Robert C. Byrd: “Unless the automatic sequester process is restored, I fear that any significant deficit reduction will have to await…”

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

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

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.