Rep. Flake: Taxpayers are not a bunch of saps
Included in the Agriculture appropriations bill (H.R. 2744) for fiscal 2006 is $139,000 for maple research in Vermont.
“Funding pork projects like this, congressional appropriators must think taxpayers are a bunch of saps,” said Rep. Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.).
The conference report for the Agriculture appropriations bill passed the House, 318-63, on October 28. It won overwhelming approval in the Senate, 81-18, on November 3. President Bush signed the $100 billion bill into law on November 10.
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