David Obey: “even though it's not Halloween, I'm concerned that some Members may be seeing ghosts. So I simply want to say that the…”

“even though it's not Halloween, I'm concerned that some Members may be seeing ghosts. So I simply want to say that the gentleman from Florida raised concerns that because this is an amendment between the houses that we might not be fully disclosing earmarks. Let me simply point out to the House that the gentleman's claims are misplaced. Early this afternoon I submitted for printing in the Record a lengthy and complete explanatory statement, the same statement that went on the Rules Committee Web site last night. That statement contains full and complete disclosure of all earmarks. We did that disclosure exactly as if this were a conference report. Nothing has been left out that would have been required if this had been a conference report.”