David Obey: “I do not particularly enjoy this process, but I do not think we can sit by while the guns are being fired by only one…”

“I do not particularly enjoy this process, but I do not think we can sit by while the guns are being fired by only one side on an issue as important as education, for instance. I am also disappointed, frankly, because I understood that the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling), our good friend, was going to offer a motion which would have instructed the House to support the idea of making major appropriations to Title VI for the purpose of providing funding to local school districts, which they could use with great flexibility. Let me state, if that motion had been offered, I would have voted for it. My position on this, and I think the vast majority of people on this side of the aisle feel the same way, is that we are for all of the money that we can get into education and get back to local school districts. We think that is the number one priority facing the country.”