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NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005 -- (Senate - June 14, 2004)Page: S6693
Mr. WARNER. We are hopeful to get off to a vigorous start this afternoon. In...
Mr. ALLARD. What is our order of business?
Mr. ALLARD. I ask unanimous consent that we lay aside the Kennedy amendment so...
AMENDMENT NO. 3322
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3322.
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. ALLARD. I rise today to offer this amendment in order to draw attention to...
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Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?
Mr. ALLARD. I will yield to the Senator from Oklahoma.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have no objection to the Senator speaking, but he...
Mr. ALLARD. I yield to the Senator from Oklahoma for a question.
Mr. INHOFE. Well, I appreciate that. First of all, I appreciate all the Senator...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have no objection if the Senator from Oklahoma...
Mr. INHOFE. I will ask one question. In your amendment, you talked about 30...
Mr. ALLARD. Well, the 30-day mandate is to emphasize the importance of...
Mr. INHOFE. I thank the Senator.
AMENDMENT NO. 3449 TO AMENDMENT NO. 3322
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the...
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AMENDMENT NO. 3292
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the amendment that is now...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
AMENDMENT NO. 3307
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, this amendment is very straightforward. The Secretary...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, before we started addressing the bill, the Senator...
Mr. REID. I did not specifically mention that. I said I would be offering an...
Mr. WARNER. So there will be no further addressing of that amendment until...
Mr. REID. Senator Leahy will not be back until Wednesday.
Mr. WARNER. But you felt the necessity to it put it down now.
Mr. REID. Yes. He has been waiting around. He wanted to lay it down after...
Mr. WARNER. I understand. I discussed it with the Senator from Connecticut.
Mr. REID. I thought we were trying to get some amendments down. Some of them,...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the distinguished leader made that very clear to me....
Mr. REID. If the Senator is concerned, I would be happy to discuss this prior...
Mr. WARNER. I would hope so.
Mr. REID. Senator Leahy has been very patient.
Mr. WARNER. I am not suggesting that anyone else has been impatient. It is just...
Mr. REID. Maybe I should have waited until you offered one on the Republican...
Mr. WARNER. The distinguished leader and I have never had a problem we could...
Mr. REID. Our next amendment will be by the senior Senator from Connecticut.
Mr. WARNER. I understand. We are prepared to address that amendment. For the...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I haven't had an opportunity to review this...
Mr. WARNER. I fully understand that. So that we can then have the efficiency of...
AMENDMENT NO. 3312, AS MODIFIED
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I would be glad to. I am impressed by the...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 3312 and send a modification...
Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I will go through and explain what this amendment...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I thank our colleague. Let me say at the offset, he...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, if my colleague will yield, I certainly do not...
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Mr. WARNER. I thank my colleague for his statement. I would like to address the...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank my colleague, but I had hoped, if he would not...
Mr. WARNER. Certainly the Senator has a right to request it.
Mr. DODD. I would like to respect my friend from Virginia.
Mr. WARNER. I was wondering if, as we go further into the afternoon, depending...
Mr. DODD. That is a reasonable request. I will ask for one and we can vitiate...
Mr. WARNER. That is a prudent way to proceed.
Mr. DODD. I ask for the yeas and nays on the Dodd amendment.
Mr. WARNER. Now we will turn to this side of the aisle for an amendment and...
Mr. CHAMBLISS. Mr. President, I rise today with the intention of calling up...
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AMENDMENT NO. 3305
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No....
Mr. WYDEN. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, for a number of months I have been working with...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have looked this over and I am of the opinion that...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, it was my intention to speak in favor of the...
Mr. WARNER. I am very anxious to hear that. My requirement is to depart the...
Mr. DORGAN. At which point I would be recognized?
Mr. WARNER. Absolutely. I have no objection to that.
Mr. DORGAN. I am agreeable to that.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I now understand that the amendment will be accepted...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I join my colleague, Senator Wyden, in...
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Mr. WARNER. If the Senator will yield, yes, the Senator
Mr. WYDEN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. DORGAN. I am happy to yield.
Mr. WYDEN. I appreciate the Senator's point and the cooperation of the Chairman...
Mr. DORGAN. I say to my colleague from Oregon, that is correct. Our approach is...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I commend our colleagues from Oregon and North Dakota...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, this side is prepared to accept this amendment.
Mr. WYDEN. I yield the floor and thank the distinguished chairman and Senator...
Mr. DORGAN. I ask the amendment be accepted.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. WARNER. I see my distinguished colleague from Connecticut and I yield the...
Mr. DODD. I ask unanimous consent to lay aside the pending amendment.
AMENDMENT NO. 3313, AS MODIFIED
Mr. DODD. I call up amendment 3313 and I send a modification to the desk.
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wonder if we could ask the Senator from...
Mr. DODD. I am happy to do that.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, at this point in time--
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I have sent the modification to the desk. I inquire,...
Mr. DODD. Fine.
Mr. WARNER. I thank the Senator from Connecticut.
Mr. WARNER. I see the Senator from Colorado. I yield the floor.
AMENDMENT NO. 3449
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I have an amendment that we have laid aside. I guess...
Mr. ALLARD. Yes, I request the regular order on that amendment, please.
Mr. ALLARD. Now, I think Senator Levin has to be recognized to move...
AMENDMENT NO. 3449, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, has our modification to the second-degree amendment...
Mr. ALLARD. That is correct.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, very briefly--and I thank Senator Allard...
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Mr. ALLARD. Yes.
AMENDMENT NO. 3322, AS AMENDED
Mr. ALLARD. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3313, AS MODIFIED
Mr. DODD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that we now be allowed to...
Mr. DODD. Thank you, Madam President. And, again, I commend my two friends and...
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Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I have looked over this amendment very carefully....
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Mr. DODD. Let me respond, if I may. It is an anticipated argument. We have...
Sec. 542. Notice to Congress of Proposed Changes in Combat Assignments to Which...
Mr. DODD. In Public Law 103-160, it says:
Mr. WARNER. That is not the way it is crafted, as I read it. If the Senator...
Mr. DODD. I am happy to do that. My intention is, obviously, not to try to...
Mr. WARNER. The way it is drawn, it could be interpreted that way.
Mr. DODD. We will talk with staff to see if we might make the language tighter.
Mr. WARNER. My second concern goes to the question of the interrogation of...
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Mr. DODD. If I may respond, it is not an illegitimate concern in talking about...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, will the Senator direct the Senate to that portion...
Mr. DODD. Madam President, if the Senator will go to page 2 of the amendment,...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I could not find that language. I listened...
Mr. DODD. I am quoting from the bill. With regard to 1(a) on page 2--and you go...
Mr. WARNER. I am on page 2.
Mr. DODD. Then go to line 10. It talks about interrogation of prisoners,...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, if the Senator will withhold, I have two...
Mr. DODD. I have modified it, yes.
Mr. WARNER. Once again, if the Senator will direct me.
Mr. DODD. On page 2 of the amendment, go down and begin on line 10, and I...
Mr. WARNER. On the question of the interrogation, I would like to have an...
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Mr. DODD. As I said, the idea is it is one thing for them to be in a capacity...
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, the Senator's point is well taken. He has served...
Mr. DODD. Madam President, let me put this in the RECORD, if I may, for...
TITLE V--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Mr. DODD. It is Title V, the Department of Defense Intelligence Activities....
Mr. WARNER. Madam President, I again draw my colleague to paragraph B, United...
Mr. DODD. I have no difficulty with----
Mr. WARNER. I am not sure this is drawn in such a way as to continue what I...
Mr. DODD. I always appreciate the advice and counsel of the chairman of the...
Mr. WARNER. Is it the intention of my colleague in due course to lay this aside?
Mr. DODD. I presume others would want to lay it aside when other amendments are...
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, first let me comment on what I think is the heart...
Mr. WARNER. Excuse me, Madam President, but on which subject?
Mr. LEVIN. On the subject of (a).
Mr. WARNER. Let us make it clear because the Senator is mixing (a) and (b).
Mr. LEVIN. I thank my chairman. This is what the article reads, and because I...
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Mr. WARNER. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. LEVIN. I am happy to yield, but I encourage us to lay aside this amendment.
Mr. WARNER. So we can accommodate Senators, I would like to propose a unanimous...
Mr. LEVIN. Would the Chairman add 10 minutes of discussion on the amendment...
Mr. WARNER. I suggest we go to the vote. I have indicated a willingness to...
Mr. DODD. Let's take 1 minute prior to the vote.
Mr. WARNER. Fine, 1 minute each side? Let's make it 2. I can't clear my throat...
Mr. DODD. It was modified to 2 minutes, equally divided.
Mr. WARNER. Two minutes to each side, not equally divided.
Mr. DODD. OK. Two minutes to each side.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, if that is out of the way, I will yield the floor----
Mr. LEVIN. I support the suggestion that the pending amendment of the Senator...
Mr. WARNER. I failed to hear what you said. Would you repeat that?
Mr. LEVIN. I am sorry. I want to support the suggestion that the pending...
Mr. WARNER. Regulations.
Mr. LEVIN.----regulations of the Army are relative to this particular issue. I...
Mr. DODD. If my colleague will yield, just going over this--and I certainly...
Mr. LEVIN. Will the Senator yield on this issue?
Mr. DODD. Certainly.
Mr. LEVIN. I very much support his effort to codify what should be the rule...
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Mr. DODD. I thank my colleague from Michigan for his comments. I totally agree...
AMENDMENT NO. 3295
Mr. ENZI. I ask the pending amendment be set aside, and I call up an amendment...
Mr. ENZI. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with.
Mr. ENZI. Madam President, I thank the chairman and ranking member for their...
Mr. SMITH. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending...
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3183
Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, if there were a Senator here objecting to laying...
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Mr. SMITH. I yield the floor.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, the amendment from our distinguished colleague from...
Mr. SMITH. I would accommodate any colleagues in any sense of comity that is...
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Mr. WARNER. In no way do I indicate it would gum up the bill. I am just trying...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I know Senator Kennedy cosponsored this bill...
Mr. SMITH. I note that Senator Kennedy did not know I was coming here...
Mr. LEVIN. I don't know whether it is possible to enter into a time agreement....
Mr. WARNER. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 3312, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I think now the order of business is that we have 2...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, first of all, I thank my colleagues on the Armed...
Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a very important...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I have indicated my support. I ask unanimous consent...
Mr. WARNER. I had asked my colleague, in the course of our colloquy, and I...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I have no information to argue with the conclusions of...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, it is my understanding the yeas and nays have been...
Mr. MCCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Utah (Mr. HATCH)...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. BIDEN), the...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the managers of the...
Mr. WARNER. I thank the Presiding Officer. We will be on the way here...
AMENDMENT NO. 3344
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Byrd, I call up...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, it has been cleared on this side.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3435
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator McConnell and Senator...
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Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, that amendment has been cleared on this side.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3314
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Landrieu, I call up...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I wonder if the Senator from Michigan would look at...
Mr. LEVIN. The Senator is correct.
Mr. WARNER. There is no objection, Mr. President.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3229
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator McCain, I call up...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the amendment has been cleared on this side.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I would like to commend the distinguished Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 3257, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Kennedy, I call up...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I believe the amendment has been cleared on this side.
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Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3224
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Collins and Senator...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the amendment has been cleared on this side. I am a...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3340
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of myself and Senator Feinstein, I...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3432
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of myself, Senator Levin and...
Mr. LEVIN. The amendment has been cleared and very strongly cosponsored by many...
Mr. WARNER. I appreciate the Presiding Officer's action on that. I am very...
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3221
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senators Lott, Cochran, ...
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Mr. WARNER. The amendment has been cleared and is agreeable.
Mr. LEVIN. The amendment has been cleared on this side.
Mr. WARNER. I urge its adoption.
Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote and I move to lay that motion on the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3376, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LEVIN. On behalf of Senator Bill Nelson, I call up amendment No....
Mr. WARNER. The amendment has been cleared. I urge its adoption.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3167
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Domenici, I call up...
Mr. LEVIN. The amendment has been cleared on this side.
Mr. WARNER. I urge its adoption.
Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3296
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Sarbanes, I call up...
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Mr. WARNER. The amendment has been cleared.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3316, AS MODIFIED
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Harkin, I call up...
Mr. WARNER. I urge its adoption.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. WARNER. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3164, AS MODIFIED
Mr. WARNER. On behalf of Senator Gregg, I call up amendment No. 3164...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, military action in Afghanistan and Iraq has brought...
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Mr. LEVIN. The amendment has been cleared.
Mr. WARNER. I urge its adoption.
Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay the motion on the...
AMENDMENT NO. 3295
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I call up an amendment on behalf of the Senator from...
Mr. LEVIN. The amendment has been cleared on this side.
Mr. WARNER. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 3307
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I call up an amendment on behalf of Senator Harry...
Mr. WARNER. There is no objection on this side.
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, this amendment provides for parallel compensation for...
Mr. REID. I appreciate very much the hard work of these two great Senators. I...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I associate myself with the remarks of our...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, let me add my thanks to the Senator from Nevada for,...
Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. LEVIN. I move to lay that motion on the table.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, while I have the attention of the two managers of the...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, and I do not think I...
Mr. REID. No. If my distinguished friend will yield, Mr. President, what I...
Mr. WARNER. Right.
Mr. REID. We are going to try to resolve that. What I indicated is that...
Mr. WARNER. Fine. I hope we are not asking for any unanimous consent to lock...
Mr. REID. That is right. Until we get the matter resolved with Senator...
Mr. WARNER. So we have had a colloquy in which we have indicated this is the...
Mr. REID. One reason I want to do this, I say through the Chair to the...
Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, that choice is entirely on your side. If that is...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. WARNER. Yes.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I am not sure who has the floor at this moment.
Mr. WARNER. At this point in time the Chair is perfectly in order to recognize...
Mr. DURBIN. Thank you, Mr. President. I thank the chairman of the committee,...
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Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, does the Senator from Illinois have the number of...
Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator from Virginia. I spoke to him earlier about an...
Mr. WARNER. I say to the Senator, thank you.
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