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Come on! >> moving on -- its a little book that they say makes politicians squirm. were talking about the pig book. gentlemen, i said pick book. annual report on pork barrel spending. josh levs is looking at this and whats in it? >> yeah. you know being on capitol hill, something a lot of people dread. dont necessarily want to be highlighted in it, but it came out this week and i was right here looking at it as it came through. what were going to do, break down to of some of this years most no...

Cafeteria. we wanted to talk to congress gress biggest earmarker, thad cochran, a republican from mississippi. he declined our request for a formal interview. we went to catch up with him a couple floors from here as he went into a subcommittee hearing. >> critics say youre a prolific porker. how do you respond to that? >> my goodness. i dont know what that is. >> reporter: $490 million in earmarks. you obviously think theyre important. why do you think theyre important. >> congress has an oblig...