Robert C. Byrd: “Well, let me implore that you wait until another day to have that markup.”

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.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

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.