William H. Frist: “the point is well made. Cloture Motion I send a cloture motion to the underlying bill to the desk. The PRESIDING…”

I do want to add my congratulations to the managers, Senators Warner and Levin. They have done a tremendous job on the Defense authorization bill, a very important bill. We had several pauses over the course of today that we were able to…

while the chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee is on the floor, I want to say congratulations, through the Chair, to her for a tremendous success on the Postal Accountability and Enforcement Act which will be passed shortly. It…

I just went through a host of issues that we need to consider over the course of this week and our intention to complete our work by Friday or Saturday. It is going to take cooperation, and everybody is working together, as the Democratic…

I say hello to her as I come to the office every morning. And I say goodbye to her after I have closed the Senate each evening. The "her" is Ramona Lessen, my gatekeeper, my jailer, a distinguished member of my staff. Twelve years ago, I…