From a statement by Republican Study Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.):

“When it comes to earmarks, Democrats act like a pig that eats from two troughs. They failed to live up to promises to cut the number of taxpayer funded earmarks in half. Democrats broke promises to bring greater transparency to the process and instead attempted to keep earmarks hidden from the view of the taxpayers who fund them. Not to be outdone by her caucus, Speaker Pelosi tells reporters that she’d personally get rid of all earmarks while remaining one of the largest earmarkers in the House – and that is saying something.”