Robert C. Byrd: “The debate over the budget and the deficit is really a debate about the future. What kind of Nation will we leave to our…”

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

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

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.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.