David Obey: “I fully support it. I am especially pleased by the funding level for the new conservation trust fund, which is…”

“I fully support it. I am especially pleased by the funding level for the new conservation trust fund, which is consistent with the agreement that was first worked out on that item 3 years ago when we converged with the Senate in conference. The result will be that it again will be fully funded, and that commitment will be honored. I would like to spend the remainder of the time simply discussing our good friend Joe Skeen. I said in committee and I want to say again publicly on the floor that many of us are familiar with Will Rogers' comment that he never met a man that he did not like. But as I said in committee, I do not believe there is ever a person who met Joe Skeen who did not like Joe Skeen. Joe Skeen has brought to this Chamber honesty, integrity, straight dealings with everyone in this institution. He has brought to this institution a love for the processes of democracy, and he has brought to this institution a fundamental decency which shows through in virtually everything that he does.”