William H. Frist: “as a reminder to our colleagues, the cloture vote on the Brown nomination is scheduled for noon tomorrow. I hope and…”

“as a reminder to our colleagues, the cloture vote on the Brown nomination is scheduled for noon tomorrow. I hope and expect that cloture will be invoked at that time and that we will be able to move quickly to an up-or-down vote on her nomination. The Democratic leader and I will be talking shortly this afternoon and will make more specific plans in terms of voting times and give some idea of how quickly we can move with other nominations. We do have another cloture vote on the Pryor nomination, which would immediately follow the up-or-down vote on Janice Rogers Brown. In addition to those judicial nominations, we have agreements to debate and vote on of two Sixth Circuit judicial nominations, as well as one DC Circuit Court nominee. This week, we may also reconsider the vote with respect to the Bolton nomination. As you can tell, we have a very busy week as we return from recess. I thank our colleagues in advance as we move through these issues. Mr. President, I will have a brief opening statement as well, but I now yield to the Democratic leader.”