William H. Frist: “I welcome our colleagues back from the Memorial Day recess. I know everybody enjoyed spending time with family and…”

“I welcome our colleagues back from the Memorial Day recess. I know everybody enjoyed spending time with family and friends and constituents, reconnecting with the people we serve. It is always a very busy time during a recess period, and this particular recess period, because it was the Memorial Day recess, where everybody did take that day--or several days or moments on several days--to pause and honor the brave Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the course of their service to our Nation and in the cause of liberty. In addition to Memorial Day, it was a time of graduations, a time of commencements for students, whether it be from elementary school, middle school, high school, college, or graduate school. A number of our colleagues participated--I am sure most colleagues participated in graduation ceremonies at all of those levels over the last couple of weeks. I also hope that last week was a time when people rested and recharged their batteries because, as was just implied in the remarks of the Democratic leader and myself, we have a very busy 4 weeks ahead of us. We have a lot of work to do in a very short period of time before we have the Fourth of July recess. Today, we will continue, shortly, to debate the nomination of Janice Rogers Brown to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. After having been delayed for 2 years by partisan obstruction, she will finally receive a fair up-or-down vote--something she deserves.…”