David Obey: “I guess the gentleman has left the floor. But the answer is it was never approved, and despite that fact, this House…”

“I guess the gentleman has left the floor. But the answer is it was never approved, and despite that fact, this House completed action on 12 of its 13 appropriation bills. The gentleman is desperately looking for a way to blame anybody except ourselves for the fact that this House is not doing its business. We do not need to have a budget resolution passed for the House to pass its appropriation bills. We passed a number of appropriation bills already without an agreement between the Senate and the House on a budget resolution. Why cannot we also pass the Labor-H bill? It is because the majority party leadership does not know which way to turn, and so they are spinning in circles instead. That is the problem. Secondly, I would point out that the gentleman is talking about what is being promised in the future by the Republican budget. Let me point out I am more interested in what is being delivered, and if we take a look at the President's budget for Title I, the President's budget falls $4 billion below the promises in the bill that the gentleman from Ohio brought to the floor. So forget the promises, baby. Where is the delivery?”