Robert C. Byrd: “But we cannot afford to give this Administration or any other Administration a blank check.”

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?

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.

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

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