Robert C. Byrd: “I believe that this is an important issue for every agency in your Department.”

I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.

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

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.