John Warner

Mr. WARNER

Mr. WARNER. Well, that was not clear in the statement that you made. You used the word ``cost.'' I did not put down the cost of all the military equipment of the wars. But I think when we look at cost, we should think of lives expended. And we are here today exercising that freedom from that generation of World War II, the generation that fought in Korea, the generation that fought in Vietnam, and the generation that is fighting today. I yield the floor.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, would you advise the managers as to the allocation of time still remaining under the control of each?

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from South Carolina.

Mr. WARNER. I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Colorado.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I suggest that the Senator from Virginia is next, to be followed then by the Senator from Nebraska, Mr. Hagel.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank our colleague for his remarks. He speaks from a body of personal experience and considerable courage as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, which he has exhibited in these years.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, we have on our side Senators Thune and Roberts who are waiting. I know Senator Bond has indicated he wishes to speak, and Senator Inhofe. I wish to advise those Senators I have to recognize those on the floor; otherwise, we lose time to a quorum call or otherwise. So we are going to alternate at this time. We are going to shift to the other side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from South Dakota. Mr. President, I advise colleagues on my side, there is one Republican waiting, and others who have indicated a desire to speak. I urge them to come to the floor because I have under my control roughly 20 minutes.

Mr. WARNER. I will yield the 2 minutes, and then the two other colleagues can divide equally the time that is remaining.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, and then following the Senator from New Jersey, the Senator from Kansas, Mr. Roberts, will be recognized, and then following Senator Roberts, the Senator from Missouri, Mr. Bond.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, how much time remains for the Senator from Virginia?

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I recognize on the floor Senator Roberts, Senator Bond, and Senator Inhofe, and Senator Kyl intends to come. So with the balance of that time, I will try to allocate it as equally as we can. I think Senator Roberts is next in line, so I yield to Senator Roberts 4 to 5 minutes.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, what is the time remaining?

Mr. WARNER. What is the time remaining on this side?

Mr. WARNER. I am going to relinquish the time I hoped to use to do wrapup remarks and divide it equally between the Senator from Missouri and the Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I will just yield a minute to myself. I compliment the Senator from Missouri. That was a heartfelt message. I hope Mr. Dean gets it verbatim because your son, whom I have watched grow up through these many years, is proud to be a United States Marine and to take on his duty. Mr. President, I wish to advise colleagues at the hour of 5 o'clock this debate on the Levin amendment is concluded. My understanding is we proceed to an amendment by the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Kerry, and Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Boxer, and Mr. Leahy. In examining that amendment, I say to my colleagues who are anxious to continue addressing the issues of the amendment of Senator Levin, I think the basic format in this amendment lays a clear predicate for all those who are desiring to speak to have their word tonight sometime because we are to conclude this debate tonight. I yield the floor.

Mr. WARNER. How much?

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Oklahoma for wrapping up close to 20 Senators on this side who have spoken to this issue. I remind my colleague there will be further debate tonight. I am anxious to have as many as possible come over and join me. I commend the Senator on his statement and thank the Senator for his long, hard work on our bill throughout this year.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, with regard to the pending amendment, I would only say, in response to the extra 10 seconds you had, I would hope that security adviser was in consultation with our Government at the time he made those remarks to determine the authenticity of those remarks. Now, my understanding is we now turn to an amendment by the Senator from Massachusetts and the Senator from Wisconsin, I believe. Is that correct?

Mr. WARNER. Cosponsors of that amendment: the Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, and the Senator from Vermont, Mr. Leahy. I inquire of the manager, in consultation with the proponents of this amendment, first, if we could get some estimate of the time for the introduction of the amendment. And then I would hope we would continue the practice that we have had today by which Senators go back and forth on each side.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I intend to remain. I do not know that there is a time agreement on this amendment.

Mr. WARNER. In other words, we are in an unusual situation. Now, maybe the distinguished colleague from Massachusetts can help advise his leadership and me as to the time. It would be helpful because, like colleagues on this side, there are commitments on our side with regard to what Members wish to do this evening. So I am just trying to strike a note of comity so that we can accommodate those Senators on both sides of the aisle who are anxious to participate in this debate.

Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank my colleague. I don't wish to misinterpret his comments, but there was an amendment brought up by his senior colleague from Massachusetts that took an inordinate amount of time, which we had not anticipated. If there was some disjuncture of the process over here, I believe it was initiated on that side. Let's return to the matter at hand. Would 30 minutes allow you to begin this debate and then we could have, say, 15 or so on this side and then--

Mr. WARNER. Do you think we could have some response from this side before Senator Feingold begins?

Mr. WARNER. Yes.