Robert C. Byrd: “52 percent of the electricity generated in this country comes from a coal-fired power plant, and close to 100 percent of…”

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?

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

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

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.