 On April 16, 2007, McCain gave a speech on the U.S. economy to the Economic Club of Memphis.He criticized wasteful spending and reiterated his promise to make any sponsors of pork or earmarks "famous" when he becomes president.In March 2008, Gannett News Service reported that McCain's home state of Arizona ranked last in federal earmarks, because three of the state's ten lawmakers in Washington – McCain and House Republicans Jeff Flake and John Shadegg – refuse to ask for any federal money for local projects.