Honorable John McCain
United States Senator, Arizona, Republican
Senator John McCain was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He was Director of the Navy Senate Liaison Office from 1977 to 1981, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1986. He is the Ranking Minority Member of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and a member of the Armed Services Committee and the Indian Affairs Committee. The following is from the March 12, 2002, Senate floor debate on amendments to S. 517, the National Laboratories Improvement Act.One of the aspects of this issue that has to some degree been ignored in our desire…
