Mark Warner: “We had a very good debate on this. I see it slightly different. What we are doing in the Johnson amendment is giving two…”

“We had a very good debate on this. I see it slightly different. What we are doing in the Johnson amendment is giving two health care programs to military retirees. We are giving them the military health care program and then asking the taxpayers to add on the tax burdens of the Federal program. So it is not the same as we get; we do not get the military program. I have to correct the Senator. There are two systems if you vote for that. That is why his is $90 billion over 10 years versus the Warner amendment, which is $40 billion.”