David Obey

With all due respect, what does not happen is that the leadership does not abuse its power routinely to alter the contents of conference reports. So I know the gentleman didn't, and I have no objection to the gentleman proceeding. But I…

I most certainly am. I am not opposed to the defense portion of this budget, but I am opposed to the other provisions that I described earlier. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as…

I am not objecting to any bill, and I am not suggesting you did. What I am doing is using the only avenue available to me since we are operating under some very strange rules in this House to point out that even if these matters had been…

let me simply say in response to the gentlewoman's comments, the Republican leadership and the Republican caucus has already made clear that they intend to attach a further 1 percent across-the-board cut in all discretionary spending…

do we have to tell the truth about the persons we are honoring tonight? Mr. Speaker, I guess if we have to tell the truth, then I will have to say the same thing I would have said if we did not have to tell the truth, that John Dingell is…

I offer a second motion to instruct conferees. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Obey moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill, H.R. 3010, be instructed to…

because we have no other way to bring this to the House, I most reluctantly appeal the ruling of the Chair. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is: Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? Motion to Table…

Yes, I do, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago the Labor, Health appropriation bill was defeated on this floor largely because it contained inadequate investments in education and health. Today, the bill is back, and what this motion…

Yes, I do, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the last motion sought to increase funding for the Low Income Heating Assistance Program by $2 billion and fully pay for that with an offset on the revenue side of the ledger. The gentleman from Ohio…

how dare you. How dare you. Yesterday, the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), the ranking Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, a 27-year marine, a veteran of, I believe, three tours in Vietnam, a well-known…

I yield myself 11 minutes. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Ohio is my friend. I have a great deal of respect for him, and I know he tries to do the best job with the tools he is given. The problem is that he has been given a totally…

It's when somebody comes up to you on the street, saying: My son's going back there again for the third time. What are you guys doing about it? Only a dunce would not be thinking about that.

I object to the gentleman's words. He is reminding me of a painful loss to Penn State.

most reluctantly, I do appeal the ruling of the Chair, not because I have any fault with the Chair, but because this is the only opportunity this institution will have to make a different set of priority choices. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

if one looks at the Budget Act, the purpose of the Budget Act was to force a Congress to get away from runaway spending and runaway deficits by forcing the Congress to confront trade-offs between spending and revenues. In fact, the…

I will not take more than 3. I simply would like to, as a courtesy to the House, explain the motion. For the last 2 weeks, the attention of the House has been focused on the efforts of the majority party to pass its reconciliation bill…

I yield myself 9 minutes. Madam Speaker, let me say that this motion to instruct is, I think, fairly straightforward and simple, although the context in which it is offered is certainly not. What this motion attempts to do is simply insist…

I must confess I am confused about where we are at this point. I thought I heard the Speaker---- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gingrey). The gentleman is not recognized for debate.

I thought I just heard you indicate that for the motion to be in order one of the questions that might have to be present was the question of the dignity of the House. When we are told that $100 million of taxpayers' money has been slipped…

I note that the majority party is considering a number of actions to cut spending, including actions to cut back child health care under Medicaid and including actions to cut back SSI payments to disabled Americans. I wonder if some of…

continuing my reservation, I have been told by several people that they do not want me to pursue this because ``the Senate is going out of session and it will be hard to get an amended version considered by the Senate.'' Heaven forbid that…

continuing my reservation, I thank both gentlemen for their responses. Let me say that while I intend to withdraw my reservation, given those assurances, I would hope that that would happen as soon as possible, and I would also hope that…

I most certainly am, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Motion To Recommit House Joint Resolution 68, Making Continuing Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 Mr…

if the rules required equity in legislation we brought to the floor, this amendment would be in order. Unfortunately, they do not; so I must reluctantly concede the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The point of order is conceded…

I yield myself 13 minutes. Mr. Speaker, I do not know quite what to say about this continuing resolution. I have a lot of notes here, most of which I will not use, but let me simply note that this is another case of the failure to…