'I've been to the chairman of the pork bill committee, and he says it's impossible.

The bill simply can't be loaded any further.

But I find that you have an item in there for deepening and improving a harbor back in your own district.

Why don't you cut that item out--shove it over until next year?
You can easily find a satisfactory explanation for your constituents.

AND you want to remember this: the improvement of this river means that the--the--well, a certain sugar-growing company--can get their stuff to market at a figure which will send its stock up and up.