Honorable John Warner
United States Senator, Virginia, Republican
Senator Warner was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978.He was Undersecretary of the U.S. Navy from 1969 to 1972 and Secretaryof the U.S. Navy from 1972 to 1974. From 1974 to 1976, he wasDirector of the American Revolution Bicentennial Committee. Heserves on the Armed Forces Committee and as Chairman of the SeaPower Subcommittee within that committee. He also chairs the Rulesand Administration Committee and serves on the Environment andPublic Works Committee, the Labor and Human Resources Committee,the Small Business Committee, and the Special Committee on Aging.The following statement is from the Senate floor debate of March19, 1998, on…