subsequently, we look for comments by members, which is okw we know senator schatz to credit for thee. another took credit for the pacific salmon recovery fund. it is a love more difficult now to find out exactly who is behind these projects. host: what are some other notable earmarks? guest: $17 million for the asia foundation, another foundation that the case what the -- that duplicates with the state department does. another good example is the operation to be funded totally by the private sector. host: steve in california, a republican. caller: hello. i used to live in a very rural town. was 230 milest away from the trauma center. most people will be flown to las vegas on helicopters if they were in a life or death situation being rescued in an accident. the rural hospital that was in the town, the company, they built a new hospital. over in arizona where you talk about john mccain and jeff flake , those senators, well, that company took the equipment, they abandoned the hospital, the city had purchased the hospital. part of the hospital was on dlm land, so you have a transition