Robert C. Byrd: “I expressed my suspicions concerning the word 'flexibility' at that time, and as I sit here, I must ask you.”

Yet, there appears to be a growing drum beat of opinion that Congress has no choice but to undertake a complete overhaul of intelligence in the few weeks remaining in the session.

the Congress has passed two use-of-force resolutions, one almost immediately after the September 11 attacks

Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.