Robert C. Byrd: “The Marshall Plan was not presented to Congress for its rubberstamp approval.”

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

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

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

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