David Obey: “Could the Clerk reread the amendment again? The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…”

I think to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed greater rights than we give an American man or woman who serves in the military is wrong.

Somehow we are being told that we are committing a mortal sin because we are trying to attach some material to the bill sent to us by the Senate. I would simply point out that just a few weeks ago, as the gentleman from Massachusetts…

Every member ought to know what they are prepared to be defeated for.

I would describe this bill as a fiscally responsible jobs bill. It is below the President's request by $1.3 billion, and below last year by one-half billion dollars. Last year, the Recovery Act demonstrated that investments in…