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On the recordSeptember 7, 2006
the next vote will be on passage of the Defense appropriations bill. I congratulate the managers. It has been a job well done. We are going to be on the port security bill tomorrow and on Monday. The managers are here, and they are ready to debate and take up amendments. We will not be voting tomorrow. I remind my colleagues that we have scheduled an event on Monday at 6 o'clock to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. We invite all Members to participate. There will be no more votes tonight. We will not be voting tomorrow. We want to have all opening statements tonight and tomorrow on the port security bill. We will have announcements tomorrow morning as to whether we will be voting on Monday. The Democratic leader and I will make that announcement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the amendments and third reading of the bill. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a third time. The bill was read a third time.
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William H. Frist
Tennessee

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