David Obey: “Mr. Speaker, the House will recall that when the House passed the military construction bill, it included added projects…”

“Mr. Speaker, the House will recall that when the House passed the military construction bill, it included added projects for high-priority quality-of-life projects such as barracks, child care centers, family housing, and medical facilities. The bill also provided roughly $150 million for projects that were not requested by the President for operational needs. The other body, however, added some $350 million in projects, many of which do not appear to fit anybody's definition of a high priority. My motion, Mr. Speaker, provides very specific direction to the conferees that in resolving the differences between the House and the Senate on projects that the most high-priority needs be addressed and that the cumulative level of funding for non-quality-of-life projects added by the Congress not exceed the level currently in the House bill, which is roughly $150 million.”