Robert C. Byrd: “I have been in the Senate 35 years now. I have never supported making the United States a paper tiger. Show me a vote in…”

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

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.

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.

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