White House defends Pelosi in plane dispute - Politics - MSNBC.com

I think what Rep Putnam is missing is that the taxpayers would love if our elected officials would get on with the peoples business. I don't get it. Speaker Pelosi is the third most powerful person in the U.S. Can we give her the plane and figure out what to do with Iraq, the broader war on terror, health care and so many other things of importance. Heck if congress could solve all the taxpayers that Rep. Putman are REALLY interested in I would be fore giving them ALL their own private plane.

White House defends Pelosi in plane dispute - Politics - MSNBC.com

Rep. Adam Putnam of Florida, the No. 3 Republican leader, called Pelosi’s desire
for a large transport plane “an extravagance of power that the taxpayers won’t
swallow.”