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Article: Rep. Tim Ryan defends Earmarks & Manufacturing.
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- Manufacturing & Technology News
- Article date:
- March 31, 2009
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There might be a debate raging in the country about the legitimacy of congressional earmarks, but one member of Congress doesn't really care. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio), head of the House Manufacturing Caucus, says earmarks can help save his corner of northeast Ohio from economic oblivion. He has a link on his home page for constituents to fill out an "Earmark Application Form" with four pages of instructions and a timeline for submissions.
Prior to Republicans losing control of Congress in 2006, Ryan said that Democrats had "learned a hard lesson" about their previous spending behavior that helped cost them their House majority in 1994. "Just writing a bigger check ...