Cord Byrd

Yes, I understand this project is in development in Nevada. I encourage the Department to consider using a portion of the $13 million appropriated for hazardous materials tracking to help initiate the development of this project.

the Nation's eyes have been turned to war overseas. The country's focus has been on the daily battles in Iraq. On the news almost daily there have been reports of American soldiers still dying. While the President arguably says that the…

last year, Senator Grassley and I had an amendment included in the Fiscal Year 2003 Defense Appropriations Act to crack down on the abuse of credit cards that are issued to Pentagon employees. Today, we offer an amendment to extend those…

The President, I say, should send up a supplemental budget request today for $58 billion.

my amendment reads as follows: It is the sense of the Senate that--any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing overseas military operation-- The word is ``ongoing''-- for an ongoing overseas military operation, including…

let me reiterate a few things that have already been said. This is not an across-the-board cut on an entire bill. The language here is taken out of section 8135 of the fiscal year 2002 Defense Appropriations Act. In other words, there is…

Oh, absolutely, I agree with that. That is what my amendment is about. Here we were, over in the Armed Services Committee. I asked the Secretary of Defense how much is our country spending per month in Iraq, on the war in Iraq, on the…

This January, in his State of the Union Address, President Bush announced a 5-year, $15 billion global AIDS initiative. The President received a lot of praise for that announcement, as he should have. AIDS is a dreadful disease which is…

If I may finish, and then I will be glad to. That is an old game. You put it off. You don't want to answer on the record. You don't want to answer in public. And you don't want to answer that question lest there be a followup question. So…

there is ample precedent for across-the-board cuts in the Defense bill. In fact, the language is taken out of section 8135 of the fiscal year 2002 Defense Appropriations Act. Even with these cuts, the procurement, research, and development…

216 years ago yesterday, in a sweltering room in Philadelphia, 55 men of extraordinary talents reached a most critical decision on the design of a new government for the United States. Days and weeks of acrimonious debate had failed to…

the facts are staggering. More than 5 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS each year. That is 15,000 people infected each day, 625 people infected every hour, more than 10 people every minute--people of virtually all ages, people in…

The incremental costs for Iraq and Afghanistan, there is not one thin dime in this budget, not one.

The cost of the war in Iraq and the mission in Afghanistan is over $1 billion per week. General Franks has said that it is likely we will need to retain significant numbers of troops in Iraq for years to come. We know that now. We should…

The Congress, apparently, is expected to just go along and hear all this talk about the ``Commander in Chief,'' and not dare to raise a head to ask a question. You are not supposed to ask questions. You are supposed to put the money down…

since before this war began, I have asked repeatedly of this administration what their estimate of the cost of this war is. Do you have any estimate? We get a blank stare. I cannot believe that an administration is going to lead a country…

What we are advocating is that funds would be provided in the Appropriations Act to specific accounts set forth in such act.

And I think it was a misuse. It is a misuse. It is just an effort now, as they look back, to cover their skirts because it is clear, so far as the evidence thus far is concerned, that there was no such uranium coming from Africa. That was…

Well, it suggests we are going down the wrong path when the President of the United States leads our country into war, leads our men and women into war, based on evidence that is supposed to have been developed by another country's…

That is right. What the Senator has been quoting isn't included either. They don't include the cost of the war.

The administration misled the American people when it tried to leave the impression that the war on terrorism is engaged in by--in other words, that Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida could be linked. That has not been shown to be a fact. And the…

I am referring to the cavalier treatment that we peons on the Armed Services Committee get from this great Secretary of Defense that we have downtown. He says, Well, Senator, we don't have that information. Here we are with the top…

We are talking about the additional costs, the incremental costs, and how much it costs this country to wage war in Iraq per month. Additional costs are almost $1 billion a day for Iraq.

Absolutely. The American people are entitled to know that. They are going to pay the bill.

I am talking about our distinguished Secretary of Defense and the way he handles us children on the Armed Services Committee.