David Obey: “I would hope that we can cut through the bull gravy and focus on what is really happening here today. The fact is that…”

“I would hope that we can cut through the bull gravy and focus on what is really happening here today. The fact is that this proposal really represents the majority party's determination to keep Government running on the installment plan. They do not have enough gas in the tank to get the car down the road apiece, so what they are doing is driving the Government about a block and then they have to get renewed authority and fill up the gas tank to get the Government to go down another block. That is no way to drive a car, it is no way to run a railroad, it is certainly no way to run a government. What you really are doing, by extending the ability to operate on a week-to-week basis, is you are playing weekly Russian roulette with local school districts, with veterans, with recipients of government assistance and a wide variety of programs. It is an immature way to run a government, and it ought to stop. This is the 12th time, the 12th time, that we have now had a temporary continuing resolution before us.”