Honorable David Obey
United States Representative, Wisconsin, Democrat
Representative Obey was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1969. He served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1962 to 1969. He is the Ranking Democrat on the Appropriations Committee and on the Subcommittee on Labor, Heath and Human Services, and Education within that committee. The following is from the September 14, 2001, House floor debate on emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States. This bill is a response to the worst attack on U.S. soil in the history of our republic. That attack requires a response that is focused,…
