David Obey Quotations

They get rid of the symbol but still keep the pork.

Instead of telling us who is doing what and how, we got a few spreadsheets.

What that, in essence, says is that you're not going to worry about the biggest disasters that could occur, you're only going to worry about the smaller ones,

I wouldn't mind wagering there will be, at best, a tiny dribble of sales.

It makes no sense to tell the country and the profession that we will make the investment to pass it, and then turn around and not fund it.

would weigh down the homeland security agency with huge amounts of non-homeland security responsibilities.

By the administration's own estimates, the new Homeland Security Department would employ at least 160,000 people,

The president's speech was an admission of gross miscalculation,

It is a moral imperative that we adopt that amendment on the defense bill. Otherwise the $21 million in this bill for victims of torture is a joke and a sham.

The services provided to patients are so much broader in scope than in the past, all of that costs more money and I believe that it all has value.