Representative David R. Obey , the Wisconsin Democrat set to become chairman of the full House Appropriations Committee as well as the subcommittee for labor , health and human services , boasts on his Web site of securing for his district a $ 300,000 grant to a single dairy in Arpin , $ 6 million in military money to develop an airless tire in Medford and $ 8 million to research plastic food containers for the military in Rhinelander .