Arlen Specter: “Mr. Secretary, on the issue of the funding in Iraq, when the $87 billion was requested...”

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.