Robert C. Byrd: “The Secretary of Defense would receive $59.9 billion of the $62.6 billion request for DOD through the Defense Emergency…”

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

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.

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.