Obey:President's Record on Homeland Security Funding

[Monkeyman]

"I am pleased to be able to support this bill. I very much regret the fact that we will only have completed two out of the eleven appropriations bills by the end of the fiscal year. That,in my view , is not the fault of the Appropriations Committe on either side of the aisle. It is very much reflected the political center of gravity in the Republican Party, much less the Democratic Party, when you take a look at the positions of each house."

Having said that I want to take the opportunity to comment on something the president said yesterday. The president told the country that those of us on this side of the aisle were in effect soft on security and soft on defending this country."

"I regret very much that the president has chosen to govern this country by dividing it rather than uniting it. I took a great deal of pleasure in working with President's fater, in working out many a legislative compromise. We did the same thing with President Clinton, we did the same thing with President Carter, we even on many occasions did the same thing with President Regan and President Nixon.

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1. CSpan - David Obey "Bush is weak on terror & a Hypocrite"

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Fri Sep-29-06 02:20 PM
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CSpan - David Obey "Bush is weak on terror & a Hypocrite"

Edited on Fri Sep-29-06 02:26 PM by kerry-is-my-prez
"I've worked with several Presidents and this is the first pResident who divided the country in order to govern."

He's referring to the comments that Bush made yesterday to the Dems being weak on terra.
"Those that choose security over liberty deserve neither." Benjamin Franklin.