The FY 2001 Agriculture bills are especially egregious. H.R. 4461 and S. 2536, expected to go to the White House this week, will continue projects that, according to USDA officials, should have already been completed, and will also fund numerous new projects.
Pork brings the parties together like few issues.
Hawaii, Massachusetts, Mississippi, South Carolina, and the land-locked state of Arizona will benefit. Your dollars will be put to best use funding integrated cow resources management, agriculture-based industrial lubricants research, and protein utilization research.