Mark Warner: “Last night I provided Chairman Levin with a draft of my missile defense amendment and then we discussed it at length…”

“Last night I provided Chairman Levin with a draft of my missile defense amendment and then we discussed it at length this morning. At approximately 2:35 or 2:40, the Senator provided me with a proposal the Senator from Michigan had. So he had my amendment for a number of hours. I have only had his for about an hour and 30 minutes. I have a lot of people with strong beliefs over on my side, and it seems to me it is not unreasonable given the amount of time that I was able to provide for the chairman and the leadership on his side, that I would require just a bit more time to resolve good, honest differences of opinion on my side.”