David Obey: “our best professional judgment about what the realistic level is that Members want to see provided in this bill. Now, we…”

“our best professional judgment about what the realistic level is that Members want to see provided in this bill. Now, we may have been on point. We may have missed it a little bit. Who knows? Nobody is perfect. But the fact is that I think the problem we have here is that on that side of the aisle there are a number of people who resent the fact that the Committee on Appropriations in the end has to deliver a reality message to both sides of the Capitol and both parties, and that is what this bill is attempting to do. If people think it is wrong, then they ought to vote for this amendment. If they think we have made a reasonable effort to get through the week and move the process forward, then they ought to vote it down. I hope they vote it down.”