WASHINGTON, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today regarding the announcement that Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey of Wisconsin would not seek re-election this year: "Chairman Dave Obey's announcement today that he will be leaving the Congress he loves calls forth our expressions of gratitude for his unparalleled accomplishments.

Family Research Council to Deliver Thousands of Petitions to Congressman Obey's Office WASHINGTON, Jan.

By CRAIG GILBERT Washington - House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey on Monday disputed GOP complaints that he is trying to "hide pork- barrel projects from voters," part of a growing feud over the approval of earmarks- spending items requested by lawmakers for their home-state districts.

By Richard Wolf WASHINGTON -- The Democratic chairman of the House Appropriations Committee threatened Monday to strip all lawmakers' funding requests from this year's budget if Republicans continue to "demagogue" the controversial process. The warning from Rep.

By Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jun. 4--WASHINGTON -- "I make no apologies." That's Democrat Dave Obey after the big fight over funding the war. No apologies for engineering a deal on Iraq that he couldn't vote for. "I hate this agreement . . . even though I negotiated it," he said.