NC Congressmen Add Pork to House Department of Agriculture Appropriations
(Washington, D.C.) Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today released its preliminary analysis of the House version of the fiscal year 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. There are 192 projects in the bill, costing taxpayers $143,890,000, which is a 40.4 percent decrease from the 322 projects in fiscal year 2010 and a 34.5 percent decrease from the fiscal year 2010 cost of $219,700,000. House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) added $9,155,000 for nine projects, a number surpassed only by House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee member Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), who added nine projects at a cost of $9,439,000. (more…)

