David Obey: “I think that they are most accurate and, to me, what it demonstrates is that, under the most optimistic assumptions, if…”

“I think that they are most accurate and, to me, what it demonstrates is that, under the most optimistic assumptions, if the Senate could proceed virtually immediately to conclude its action on that bill, we are talking about at least a week after that point before we could possibly have this bill close to coming back to the House and probably a significant number of additional days. I would add to that that, obviously, the Senate is not going to be in a position, based on what has been happening over there, to conclude this bill today. So I have asked these questions, Mr. Speaker, in order to indicate my judgment that the date of December 15 for the expiration of this continuing resolution is incredibly optimistic. I do not think it, in fact, recognizes reality, and that it seems to me that if we are trying to extend this CR to the point where we think that the Congress will actually finish its work for this year that the date would have to be significantly later, I regret to say.”