Mr. President. today the Senate is considering H.R. 889. the Defonse emergency supplemental appropriations. This bill provides $1.96 billion to the Department of Defense for readiness by rescinding funds from other DOD programs. I will support H.R. 889 because it replenishes defense funds which were depleted to support unbudgeted operations in Haiti. Somalia. Rwanda. Bosnia. Korea. and refugee support in the Caribbean. Without these reimbursements. defense readiness will certainly suffer. The Chief of Staff of the Army. Gen. Gordon Sullivan. testified before the House National Security Committee that "readiness will drop off the table" if the supplemental appropriations is not passed.