Jim Webb: “I appreciate the Subcommittee's attention to legislation I have introduced: the Fort Monroe National Historical Park…”

It is imperative that the United States policy be based on a clear set of principles that everyone here at home and in the region can understand.

If we stand for anything as a country, then we would have an obligation to declare those sorts of acts of a magnitude that we would not recognize the validity of that government.

I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Virginia.

I would like to emphasize my personal belief that this particular situation with respect to Virginia is historically unique.