Jim Webb: “I do have a good deal of empathy for that area of Florida for the fact that they have lost ships due to retirement.”

I got the same answer from Admiral Locklear, commander in chief of PACOM, during an open line telephone conversation on July 28.

Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the Parliamentarian for that clarification. (The remarks of Mr. Webb pertaining to the introduction of S. 3372 are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

when you make that determination, you should be making it in the U.S. Congress not by one individual of whichever party who happens to be the President.

I have been in a number of meetings where each of you took us to the woodshed about needing to try harder.