David Obey: “the comments just made by the gentleman in the well were absolutely, totally incorrect. I would point out that one of…”

“the comments just made by the gentleman in the well were absolutely, totally incorrect. I would point out that one of the objections we have to this permanent CR provision is that it would also allow for the continuation of programs at 100 percent of their previous level, even if this Congress has a bipartisan agreement that these programs have outlived their usefulness, that they are wasteful, that they are low priority, that they ought to be reduced so you have more room for other programs that we have reached consensus on that ought to be raised. So this amendment has nothing whatsoever to do with saving money. The only thing this amendment does is require the Congress to stop making tough choices. It requires the Congress to stop thinking. It puts Government on automatic pilot. It becomes the Bureaucracy Supremacy Act of 1987. It does not have diddly to do with saving one dime.”