William H. Frist: “this morning we are in session for a period of morning business. There are several Senators who have indicated their…”

“this morning we are in session for a period of morning business. There are several Senators who have indicated their desire for time today to introduce legislation and to make general statements. There will be a number of statements over the course of the morning and possibly into the early afternoon--in part because we have had such a busy week with legislation on the floor so that people will take advantage of this opportunity today. Last night we were able to complete both the CAFTA legislation and the Energy and Water appropriations bill. I hesitated a little bit because, by the time we finished here--it was not that long ago, about 9 hours ago. We finished about 1 o'clock in the morning. But we had a very full day, a very productive day yesterday, passing the appropriations bills as well as the legislation that will do a great deal in terms of lowering trade barriers to very important countries, most of which are recently emerged democracies. Because we were able to finish our work late last night into the wee hours of the morning, we will not have rollcall votes today. When we finish our business today, we will adjourn for our recess and return on Monday, July 11. At that point in time the plans are to take up the Homeland Security appropriations bill. We will have a vote late Monday afternoon--later this morning we will say more about that--in relation to an amendment on the Homeland Security bill.…”