Editing Robert Byrd (section)

====Appropriations Committee====
Byrd was known for steering federal dollars to West Virginia, one of the country's poorest states. He was called the "King of [[pork barrel|Pork]]" by [[Citizens Against Government Waste]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Citizens Against Government Waste: Byrd Droppings |publisher=[[Citizens Against Government Waste]] |url=http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_byrddroppings |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709044348/http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_byrddroppings |archive-date=July 9, 2006 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> After becoming chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]] in 1989, Byrd set a goal securing a total of {{Nowrap|$1 billion}} for public works in the state. He passed that mark in 1991, and funds for highways, dams, educational institutions, and federal agency offices flowed unabated over the course of his membership. More than 30 existing or pending federal projects bear his name. He commented on his reputation for attaining funds for projects in West Virginia in August 2006, when he called himself "Big Daddy" at the dedication for the Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ginsberg |first1=Benjamin |last2=Hill |first2=Kathryn Wagner |title=Congress: The First Branch |date=2019 |isbn=978-0-300-24961-3 |page=85 |publisher=Yale University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XtimDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Robert+C.+Byrd+Biotechnology+Science+Center%22+%22Big+daddy%22&pg=PA85|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Campus growth propelling Marshall up academic ladder |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F113D62B3B63D0668 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |work=The Herald-Dispatch |date=August 27, 2006 |location=Huntington, WV |page=6A|via=Newsbank}}</ref> Examples of this ability to claim funds and projects for his state include the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s repository for computerized fingerprint records as well as several [[United States Coast Guard]] computing and office facilities.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite news|last=Taylor |first=Andrew |title=Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia dead at 92 |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_byrd |work=Obituaries |agency=Associated Press |access-date=June 29, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701151352/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100628/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obit_byrd |archive-date=July 1, 2010 }}</ref>