Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. Secretary, I hope you will excuse me for interrupting you; my time is limited.”

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

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

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.