David Obey: “my concern is also that this is a Congress which has a rendezvous with prevarication. We just heard a lot of debate on…”

“my concern is also that this is a Congress which has a rendezvous with prevarication. We just heard a lot of debate on the previous bill where Members promised that they would not be dipping into the deficit and promised they would not be dipping into Social Security. We have had a lot of posing for pictures about resisting breaking the budget caps. I want Members to understand when they vote for this continuing resolution, Members who vote for the continuing resolution will be voting to break the caps, because if this continuing resolution were to be carried out on an annualized basis, which is the only prudent way you can score it, it would mean that we would be spending more than $30 billion above the amount allowed by the caps. So before people cast these silly, meaningless and in some case prevaricating votes, I would urge them to recognize what in fact they are doing when they support this continuing resolution. It is about time we face reality.”