Robert C. Byrd: “Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.”

I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.

Well, I have to tell you, Mr. Secretary, this seems to me to be an abuse, a serious abuse, of supplemental appropriations requests.

I just don't believe that we're giving enough attention to the war in Afghanistan.

the Congress has passed two use-of-force resolutions, one almost immediately after the September 11 attacks