I do not like to see any of these funds left, have us get supplementals when there is money in technical funds we created in the past that is not being charged.

My staff tells me that the situation is incredibly fluid and because of the difficulty to really predict what the costs will be over the next, what, 18 months, it is hard for us to conceive right now what the supplemental will look like.

The President's request includes $401.7 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD), a 7 percent increase over fiscal year 2004.

I do not understand why those funds were not used.

Well, there is an inconvenient gap there between October 1 and March 1 of next year. How are you going to fund them?

What about this problem about predictability in terms of the costs of Iraq and Pakistan? Could you discuss that?

Some say that this budget should include the fiscal year 2005 contingency costs for terrorism because those costs are not known today.

I made that request because of the delay that's caused by the loss of 2, almost 3, weeks for conventions.

Most of those people are employed by small businesses, many of whom do provide health care.

My mind goes back to the time that I introduced an amendment to change the draft laws to draft women.

I want to tell you before we finish our bill we will confer with you to make sure that you have the flexibility you need to use any funds that are available, not just in the Department of Defense, but to the President, period, to assure…