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“I've always said there’s three kinds of senators here: Republican senators, Democrat senators, and appropriators.” – Senator John McCain on Fox News Channel this morning
Senator John McCain on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends”April 15, 2010
Senator McCain On His Fight To Stop Wasteful Pork Barrel Spending:
Senator John McCain: “Everybody should read [the Congressional Pig Book].
It's been going on for 20 years now and I'm telling you, it will make you laugh and it will make you cry and the Citizens Against Government Waste will be glad to send you a copy of this book. We'll be glad to help you get it if you need it. $3.7 million for a maritime museum in Seattle – by the way, they had to close it. $200,000 to study Maine lobsters. $250,000 for a Father's Day parade in Philadelphia. I mean, you can't make it up.
And the thing is, it's bad enough when times are good. But here we are with people not being able to stay in their homes, no jobs, the economic conditions they are, and it's business as usual here in Washington and Republicans do it too, much to our everlasting shame.”
Fox News’ Gretchen Carlson: “They do, Senator, because the biggest spender happens to be a Republican, Senator Cochran from Mississippi, is it? I believe so.”
Senator McCain: “I've always said there’s three kinds of senators here: Republican senators, Democrat senators, and appropriators.”
Carlson: “You're one of the few who has determined that you're never going to have this kind of pork.”
Senator McCain: “Never have.”
Carlson: “You’d think that others would follow suit right now, based on the things that you just discussed, the economy and such.”
Senator McCain: “Well, to their great credit, the House Republicans have announced that they won't do it. We've been trying over here in the Senate. But again, Senator Coburn and I have been trying to do that. We've proposed an amendment – no earmarks until the budget is balanced. And we had 15 of our 41 Republicans vote against it. Of course, almost all the Democrats. But look, this is why we have tea parties. That's why they're angry. The total disconnect between Main Street and here in our nation's capital.”
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I am so thankful that McCain is such a leader in the fiscal responsibility section of Washington. I hope that more Republicans follow suit and stand along side of McCain to block this administration from all the out of control spending.
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