Robert C. Byrd: “These programs, particularly the fossil energy programs, are the linchpin to ensuring our Nation's energy security.”

Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.

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

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.

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.