Robert C. Byrd: “I speak as a Senator who is opposed to forced segregation. I speak as a Senator who is opposed to forced integration.”

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

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

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.