senator jerry moran reeled in the big fish, a $400 million bioscience lab in his state of kansas. >>e jar on this one. >> reporter: job corps got $1.6 billion, though studies show it doesn't work. and when the pentagon tried to save money retiring old ships and closing bases, congress said, no. >> even when they're told by their own people, by their own analysts that these are a waste of money and this is an inefficient use of resources, congress is more than willing time and again to throw good money of after bad. >> reporter: now, senator jerry moran insists the ag lab in kansas is not an earmark, but the result of a competitive process. he does take credit for helping win the project. now, jon, basically, congressional auditors say taxpayers could save $900 billion a year just be -- $300 billion a year by eliminating duplicative programs, but of course, that didn't happen. back to you. jon: that is an awfully sad way to go. william la jeunesse, thanks. uma: former virginia governor bob be mcconnell, new jersey's chris christie and new york's andrew cuomo each facing separate contr