Murtha and Obama Steal from Americans

"I want to be clear about this: we cannot tolerate business as usual, not in Washington, not in our State Capitols, not in America's cities and towns. We will use the new tools that the Recovery Act gives us to watch the taxpayers' money with more rigor and transparency than ever."

"If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it,"

--Barack Obama, 20 Feb. 2009

http://www.sfgov.org/site/mayor_index.asp?id=99337


BLITZER: Senator McCain says if he's president, he will veto every piece of legislation that has pork barrel spending or earmarks. Will you make that promise?

OBAMA: You know, here's what I'll tell you -- we're going to have to fundamentally change how our appropriations process works. And I want to sit down with members of Congress, should I be elected, even before I'm sworn in, and explain to them that some of these projects may be worthy projects in their home state, home district, but right now we can only do those things that are absolutely necessary. And if we're going to have a project, I think it has to not just be a whim of a particular local community, it's got to be something that serves to help build the overall economy and move us in a better direction.

--Barack Obama, October 31, 2008

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0810/31/sitroom.01.html

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"I want to be clear about this: we cannot tolerate business as usual, not in Washington, not in our State Capitols, not in America's cities and towns. We will use the new tools that the Recovery Act gives us to watch the taxpayers' money with more rigor and transparency than ever."

"If a federal agency proposes a project that will waste that money, I will not hesitate to call them out on it, and put a stop to it,"

--Barack Obama, 20 Feb. 2009