Robert C. Byrd: “If I were chairman, I wouldn't treat you like that--you, as the ranking member.”

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

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.

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.

So there's--there will not be a cutback in the R&R leave for our troops in Iraq?