Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. Chairman, we are links in a vital chain, charged with high duty both to the dead and the unborn.”

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

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

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.

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