Robert C. Byrd: “For those who want to reduce Government spending, here is your chance. Seize it. Embrace it. Clasp it to thy bosom.”

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.

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

Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.