Mark Warner

I am strongly in favor of the resolution. But I am concerned about the proposition of a 2-year delay. There are a lot of people--and I will address that--who are actually at this moment suffering a consequence of their repetitive physical…

I fought the battle along with others. My distinguished leader, Mr. Lott, gave me every opportunity to express my views. The decision was made within our conference. I accept that decision, and I today publicly commit to make it work. We…

As the Chair has advised, the Senate will be in a period of morning business today while awaiting the final appropriations bill from the House. The Senate was expected to consider the final package shortly after noon today. However, the…

I say with gratitude that we have such a marvelous Chaplain, one who with great skill and such strength of feeling and emotion is able to deliver the message of prayer and incorporate those historic moments of history. That election of…

I agree with Senator Harkin and the distinguished ranking member, and I too am committed to ensuring the Defense Department implements this provision to protect all workers including those of contractors.

Superb health care. Health care is provided to you and your family members while you are in the Army, and for the rest of your life if you serve a minimum of 20 years of active Federal service. This is an actual official recruiting…

It is the obligation of the Congress to fix Medicare and, indeed, I know of initiative----

I again thank our distinguished colleague from Georgia. His knowledge of the military and his real love and deep respect for them to this day is an invaluable contribution to our committee. I thank him for his hard work and his extensive…

I would like to also make reference to the remarks of my colleague from Virginia. He and I have a very special responsibility in this tragedy. We will undoubtedly, working together on that, do what we can on behalf of the families…

I know the answer to that question. It is the same thing with the State of Virginia. Less than 30 miles from this Chamber is a live-fire range for the U.S. Marine Corps.

May I express to my colleague my respect for his acknowledging the fact that my judgment was predicated on sound facts.

Mr. President, the Senate, as I have been with my colleagues here for the past hour or so for the voting, reflects a very somber note on this sad day for America--indeed, for all those who, throughout the world, stand guard for freedom. We…

No apology is needed. This bill has had a unique course through the Senate. I know of no one who has tried harder on a procedural basis to see that this bill has forward momentum than our distinguished colleague from Nevada. I hereby…

I have offered two provisions to clarify the intent of this section to the Chairman. I am aware that the Assistant Secretary of the Army's office also has provided technical assistance on this matter. I trust that before we conference with…

You better go back and undo some of the things we have done in the last 14 years and readjust the cost sharing. I say to my friend, I don't understand it. The State of Florida has to pay 50 percent rather than 35 percent. I will tell you…

I was a 15-year-old boy. But what are you going to tell the people in Billings, Missoula, Livingston? There is lots of Federal land out there. What percentage of your State is Federal land?

Certainly, I did not wish to invade. But the Senator invited questions: Does any other Senator know of projects other than 35 percent? I am pointing out, yes, because he is including a lot of municipal water supply, treatment plants for…

Thirty-five to forty. I was off 10 percent. I say to my good friend, the reason you go to 50 percent and not 35 is you are covering non-Federal and part of municipal water supplies. There are a whole lot of municipal water supplies that…

My amendment goes to the operation and maintenance, which from 1986 on was 100-percent State responsibility. That is the amendment. The Senator, of course, quite properly is addressing, by way of background, the construction. And there are…

I am trying to draw some parallel for the average Member of Congress who deals with a dam or a waterway which is in a small portion, relatively speaking, of his or her State. This covers over half the State; isn't that correct?

I have to bring to the attention of the Senate another project. It is called the Central Artery in Boston. There are those who affectionately refer to it as 'the big ditch' which our late, highly respected and beloved Speaker of the House…

The emerging field of bioinformatics uses information technology to analyze the billions of bits of data that create a human or plant genome. The research efforts at Virginia Tech will complement and support efforts by the Department to…

Since January, I have been working on an initiative that deals with introducing new cutting-edge technology into the combat arms of our Armed Services. The initiative is to have one-third of our airborne deep strike aircraft remotely…

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…

Since 1961, the Senate has passed an authorization bill for our military. We are about to pass another. I first thank the leadership of the Senate, and my distinguished ranking member, Mr. Levin, for hanging in as we had to move this bill…