Jack Reed: “? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Rhode Island. Unanimous Consent Agreement--Amendment Nos. 1078 and 944”

The President has waged this war without public support or congressional consent, and it is far past time for accountability.

I will not. But this is not the way the bill works. If you review the specific page and line that Senator Lee has referenced, page 14, line 15, and just look a few lines further in that same direction--specifically page 15, line 6--the…

Six months later, not a single objective has been achieved. Indeed, he has weakened our position in the Middle East and the world significantly.

Preventable deaths, inhumane conditions, and millions of dollars in waste are the direct result of the Pentagon cutting corners and handing a billion-dollar contract to an inexperienced vendor that wrote its own performance standards.