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Come on! >> moving on -- it's a little book that they say makes politicians squirm. we're talking about the pig book. gentlemen, i said pick book. annual report on pork barrel spending. josh levs is looking at this and what's in it? >> yeah. you know being on capitol hill, something a lot of people dread. don't 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 we're going to do, break down to of some of this year's most noticeable pork barrel projects and show what you the so-called biggest earmarker in all of cong...

Cafeteria. we wanted to talk to congress gres's 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 you're a prolific porker. how do you respond to that? >> my goodness. i don't know what that is. >> reporter: $490 million in earmarks. you obviously think they're important. why do you think they're important. >> congress has an obligation to direct the spending of appropriations under the constitution. we're exercising our con...