re: #63 Dr. Matt

It’s technically not an earmark since this is part of an ongoing multi-year project to upgrade the lock and dam system on the Ohio River. Shutting down the govt, and sequester funding levels would have actually cost more money - $80 million more to stop the project mid-stream and then restart it at a later date, than continuing the authorization through to project completion.

Olmsted Lock and Dam rebuilding project.

If the project is stopped, it would cause significant disruption on the Ohio River and river traffic would be disrupted on the busiest inland water corridor in the nation.

Paul and McConnell will overlook that while the TP will claim this is pork.

Rebuilding critical infrastructure of national importance isn’t pork.