of their tax dollars into the laredo little theater.and the money would be used to replace worn auditorium seating and soundproofing materials. and so yeah, anybody got a little theater that they want -- worn auditorium seating and soundproofing, maybe they ought to apply to the senator from texas. $665,000 for -- i'm not making this one up -- for the cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california, for equipment and supplies for the institute for irritable bowel syndrome research. now, i have a lot of comments on them but i -- on that issue, but i think i will just pass those so as to not violate the rules of the senate. $500,000 for the botanical research institute in fort worth. i'm sure the botanical research institute in fort worth is a good one. i would like to see other botanical research institutes able to compete. $600,000 for a water storage tower construction in ado, oklahoma. -- in ada, oklahoma. population 208. $200,000 for a visitors' center in a town in texas with a population of 5,240. money for elimination of slu

of their tax dollars into the laredo little theater. and the money would be used to replace worn auditorium seating and soundproofing materials. and so yeah, anybody got a little theater that they want -- worn auditorium seating and soundproofing, maybe they ought to apply to the senator from texas. $665,000 for -- i'm not making this one up -- for the cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california, for equipment and supplies for the institute for irritable bowel syndrome research. now, i have a lot of comments on them but i -- on that issue, but i think i will just pass those so as to not violate the rules of the senate. $500,000 for the botanical research institute in fort worth. i'm sure the botanical research institute in fort worth is a good one. i would like to see other botanical research institutes able to compete. $600,000 for a water storage tower construction in ado, oklahoma. -- in ada, oklahoma. population 208. $200,000 for a visitors' center in a town in texas with a population of 5,240. money for elimination of sl

of their tax dollars into the laredo little theater.and the money would be used to replace worn auditorium seating and soundproofing materials. and so yeah, anybody got a little theater that they want -- worn auditorium seating and soundproofing, maybe they ought to apply to the senator from texas. $665,000 for -- i'm not making this one up -- for the cedars-sinai medical center in los angeles, california, for equipment and supplies for the institute for irritable bowel syndrome research. now, i have a lot of comments on them but i -- on that issue, but i think i will just pass those so as to not violate the rules of the senate. $500,000 for the botanical research institute in fort worth. i'm sure the botanical research institute in fort worth is a good one. i would like to see other botanical research institutes able to compete. $600,000 for a water storage tower construction in ado, oklahoma. -- in ada, oklahoma. population 208. $200,000 for a visitors' center in a town in texas with a population of 5,240. money for elimination of slu

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there's $200,000 to renovate and construct the laredo little theater in texas.y frerntiond friends, the nexte in laredo, be sure to stop by the theater and see $200,000 of your money which is going to renovate and construct this little theater in lor laredo, t. $500,000 for the botanical research institute of texas in fort worth. $200,000 for a visitor's center in bastruck, texas. bastrop, texas. now, it's $200,000 for a visitor's center there in basrop. has a population of $5,340 people. so we're going to spend $200,000 of my taxpayer dollars to build them a visitor's center. $200,000 for design and construction of a garapan public market in the northern marianas islands. $500,000 for development of a community center in custer county, idaho, population 4,342. if my moot mat my math is rights about $100 per person. right here in our nation's capital, $200,000 for the washington national opera for set design, installation, and performing arts at libraries and schools. they have an operating budget of $32 million. their web site says the secret of its success is

the $200,000 to renovate and construct the laredo musical theater. the american dollars shouldn't be used for seating and sound proofing materials. $800,000 for jazz at the lincoln center. $3.4 million for a rural bus program in hawaii. you'll note that hawaii pops up all the time here. $1.6 million to build a tram between the huntsville botanical garden and the flight center in alabama. $750,000 for design and fab gaition of exhibits to be placed in the world food prize hall of lauretes in iowa. i'm not making these up. i'm not making these up. and this was the same party and president that promised to scrub each one of these appropriation bills and get rid of the unnecessary ones. so we'll be talking a lot about this -- about that in this bill. six bills, not one, six bills totaling $450 billion, 409 pages of earmarks, 4,752 earmarks totaling $3.7 billion, and spending on domestic programs has increased by 14%. milcon and veteran spending has increased by 5%. now, i just met recently with the governor of my state. we are suffering under incredible