William H. Frist: “this morning after our 60 minutes of morning business, we will resume debate on the Interior appropriations bill. Last…”

“this morning after our 60 minutes of morning business, we will resume debate on the Interior appropriations bill. Last night we reached an agreement which provides for debate and votes on the final amendments. We will start off with two amendments relating to pesticides. If all time is used on those two amendments, we will be voting at approximately 12:30. I hope we will not need all that debate time, but that we can expedite some of the votes in order to finish the bill at an early hour today. We will be voting on the bill throughout the day on the remaining amendments to the Interior bill. We will finish the bill today. As a reminder to my colleagues, we need to keep things moving as efficiently as we possibly can because we have a lot of other work to consider this week, including the Homeland Security bill, possibly the CAFTA legislation, a highway extension, in all likelihood a welfare extension, and there are other appropriation measures and nominations that may become available for Senate consideration. I know we have a lot of Members who are traveling and, specifically for BRAC reasons, are going back to their States. But we need to keep voting, keep the amendments coming forward to make progress for the American people. We have today, Thursday, and Friday to accomplish a great deal. I encourage my colleagues to come to the floor. If you don't need extended debate, please take into consideration that we have a lot to do to finish this bill today.…”