David Obey: “Mr. Speaker, we do not have either the President's budget or the Republican budget before us today. What we have before…”

“Mr. Speaker, we do not have either the President's budget or the Republican budget before us today. What we have before us is a proposition which continues the reduced funding levels of education and environmental protection which will threaten the environmental future of the country and the educational future of our children. But if we are going to mention the President's budget, let me simply point out the gentleman can say all he wants about how too many of the budget cuts in the President's budget are in the outyears. Mr. Speaker, let me simply point out that in the seventh year of the budget which my colleague voted for, the budget reductions in the seventh year in the Republican budget are larger in the seventh year than they are in President Clinton's. Now, my colleague may not know that fact, but that is a fact. So I would suggest that, if he is concerned about reliance upon outyear cuts, I think he ought to look in the mirror because the budget that he supported has deeper cuts in the seventh year than the President has.”