William H. Frist said "let me go ahead, because I had asked that we further explore the only option I see, and again I think we ought to at least address that. If we do what the Senator from Arizona has proposed, 4,600 employees cannot show up for work, are not going to be paid and are going to be hurt if we accept their proposal. So I ask that they consider the proposal which I mentioned a few minutes ago, I said we would be hotlining, and to take the bill that was passed out of the Intelligence Committee yesterday, that does exactly what they want, what I want, which is to extend the Commission, and pass that as a freestanding bill. So as majority leader, I am prepared to get this bill done this minute." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 27, 2004

let me go ahead, because I had asked that we further explore the only option I see, and again I think we ought to at least address that. If we do what the Senator from Arizona has proposed, 4,600 employees cannot show up for work, are not going to be paid and are going to be hurt if we accept their proposal. So I ask that they consider the proposal which I mentioned a few minutes ago, I said we would be hotlining, and to take the bill that was passed out of the Intelligence Committee yesterday, that does exactly what they want, what I want, which is to extend the Commission, and pass that as a freestanding bill. So as majority leader, I am prepared to get this bill done this minute.

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of a proposal affecting employees and advocating for a specific bill.

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