Robert C. Byrd: “Does the administration give the American people an understanding of the costs of this prolonged occupation of Iraq? The…”

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.

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.

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

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