Robert C. Byrd: “The American people would have some idea of what they are going to be asked to pay and over what period.”

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

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.

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.