I think there ought to be some flexibility to maybe shift some of the time frames for when the money is spent.

It is critical to do so in a responsible and transparent way.

I think it is extremely unfortunate that the omnibus bill has not been revised to take into account the recently appropriated funds in the stimulus bill.

We remain determined to protect this critical spending from waste, fraud, and mismanagement.

we have to make sure that we do what the President said we are going to do, which is that we are going to watch every dime.

The Senate was determined to make sure that the final version of the bill had a quicker impact on the economy by having a faster spend-out rate than the House bill had.

The Recovery Act also creates several important oversight mechanisms that the Chairman and I worked hard to ensure were included.

It is essential to effectively achieving the objective of the President's March 4, 2009 memo to have the capacity and ability to develop, manage, and oversee acquisitions appropriately.

the acquisition workforce... is the number-one problem, over and over again.

I think you've brought forth a bill that will really make a difference.

the United States is going to have to take a bigger role, that the United States is going to have to take a stronger leadership position

My related concern is that we're putting an American face on the effort.

One of the reasons that we are seeing some success in Iraq is not just the addition of more troops, but rather a change in strategy that accompanied the addition of more troops.

it's imperative that we build up the Afghan army as quickly as possible so that the Afghans are taking a lead

That is the most powerful component in this bill, to create jobs.

That is the most powerful component in this bill to create jobs.

If the bill comes back from the conference committee with a lot of wasteful spending reinserted or if it comes back in excess of the $800 billion, it will not have my support.

Some of these programs, while they're worthy of an increase in funding, simply do not belong in an economic stimulus bill.