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On the recordJuly 10, 1997
Therefore, the board of directors and the CEO of this company are going to say, We are doing fine with 80 percent private sector. Too bad, national security. You are on your own. Of course, I recognize in most instances for patriotic reasons they will step into it. But nevertheless I think this is the wrong approach. I say that with a great deal of empathy for my distinguished colleague with whom I have worked these many years. He is sort of a watchdog. I commend him for such innovation. But I suggest that our committee has done its work, and I strongly urge the Senate to back the solution to this problem as devised by our distinguished colleague from Pennsylvania for the Armed Services Committee. I thank the Senator.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing national security and the role of the private sector in a Senate debate.

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