Robert C. Byrd: “Seven minutes. Think of that. On an $87 billion request.”

I do not believe that we can overstate the importance or the difficulty of the challenge before the Congress.

the doctrine of preemption says that one man, the President, shall have power to declare war.

No, we're not talking about a lot of things; we're talking about this particular request for modularity.

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