William H. Frist: “Today we passed the Oman Free Trade bill by a vote of 63 to 31. I am…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2006

Today we passed the Oman Free Trade bill by a vote of 63 to 31. I am pleased that we were finally able to proceed to a vote on the confirmation of a very important nomination, and that is the nomination of Alice Fisher to be an Assistant Attorney General. Tomorrow we will have a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Secure Fence Act, a bill on border security. That vote will occur at approximately 11 a.m., and this will be the first vote of the day. I hope that cloture will be invoked, and if it is invoked, I would hope that we could begin the bill as quickly as possible. ____________________

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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