Robert C. Byrd: “I do not go around calling myself an Anglo-American. I think there are too many of these hyphenated Americans. We are…”

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

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

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

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.