Meet Congress' "King Of Pork"“Every private entity that received an earmark from Rep. Murtha gave him a contribution. A campaign contribution,†Ryan Alexander for Taxpayers for Common Sense told CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.
More mysterious is Murtha's million-dollar earmark to the "The Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure."
“We don’t even know if it even exists,†says anti-earmark Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ). Back in July 2007, Flake had questions when he found no record of the Center. Murtha wasn’t there, so a colleague spoke for him. The response to the question of whether the Center actually exists came from Congressman Pete Visclosky, D-Ind.: “At this time I do not know. But if it does not exist, the money cannot go to it.â€
Congressman Murtha wouldn't tell CBS News if the Center exists... or agree to an interview.
His most notorious project is the government agency that the government doesn't want: The National Drug Intelligence Center, also in Murtha's hometown. Every year the White House tries to close it because they already have a Drug Intelligence Center. But Murtha keeps the duplicate open using half-a-billion dollars in earmarks.
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