Jim Webb

I understand the reluctance from Congress to grant this type of recognition.

Jim Webb, the Democratic Senator from Virginia, who is a straight shooter on military stuff, in his new book he talks about how the Republicans have used the military, have politicized national security issues to the detriment of national…

At the same time, Jim Webb said, he should be talking about how he will be the 14th Scotch-Irish president if he's to win this race, as well.

I say to the senior Senator that I have read the existing law, and the understanding I have of it is, at the discretion of a Service Secretary for military occupational specialities, that as they determine with a reenlistment, that…

First of all, I say to the senior Senator from Virginia, I have raised this piece of existing law a number of times when the individuals who introduced the measure that was just tabled talked about the need for transferability. This option…

Simply stated, this amendment is designed to allow our Government on the one hand to aggressively fight terrorism but, on the other, to protect our vital constitutional rights and our system of checks and balances. This amendment will…

Congress expresses its grateful thanks to the men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States for having served their country with great distinction under enormously difficult circumstances since September 11, 2001. The…

I wish to address two issues this afternoon. Before I do, I say to the Republican leader that I will gladly support his joint resolution. I spent time in Burma. I have observed the situation on the ground. We do need to engage Burma and…

I say I regret anyone would think that speaking affirmatively about service, about service of individuals, was somehow speaking negatively about the service of anyone else or about people who have not served. I think that it is interesting…

I would just particularly like to, again, emphasize that there are no constitutional issues here. There is no issue of moving units around or micromanagement in the way that the Senator from South Carolina was alleging. This is a very…

There is a waiver provision in this amendment that allows anyone who wants to return to duty in Iraq or Afghanistan to do so and without affecting the rights of other people to be deployed, according to the amendment.

I would say first to the Senator that I had the privilege of being the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs for 3 years, where we had oversight of the National Guard and Reserve programs during a very critical time when we…

I don't think there is a strong recognition up here that is a private insurance program that is paid into and is separate from other benefits. My father paid into that program more than $200 a month from 1969 until his death in 1997. Then…

I don't expect the opposition I have to General Lute's nomination is going to preclude him from being confirmed. I don't want the record to indicate that I have any question with respect to his competence, the way he has served the country…

I would say that an enormous amount of work has gone into this piece of legislation, as we all know. I appreciate all the energy that the Senator from North Dakota has placed for years on the interests of the American worker. I share those…

I wish to say I am very disappointed in some of the provisions in this report. I must say that candidly. At the same time, I believe, very strongly, the reservations I have pale in comparison with my disappointment in the failure of…

I think this is one of those very unfortunate situations where completely inadvertently he took the weapon into the Senate yesterday.

I introduced it on March 5 as S. 759, which is a bill to prohibit the use of funds for military operations in Iran without the consent of the Congress. I would like to emphasize that, in my view, this amendment is essential to revitalizing…

I have never carried a gun in the Capitol complex, and I did not give the weapon to Phillip Thompson. And that's all.

Democrat Senator Jim Webb of Virginia went on the record to explain how a trusted aide of his named Phillip Thompson ended up getting stopped by police with the senator's loaded pistol at a checkpoint in the Capitol complex.

To our knowledge, this incident was an oversight by the senator's aide.

The incident is an oversight and says the aide is a former Marine and a trusted employee of the senator.

The gun actually belonged to Senator Webb, and that Webb had given Thompson the gun on the way to the airport.

If I may, on a couple of points: One is, we had a trade deficit last year of $832 billion...

I agree with you from a totally different set of experiences that income averaging has its benefits.