William H. Frist

I do want to briefly comment on the families of the individuals who were potentially exposed yesterday. It is an inconvenience because you are waiting for tests and you are doing screening tests that have a certain meaning in terms of…

The challenges and questions our nation faces today are different than those faced by our founders. But they are, in many ways, just as profound. The great principles of democracy are what unify us as a people and bind us together as a…

Democracy isn't something that just happens to us. It's something each of us must actively create. Citizenship gives us rights, but it also gives us responsibilities. Each of us has a responsibility to understand the great principles on…

I believe this issue of obesity is one of the largest unaddressed public health issues we face today, and I am pleased by the action we are taking today. I agree that it is critical that we continue to direct our attention to this issue…

If you are for a comprehensive Energy bill, you need to vote for cloture. This is the vote. Second, there has been some speculation, people have mentioned on the floor, if we do not pass this conference report we will pull out this…

I want to tell him thank you for me, for this body, for America, and for all the millions of people who will benefit from that vision he had.

Again, I congratulate Senator Enzi for outstanding work. This is a bill he has worked on for a long period of time, as we have talked about jobs, job creation, what the workplace is like. This is a very exciting bill. I congratulate him…

I take special, home State pride in the 101st Airborne Division. It is based at Fort Campbell, 60 percent of which is located in Tennessee.

As we discussed the judicial issue and the filibusters that are ongoing, which are unprecedented--partisan filibusters in this country on the judicial nominees--I do think it is critically important that we have the opportunity on both…

I think we need to get this done because the Internet tax moratorium has expired. If we don't want the Internet tax moratorium to prevail, that is a decision to be made by the body. We should make the decision. I hope the majority leader…

We will certainly consider that and work very hard. As my colleagues know, we are adjusting the schedule and interrupting the appropriations bills quite appropriately to address this issue, which reflects the joint priority in responding…

You just heard a willingness to work together. There were 59 Members who spoke just a few moments ago who said, Let's proceed and do it right now on the floor of the Senate. We were one vote short. I accept that. I think we do need to…

Just briefly responding through the Chair, I very much appreciate those comments because, just as we have done with Medicare, it is going to take strong bipartisan support to get good, effective legislation through. Second, the point about…

I am disappointed. I think we have an opportunity in this body to address a tragedy, and that is that there are impoverished children trapped in today's schools that are not serving them well. We have an opportunity to reach out and help…

Today President Bush will be addressing the United Nations, and he is asking those who champion freedom to pull together and support the reconstruction of Iraq. He will make a powerful case because freedom is a powerful force. Freedom is a…

Today is a shameful moment in the history of this great institution. The Senate has been denied the right to confirm or reject a brilliant and a well-qualified nominee because of the obstruction of the few--a hard-working and honorable…

I am delighted we have expressed that commitment to address issues, first and foremost energy. That is our number one priority. Everything else is secondary.

We can preserve the good of that model but, based on what we know in 2003, add state-of-the-art, quality, partnering-type, coordinated, integrated delivery of health care. That is a great example of traditional Medicare in 1965. We opened…

If I could just briefly respond, and that is where this Medicare+Choice is really the HMO model, although not for everybody.

We have learned a lot from it since 1974. The point is Medicare has not changed.

They can keep that sort of plan. That is why I am so confident that over the next 30 years this will work because that is what the Senator has, and what I have, and what most employer-sponsored plans are. But that is what we are denying…

Indeed, Mr. President. In response to my distinguished colleague, the issue of relevance has become an issue. Therefore, in the unanimous consent request I said, `` `relevant be related to the subject matter of the bill' and/or energy…

I say to him and our colleagues in the Senate that we have now been working for 2 days to try to get this matter cleared. While we are involved in the minutia of the clearing process, Aung San Suu Kyi is still, in effect, in prison. We…

I have just withdrawn the ethanol amendment. As the minority leader suggested, my plans are to reintroduce that amendment at the earliest time feasible, likely first thing tomorrow morning. What has just happened is that while we were…

I fully agree that it is essential that information about approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention be medically accurate, including both the public health benefits and failure rates of the approach involved. That is what is intended by this…