Robert C. Byrd: “I think it is a poor way to legislate.”

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.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

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

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?