Mike Levin: “there is nobody in this body I would rather work with than Senator Warner. We have had this relationship, which is a…”

“there is nobody in this body I would rather work with than Senator Warner. We have had this relationship, which is a very warm one, for as long as we have both been here, and we have been here the same length of time. I want to tell Senator Warner we are doing something unusual tomorrow and Monday in an effort to address the amendments which people want to offer. We are lining up people to speak on amendments, although they cannot get votes. Traditionally around here, there has been great resistance--and understandably--to offering amendments on one day if you cannot get a vote on that day because people want votes to come shortly after the debate so it will be fresh in people's mind. We are making every effort to move this bill. We are having people lined up. We have them for tomorrow. We have them for Monday. We are willing, just in order to expedite consideration of this bill, to debate the bill on a Friday, although the votes cannot occur until a Tuesday. We are moving heaven and Earth. We are going out of our way to bring up amendments. But it is utterly unfair that a cloture motion be adopted which will cut off the opportunity of other Members to offer amendments under this circumstance. We are not delaying it. We are expediting this bill in every single way we know. In terms of the question asked by a number of my colleagues, I cannot remember a Defense bill that just had 1 day for votes.…”