Robert C. Byrd: “Let us be here less of the time, get home more of the time, and listen to our constituents.”

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

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.

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.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.