Mark Warner

I would say the law is correct. It was passed by the Congress, and once we caught the error in the calculating and counting the beans, we corrected it. It is only $139 million.

I say most respectfully that we are operating a debate to try to confuse people. Let me see if I can put forward a simple fact to seek clarity. There was an error. We all acknowledge it. But, Mr. President, the error was not in the law. It…

I respectfully ask my distinguished chairman, can you show us any documentation where the administration, in writing, came up with a request over and above $139 million?

We have an honest difference of opinion. It was clear it was a $139 million error that needed adjustment. I commend the Appropriations Committee for seeking that adjustment. I then asked my distinguished colleague, was there any request…

Very clearly we have drafted the language so that the word ``improper'' is added to the underlying resolution of the Rules Committee in two places.

I join those in expressing our good wishes to both the senior Senator from Kentucky and, indeed, his wife and family for their next chapter. ... He has done a remarkable job on the Rules Committee over these years, and I look forward to…

My response to that question is that the use of the first allocation of funds pursuant to this resolution is limited to this, and it is up to the Members to interpret it. And, second, it would be my hope that the members would interpret…

What I am saying for great clarity, for the second allocation, supplemental funding, the Rules Committee exercised what I regard as its authority to restrict the use of those funds to the clause ``illegal'' for 1996.

What the Senator said, as I understood him to say, we took away all your jurisdiction. That is not correct. As to the $4.53 million, it is there. As to the second allocation of funds in the nature of a supplemental, it is quite true the…

What I am saying is the language sets forth the definition, and it is up to the chairman and ranking member and the Governmental Affairs members to decide for themselves.

I will exercise due diligence, the fairest, most aggressive action by our committee in the areas delineated by the amendment... To suggest that just one or two or three, or whatever it is, members of the Rules Committee can stop either the…

Essential to this whole debate is the question of unions. Yet my colleague from Wisconsin excluded that from consideration in his bill. What do you say as to why you purposefully left an important part of reform out of your proposed…

When you denied them the fact they could go on without a time limitation, and the amount of money. My recollection is that you were only going to grant $1.8 million.

I think, if you are going to have that rendition of facts, you should also include that those same members asked for $11- plus million and no time limitation, which, if I may with respect, you and your colleagues objected to. So that…

I am just pointing out that this resolution goes to the authority to investigate until December 31. Is the Senator suggesting that we are going to wait in the Senate until December 31 to review a final proposal on campaign finance reform…

The previous speaker said this Rules Committee resolution sidetracked campaign finance reform. I took serious question with him on that.

There is a clear separation between the two trains that are moving--your investigation, which is important, and campaign finance reform, which, in my judgment, is equally as important. They are on different tracks.

I further thank my colleagues for the inclusion of this amendment for high-growth airports. These are the commercial airports which logically would be experiencing infrastructure and facilities problems as a result of their rapid growth…

First, Mr. President, the Department of Defense should instruct its organizations to survey the area's Department of Defense employees to accurately estimate how many employees might benefit from this program. Additionally, I request the…

I wish to join in thanking the principal sponsors of the bill--the Senator from Indiana, the Senator from Illinois and the Senator from Alaska and also my distinguished colleague in the House of Representatives, Representative Frank Wolf…

I understand that some officials in the Defense Department have been hesitant to employ a synthetic metal conditioner, even for testing, preferring to use only traditional lubricants. This is in spite of the fact that a great many field…

I am here as, I believe, one of the strongest supporters of this proposed legislation. I am privileged to serve on the Small Business Committee. Chairman Bond and others had hearings at which I participated. I put forth the suggestion that…

I would say in the course of the hearing in the Small Business Committee, we had employers come up who went ahead and violated the law knowingly and take the risk of being sued, and one of them was a Virginia firm.

Indeed, together we have worked with other members on the committee in this direction. It is very simple. We are putting accountability and responsibility where it belongs--that is, with the knowledgeable persons in the overall…

I feel the President of the United States, President Clinton, has addressed thus far this tragedy in Dhahran in an exemplary manner. He has dispatched all known resources in this country to analyze how this could have happened, and I was…