William H. Frist: “today we will begin our session with a 1- hour period of morning business. Following morning business, the Senate will…”

“today we will begin our session with a 1- hour period of morning business. Following morning business, the Senate will have an hour for debate on the motion to proceed to the highway bill. Under the order, after the 60 minutes of debate, the Senate will begin a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the highway legislation. I do expect that cloture will be invoked and that we would be able to consider the substance of the bill during today's session. Once we are on the bill, Senators can expect amendments. Therefore, additional rollcall votes will occur today. Today we will also recess from the hour of 12:30 to 2:15 to accommodate the weekly policy luncheons. In addition to the highway bill, this week we will consider any conference reports that become available. We hope both the budget and the emergency supplemental conference reports will be ready for floor consideration before we conclude our business this week. Finally, I would announce we have several district judges who should be cleared for Senate action. If votes are necessary on those nominations, we will be scheduling those votes periodically throughout the week. I yield the floor. ____________________”