William H. Frist: “We began consideration of the very important port security bill on…”

On the recordSeptember 12, 2006

We began consideration of the very important port security bill on Thursday of last week, and earlier in the week we addressed the Department of Defense appropriations bill. We generally agreed as a body that we would address the security issues first and foremost over the course of these 3 to 4 weeks, and this is the second step in that process. We made reasonable progress on the bill, but at this point it is not certain when we will finish the bill, and the fact is, we have really a little over 2\1/2\ weeks left. We have a lot to do, and therefore we need to keep business moving along. We have been talking about a filing deadline and an amendment list, but we have been unable to reach agreement on either of those. Cloture Motion

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William H. Frist

Tennessee

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