projects, we have put people in harm's way and exposed them to greater risk. Congress needs to put its house in order and target their funding to where there's the greatest need,
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