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Mark Robert Warner is a United States Senator from Virginia, serving since January 3, 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Warner previously held the office of Governor of Virginia from January 12, 2002, to January 14, 2006. During his tenure in the Senate, he has focused on various issues including technology, healthcare, and economic development. Warner is known for his bipartisan approach and has worked on legislation aimed at improving the economy and supporting small businesses.
There are four packages of amendments at the desk being held subject to action by the Senate. I ask the Senate consider those amendments en bloc, the amendments be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, and I ask any…
I want to make clear I presume the amendment of the Senator clarifies some ambiguity, which ambiguity acts as a deterrent on our forces today from using it. Once the ambiguities are set aside, then we can proceed to utilize these agents…
I strongly urge colleagues to support the Byrd-Warner amendment. I am the principal cosponsor. I commend my distinguished colleague from West Virginia. The Department of Defense was established in 1947, over a half century ago. It has…
I want to make it known now that the Senator from West Virginia has substantially revised his amendment in accordance with recommendations, if I may say with a sense of humility, that I made. He fully adopted those. I am going to support…
May I remind colleagues we will try to maintain this as a 15-minute vote because thereafter we have a vote on the amendment of the Senator from Rhode Island and we want not to inconvenience several Members who have very legitimate reasons…
On our side, we would be happy to accommodate that vote following the vote on the amendment of the Senator from Rhode Island.
We do. I think perhaps we should ask for the yeas and nays on the Snowe amendment at this time.
May I suggest the Senator go first, and then I would seek the opportunity for recognition to indicate that it is acceptable on this side. But if the Senator from Florida desires, I think there is good reason to have a rollcall vote as…
The Senator from Iowa talked about the two programs which I discussed earlier, Ed Schultz and Al Franken. He mentioned that his check indicated they haven't been contacted. I immediately went back and checked with the Department of…
Well, with regard to the time in opposition, I am opposed to the amendment, but I am prepared to yield back the time on that amendment. This, hopefully, alerts Senators that any one and hopefully all three of those amendments could be up…
In the interests of moving forward on the floor, Senator Inhofe will be available following the recess we are going to take for purposes of the respective caucuses. I wonder if we, given that there is significant time remaining now on the…
I thank the Senator. One last question. I am still troubled by the chart you put up showing zero. My understanding is that the Department of Defense has added the following three programs to the body of programs that each of the 33…
Does your amendment permit the Secretary to select the ombudsman within the current personnel structure of the Department of Defense or must he go outside the Department to get that individual?
It was simply a technical correction to an earlier amendment, I say to the Senator.
Putting aside the procedure on which the ombudsman is put in place, is there any distinction between what the duties of the ombudsman would be under the Inhofe second-degree and the underlying first-degree?
It seems to me that I have engendered a spirited debate that I had no intention of doing. So I would drop the issue. I do not intend to be an expert on the political content. Clearly, Rush Limbaugh does have a strong preference for the…
I think the Senator is endeavoring to answer while it may not be direct and overt, indirectly there could be factual situations that would constitute some sort of censorship. For example, I happen to listen to a wide spectrum--I am sure…
The zero on the chart, I want to make very clear my position. I do not want any censorship imposed by the Department of Defense in utilizing taxpayer dollars to promulgate this programming, which is so important. The Inhofe second-degree…
I hope my colleague will concur that the McCain amendment, which has been adopted by this Chamber on two occasions, would be dispositive of any confliction as to the definitions as to the future; would I not be correct on that assumption?
I simply say, I don't have firsthand knowledge of all of the important oversight that was conducted by the Judiciary Committee. The Senator does raise fundamental questions about this policy, but I will only say, as recently as in the past…
Do I understand this document is in the archives of the Judiciary Committee; is that correct?
I should like to reply. If I can get clarification, I am not sure I understood one word that I think is important. Did the Senator mean ``absolved'' or ``absorbed''?
If I may clarify what the situation is, 2 minutes in morning business is left, and that is being allocated to the Senator from Massachusetts, fine, no problem there. But as I understand, the Senator from Massachusetts also wishes to…
I think that is important. So could that ombudsman be among the existing people in the Department of Defense, have it as an additional duty, or should that person be brought in from the outside and have the sole responsibility of ombudsman…
Fine. So that clarifies the sole technical distinction, which is an important one, between your second degree and the underlying first degree. Therefore, it is up to the Secretary, but once an ombudsman is selected, assuming the Secretary…
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