John Warner

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. As soon as we are able to conclude the matters relating to the amendment of the Senator from Washington, I can better answer the question. Mr. President, I wish to advise my colleagues on our side we, of course, had relied upon the previous ruling of the Parliamentarian. Therefore, these amendments are not yet ready.

Mr. WARNER. Yes.

Mr. WARNER. I think there is an opportunity they could be ready. We are checking.

Mr. WARNER. Do I understand the distinguished leader to say 40 minutes equally divided?

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I am informed we have not seen the Boxer amendment.

Mr. WARNER. I think it would be best served if we put in a quorum call so we can try and put the pieces together. Mr. President, as I understand, the distinguished Senator from Illinois wishes to address the Senate as in morning business for 7 minutes.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, this amendment has been cleared.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator McCain, I offer an amendment which makes the necessary technical changes to the National Call to Service Act which was enacted last year. This amendment, which was requested by the Department of Defense, will enable DOD to make payments for education benefits to volunteers under this program from the DOD education benefits program. This amendment has been cleared on the other side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Domenici, I offer an amendment to authorize reimbursement for travel expenses of covered beneficiaries of CHAMPUS for specialty care in order to cover specialized dental care. The amendment is cleared.

Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 739

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. The level of shipbuilding is clearly of concern to me. The Navy is in transition, and we find ourselves building the last of the older 20th century surface combatants, submarines, aircraft carriers, and amphibious assault ships and transitioning to those ships of the line for the 21st century. Understandably, there is a development period we are involved in as well as recapitalization. The committee chose to support the Navy's proposals for DDX, LCS, LHA(R), LPD and CVN-21. These are the naval vessels of the future.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Domenici, I offer an amendment to provide military health care entitlement to Reserve officers awaiting orders to active duty. It has been cleared on both sides.

Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 740

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I want to consult with my colleague about this. Senator Levin and I have read the text of the amendment. The text of the amendment is quite clear as to what the intent was of the proponent. We have no objection on this side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.

Mr. WARNER. I urge the Senate to adopt the amendment.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of myself, I offer an amendment which realigns funds during the committee markup for the Joint Engineering Data Management Information and Control System from the Navy procurement to the Navy research development, test and evaluation accounts. I believe this amendment is cleared on the other side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I know colleagues and others are following the proceedings on the floor tonight. We have been able to achieve quite a good deal. As the distinguished Democratic leader mentioned, we will proceed now to 12 amendments which have been cleared on both sides. Amendment No. 792

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. WARNER. Fine. Thank you.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, could I have just another 3 minutes to determine if there is a problem on our side with that? And I regret that I could not tell you before you started.

Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.