David Obey: “let me simply say that the assertion of turning down this rule will deny anything to anybody in the military is…”

But the truth of the matter is that I think we know better and that it does matter.

I largely agree with my friend from Oklahoma. We have one simple dilemma: both in the case of the Cobell settlement and the Pigford settlement, the administration has asked us to provide the money. We do not yet have an understanding of…

I happen to agree with the gentleman from Virginia on the substance of the issue. But the fact is that the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee voted in open session with open debate to adopt the Cole amendment. Now, as chairman of the…

The most powerful voice in those meetings, and this is what we did in Mr. Davis' district as well, is the voice of the community.