In my discussions concerning the history of the Romans last year, we found that when the Roman Senate gave up its power over the purse-and it had complete control over the purse-when it gave up that power over the purse to the dictators and to the emperors, it gave away its power to check the emperors, to check the dictators, to check the executive.
Opposing a balanced budget constitutional amendment.
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My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.
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