Raising Hell for Justice: The Washington Battles of a Heartland ProgressiveDavid Obey has in his nearly forty years in the U. S. House of Representatives worked to bring economic and social justice to America's working families. In 2007 he assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee and is positioned to pursue his priority concerns for affordable health care, education, environmental protection, and a foreign policy consistent with American democratic ideals. Here, in his autobiography, Obey looks back on his journey