David Obey Bill Quotations

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 defense bill should be about delivering equipment and support to our troops. Instead, it is being used to deliver a multi-billion bonanza to oil companies.

This bill is replete with gimmicks. It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

This bill is replete with gimmicks, ... It hides $45 billion in budgetary sleight of hand. This would be laughable if it wasn't so corrosive to the public's perception of what we are doing.

This bill does nothing whatsoever to stop the fleecing of the taxpayer by listing earmarks on tax bills.