William H. Frist: “today we will have a 1-hour period of morning business with time equally divided between the majority and minority.…”

“today we will have a 1-hour period of morning business with time equally divided between the majority and minority. Following that time, the Senate will proceed to the emergency supplemental appropriations conference report. Chairman Cochran will manage time on our side. We hope to reach shortly a consent to limit the time necessary on the conference report. We have not had many requests for time on our side. We hope to have a reasonable period of debate prior to the vote. It looks as if the vote will occur sometime this afternoon after the policy lunch recess. We will be recessing for the policy luncheons from 12:30 to 2:15 today. Once we complete the supplemental appropriations, we will return to the highway bill. Chairman Inhofe has been encouraging Senators to offer their amendments. I join him in that statement. Senators should not delay in offering those amendments. Please come to the floor as soon as reasonable to offer those amendments. We want to finish the highway bill this week. Again, I advise Members that the clock is ticking on this bill. I expect rollcall votes later today on amendments to the bill. As always, we will notify all Senators as the votes are scheduled. ____________________”