Robert C. Byrd: “Well, experience is showing, and the record shows, that the monies are not getting to the local responders through the…”

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

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

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.