On the recordSeptember 26, 2003
Although we have not been able to finish the DC appropriations this week, we have addressed a number of significant, very important issues over the course of the week. Earlier in the week, we finished the Interior appropriations bill, after a lot of great work, fantastic work and leadership by Senator Conrad Burns and the ranking member. In addition, we completed final action on three appropriations conference reports, those being the Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and the legislative branch bills. Those will now be sent to the President for his signature. I am also pleased that the Senate was able to respond, very appropriately and very quickly, on the Do Not Call legislation, although within several hours after passage, we had yet another setback, a setback in the sense that the will of the American people is being trumped by a decision made in a Colorado court on this issue of 'do not call.'
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