David Obey: “If my colleagues believe that States can do some things better than the Federal Government, vote for Kasich. If my…”

“If my colleagues believe that States can do some things better than the Federal Government, vote for Kasich. If my colleagues want highways off budget, let us really take them off budget, keep the dollars at home and vote for Kasich. There is or there should be a Federal role in the highway area, but this bill is so incredibly irresponsible. Forty-four percent over the last bill, $40 million over the budget; it demonstrates this Congress has lost all manner of self-control on this issue and does not deserve to have its hands on the dollars in this bill. This bill has been scored, and it is a $40 billion budget buster. What Governor do we not see in this posture, with his hand out half the time? We had 40 of those Governors last year tell us to pass the same budget that now they are telling us to bust. That is ridiculous. If that is the case, there is certainly no need to maintain Federal standards on concrete. Vote for the Kasich amendment. It gets us out of the most irresponsible mess I have seen in this Congress in at least a week.”