William H. Frist: “I second what the Democratic leader said in terms of both sides working together on a bill that has taken a tremendous…”

“I second what the Democratic leader said in terms of both sides working together on a bill that has taken a tremendous amount of work. We spent several days on the bill and had plenty of opportunity over the last 2 weeks for everybody to come forward. To clarify for the benefit of our colleagues, with this agreement in place, we can announce there will be no further votes this evening. Tomorrow we will resume the bill, and Senators will be able to offer amendments from the list. No rollcall votes will occur on those amendments during Friday's session. As we just stated, on Monday, Senators will have an opportunity until 4 p.m. to offer amendments. As we discussed, there will be at least one, but possibly two votes. We will be voting Monday evening on at least one of the highway amendments. Therefore, Senators can expect the next vote to be at 5:30 p.m. Monday. We will then complete our work on the bill Tuesday morning. The managers will work over the course of Friday and Monday to further limit the number of amendments that will require votes. I thank our colleagues, and I thank the chairman and ranking member for their tremendous work, their patience in bringing this bill forward. Mr. President, I yield the floor. The list of amendments is as follows: Germane amendments intended to be offered: Carper: #638, #723. Dodd: #732 Teen Drivers. Durbin: #734 Fuel savings reporting; #669 Bicycling. Feingold: #695 Buy American; #676 Volunteer mileage.…”