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The Pulp Friction Award
For $12 million appropriated for various wood research.

 

The American Expense Award
To Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) for his $480 million or ($766 per capita) in pork for FY 2001.  Don’t leave Nome without it!

 

The Steeling our Money Award
To Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) for his $1.5 million appropriation to refurbish the Vulcan Statue in Birmingham, Alabama.

 

The Pillager from Pascagoula Award
To Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) for the $460 million for an amphibious assault ship not requested by the Department of Defense.

 

The Erin Go Broke Award
For $25 million for the International Fund for Ireland.

 

The Taxpayers Get Tanked Award
For $648,000 for ornamental fish research.

 

The Hemorrhaging Money Award
For $226 million added in conference for health care and other facilities which are predominantly in the states and districts of appropriators.

 

The Talk is Not Cheap Award
To Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep. Tom Latham (R-Iowa) for $4 million for the continuation and expansion of the Iowa Communication Network.

 

The Don’t Tax Your Brain Award
To Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) for $461,000 to the Writing/Thinking Institute at Mississippi State University.

 

The Going for the Taxpayers Gold Award
To Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) for $99 million for the 2002 Winter Olympics.

 

The Green Eggs and Pork Award
For $550,000 to the Springfield, Massachusetts Library Museum Association for a national memorial to Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss.

 

The Narcissist Award
To Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) for $1.4 million for the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center and the Cochran Fellowship Program.

 

The Temptation Island Award
To Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) for cheating taxpayers out of $427 million in pork.