David Obey: “I would like to ask the author of the amendment a question, please. Last night, I had thought that I was going to be…”

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…

And so the enemy is not external. Pogo said it, 'We met the enemy, and the enemy is us.'

Why do you keep saying we're borrowing money to add to the summer youth program when this bill fully offsets every dime that we're spending on it?

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…