As we pointed out last week, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay needs to reevaluate his position on excessive government spending.

Might we suggest Representative DeLay check out these studies at the Cato Institute, Citizens Against Government Waste, and Heritage Foundation for some ideas on how he and the rest of the spendthrift government might consider truly cutting the fat:

In particular, we found this Heritage study particularly intriguing:

A Few of the Lone Star State’s Potential Contributions to the Gulf Coast Relief Effort

Design and construction streetscape improvements to enhance pedestrian access, pedestrian access, pedestrian access to bus services and facilities.
$800,000
Regional bicycle routes on existing highways in Austin, TX.
$800,000
Construct Mission Trails Project Packages 4 & 5 in San Antonio, TX.
$3,820,000
Construct and rehabilitate pedestrian walkways along the Main Street Corridor to improve transit-related accessibility.
$800,000
Development of one-story 300-vehicle parking facility
$1,200,000
Construct a pedestrian/bicycle trail in the Sunnyside area of Houston, TX.
$750,000
Construction of ferryboat for city of Port Arkansas, TX.
$320,000
Build bike trail at Chacon Creek in Laredo, TX.
$3,300,000
Hike and bike trail will tie into the Gellhorn Dr. project providing an improved multi-modal transportation facility.
$800,000
Construct bicycle and pedestrian trails in Houston’s historic Third Ward.
$600,000
Bicycle and Pedestrian Trial Network in East Austin, TX.
$7,680,000
Design and construct the Cottonwood Trial pedestrian-bicycle connection.
$800,000
Design and construct streetscape improvements to Old Spanish Trial - SH 288 to Griggs, Griggs to Mykawa.
$800,000
Construct landscaping and other pedestrian amenities in segments of the Old Spanish Trail and Griggs Road rights-of-ways.
$1,600,000
Downtown streetscape improvements in Beaumont, TX.
$512,000
Austin to Manor Rail Trail.
$1,600,000
Construct pedestrian walkway on Houston Texas’ Main Street Corridor.
$1,000,000
Construction of a parking facility at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX.
$2,000,000
Research and construction, Southwest Center for Transportation Research and Testing, Pecos, TX.
$1,000,000
Improvements in Cottonwood Trial.
$1,000,000
Galveston, TX – Intermodal center and parking facility, The Strand.
$3,762,000
Carrollton, Texas Downtown Regional Multimodal Transit Hub.
$1,000,000
TOTAL
$35,944,000