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?

I am equally worried that the administration has no agenda to manage what appears to be a worsening nuclear crisis in North Korea.

Well, I have to tell you, Mr. Secretary, this seems to me to be an abuse, a serious abuse, of supplemental appropriations requests.

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.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

It is my hope that the DOD and Congress will continue to provide ample oversight in the rewarding of contracts for military, security and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thank you, Madame Secretary, for appearing today to discuss the supplemental request and the global war on terror.

Mr. Chairman thank you for holding this hearing, and thank you Secretary Rumsfeld for appearing today regarding the Supplemental request geared toward fighting the Global War on Terror.

I am proud of the two-thousand Idaho National Guard soldiers serving in the 116th Cavalry Brigade.

I have not heard one complaint from my Idaho troops regarding the lack of military equipment.

I would hope you'd look at it, because I think the death benefit, as well as monthly benefits, health insurance, and educational assistance----

Haiti was understandably recognized, and I quote, 'as a priority fragile state.'

I think that's an understatement. You know, the situation there continues to deteriorate.

I don't really understand why there is no money in the supplemental at all.

Well, I appreciate it. And I--you know, it's just vitally important.

And they did a great job, and it made an unbelievable difference.

So, I'm going to do everything I can to fill road blocks of compensating Iraqi prisoners of war, when American prisoner of war have not be compensated. It is unfair.

Right now, the area where we think he's hiding is rural. And the communities are largely illiterate. So news about the award program and how to come in, and how safely your family will be protected, hasn't really penetrated these…