David Obey: “My understanding is that their names are Justice, Honor, Patriot, Freedom, and Tribute. Great names, but still not much…”

I would point out that more than half of all disaster relief since 1993 has gone to just four States: Louisiana, Florida, California--the gentleman's home State--and Mississippi; and 80 percent of all disaster relief since 1993 has gone to…

I think to give Khalid Sheikh Mohammed greater rights than we give an American man or woman who serves in the military is wrong.

Every member ought to know what they are prepared to be defeated for.

I want to thank the Members on both sides of the aisle for their courtesies over the past 42 years, and I want to say that it has been a privilege for each and every one of us, whether we have served here one term or 21 or even more, it is…