Mark Warner: “I wish to acknowledge my deep appreciation to our distinguished majority leader, and, indeed, to Senator Daschle…”

“I wish to acknowledge my deep appreciation to our distinguished majority leader, and, indeed, to Senator Daschle, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Nickles, and all. Yes, chairmen work hard and this posed some problems, but never once did I have any feeling that leadership was not determined on behalf of the whole Senate and this country to see that this bill was passed. There was never a flicker of doubt in my mind from the date we started some 3 rac{1}{2} weeks ago. I thank this body for the leadership that we have to get these difficult tasks performed.”