Robert C. Byrd: “Thank you for coming before this committee today.”

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.

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

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