Noted Quote: John Hart On Behalf Of Tom Coburn

"If this project was such an urgent priority for Senator (Mary) Landrieu (D-Louisiana), why did she and her staff spend countless hours pushing through earmarks for things like blackbird control and a study of infectious diseases on alligator farms?" (Senator Tom Coburn's spokesman John) Hart asked. "Members of Congress were elected to make tough choices between competing priorities. We'll leave it to taxpayers in Louisiana and elsewhere to check the facts on Senator Landrieu's own Web site, which boasts about her work in securing pork, and decide if she has prioritized wisely." ~ Landrieu criticized Coburn for blocking a measure that, among other things, would reauthorize payment for hurricane protection measures.

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