Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C.)
"I want to be there as often as I possibly can for as much money as I possibly can."
-- on being cited in the Pig Book. Charleston Post and Courier, February 21, 2007.

Hawaii Star Tribune
“We present this year's Bonehead Award for [CAGW’s] inclusion, as pork, of $2.1 million to combat the distribution and use of crystal methamphetamine in Hawaii.”-- April 10, 2006

Senator Trent Lott (R- Mississippi)

"Do you know what I got to say to them? 'Go to ...,'" said Lott, who stopped his sentence short. "I am not intimidated by that sort of thing." -- Nov. 12, 2003 Roll Call. Defending himself from criticism after doubling the Senate's office decorating funds.

"Pork is in the eye of the beholder. Where I'm from, that's federal programs that go north of Memphis."-- March 15, 2001 CNN Inside Politics



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