Robert C. Byrd: “Well, this certainly needs some fleshing out. That's all the more reason why we ought to have more hearings.”

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.

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

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.

Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.