David Obey: “Let me simply say that what the gentleman says about the need to be…”

On the recordMay 23, 2002

Let me simply say that what the gentleman says about the need to be together on the war is absolutely correct. And we have been. And this committee has been. We were together on the first $40 billion supplemental that passed immediately after September 11. We were together on the additional supplemental funding that we provided at the end of the year which boosted the antiterrorism spending even over the objection of the White House. And we were together on this bill. Where we are not going to be together is if the majority party leadership insists on making us enablers for economic policy that is going to weaken the economic future of this country, and that is what we are doing by this debt ceiling increase. That is what we are divided on, not the need to support our troops or the war effort.

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David Obey

Wisconsin

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing bipartisan support for war funding and concerns over economic policy related to the debt ceiling.

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David Obey: “Let me simply say that what the gentleman says about the need to be together on the war is absolutely correct. And we…”

Editor's note · Context