Robert C. Byrd: “To start--in an appropriations supplemental, a multiyear appropriations request, strikes me to be very, very strange.”

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

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.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

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