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Robert C. Byrd: “The administration wants $20 billion over which it will have oversight.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
The administration wants $20 billion over which it will have oversight.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Sep 22, 2003

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Senator Byrd emphasizes the need for Congressional oversight on the funding.

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

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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.

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I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

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

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