Robert C. Byrd: “I want to protest, on behalf of my fellow Senators on this side and on behalf of myself, any markup of this bill as…”

Why does the administration believe that the Appropriations Committee, or Congress, should have no say in how this $200 million foreign aid program should be spent?

Could I impose on the chairman and the ranking member just briefly? What is the current monthly cost of operations in Afghanistan, and how much of the $25 billion in this budget request is for operations in Afghanistan?

It seems to me that we ought to at least bow to the Constitution as we enter into this temple of the destructive doctrine of first strike.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.