David Obey
David Obey
David Ross "Dave" Obey is a former United States Representative. Obey served in the House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States...
agency delay fema money spent
every day that we delay professionalizing FEMA and depoliticizing it is another day that taxpayers' money is being spent by an agency which has been demonstrated under these circumstances to be incompetent.
biggest disasters says smaller worry
What that, in essence, says is that you're not going to worry about the biggest disasters that could occur, you're only going to worry about the smaller ones,
believe broader costs money patients provided scope services
The services provided to patients are so much broader in scope than in the past, all of that costs more money and I believe that it all has value.
fema last month week
FEMA still does not know any more about what it was doing last week than it was a month ago, ... an incompetent agency.
added advertising gullible health itself
We have to take a look at what advertising itself contributes to added health costs, especially when it is aimed at gullible people.
dribble mind tiny
I wouldn't mind wagering there will be, at best, a tiny dribble of sales.
game money problem throwing
throwing money at the problem with no game plan.
admission gross speech
The president's speech was an admission of gross miscalculation,
asked contracts information specific
We asked for specific information on how they (FEMA) are awarding contracts and who contracts are going to,
agencies cost creating expanding government huge moving proposal risks size
Yet because the administration has not consulted the agencies it is moving around, the proposal risks creating huge new redundancies and unnecessarily expanding the size of government at a huge cost to taxpayers.
dairy lost net safety
we will have lost an important safety net for Wisconsin's dairy farmers.
country fund investment pass profession turn
It makes no sense to tell the country and the profession that we will make the investment to pass it, and then turn around and not fund it.
additional border borders drag finally funding kicking screaming security serious taken
We have had to drag this administration kicking and screaming to get additional funding for border security. If he is finally serious about securing our borders I say 'Welcome sir, it's taken you long enough,
fema
This (the FEMA reduction) is something that isn't going to stick.