David Obey: “let me make perfectly clear to the gentleman from New York, there is nothing wrong with the rule on the military…”

this Congress is broken. This place does not work.

I have the highest respect and appreciation for our troops who have done everything asked of them, but they are being let down by the inability of the governments of Afghanistan and, in some instances, Pakistan to do their parts. I would…

In a one-year experimental period, in the worst drug market in Nassau County, the level of drug arrests have been reduced by 80 percent.

When I came here, I don't think there were very many Members who would reach a conclusion that if someone disagreed with them on substance that somehow they were morally defective. In a civilized, adult, legislative body, Members would…