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Capitol Lens | Porcine language 

(Sarah Silbiger/CQ Roll Call)
By Sarah Silbiger
Posted July 18, 2022 at 4:24pm

Former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake takes a selfie with a pig in 2018 at the Congressional Pig Book launch event, hosted by Citizens Against Government Waste. Sen. Joni Ernst and other Republicans will join the group Wednesday for the release of the 2022 Pig Book, which features a database of what it calls pork projects.

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