Mark Warner: “I am just saying I think the Congress should deliberate very carefully a criminal penalty of up to 20 years for these…”

“I am just saying I think the Congress should deliberate very carefully a criminal penalty of up to 20 years for these thousands upon thousands of companies that are currently engaged. Carefully, first go through a series of hearings, and then floor debate, rather than come up here and in a matter of an hour or two of time try and make the decision to impose criminal law on an existing framework of contractor support at the very time we are engaged in combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and, to a lesser extent, in other parts of the universe. The Senator is asking the Senate to take a very serious step. That is why the substitute amendment would incorporate, if adopted, a statute-- basically existing law--and extraterritorial ability to reach the company under existing law in title 18.”