William H. Frist

On the occasion of this 175th anniversary, it gives us this formal opportunity to express our gratitude to the men and women of the Capitol Police. It is nice to be able to put H. Con. Res 156 forward because we have a lot to be thankful…

I think as judges are put forward, we will continue to consider them in an orderly way in the Senate. That being said, I am very hopeful that we can ultimately have an up-or-down vote on Miguel Estrada, someone whom we believe is the…

I am informed that in the 106th Congress, the Senator from West Virginia voted yes to ban this procedure.

The intention is to be equally divided. I would like it to be back and forth, if we can do that. Let me take this opportunity to say that the purpose is because we are all running around doing so many different things over the course of…

My goal in that discussion next week is to begin to talk, not to extend what has been a very good debate, but have a discussion on this nomination in terms of the constitutional significance of advice and consent.

It is important that people take advantage of that opportunity if they so wish. In talking to the leadership on the other side of the aisle, we agreed it was important for people to have the opportunity. We have been very busy over the…

The Washington Post has repeatedly and emphatically called on the Democratic leadership to stop these demands for confidential memoranda. I was wondering if the Senator had seen the Washington Post editorial from last September that said…

Does the Senator from Utah share my concern that what they are doing in filibustering Miguel Estrada is harmful to the institution of the Senate and its advise and consent responsibilities?

Is the Senator aware that it has been suggested a double standard is being applied to this nominee with requests being made that have never been applied to any other nominee? Does the Senator have any explanation for this?

Will the Senator agree that the opposition mounted against Mr. Estrada is not about his qualifications?

We know in fact that the American Bar Association has given Mr. Estrada its highest rating--in fact, unanimously well qualified. Does the Senator know if the Senate has ever obstructed a vote on any nominee recommended to the Senate by the…

The Senator from Utah has been reviewing the records of judicial nominees for 27 years. Does the Senator know of many lawyers who have argued 15 cases before the Supreme Court, as has Mr. Estrada?

I was hoping that the recent Presidents Day recess would have convinced my colleagues that everything has been said and, thus, it is time now to vote. But we will continue to work with the other side with the hope that at some point they…

We will have other judges we will go to, and there are a number of bills that are being considered. There is a children's bill that is related to pornography we will be taking up at some point. There are other bills that have come through…

I briefly want to respond that in the past 3 weeks we have had a lot to do. It has been an opportunity for us to work hand in hand, and I think what has happened over the last initial 12 days, and then now over the last 4 days, does…

I believe that we are all in agreement on the importance of a smallpox immunization program to our national security, and I look forward to working with the Senator and with Chairman Gregg to ensure the success of a smallpox immunization…

It is very clear to me that health care providers today are being inadequately paid under the Medicare Program, and that is why I, as has been pointed out earlier, regret the fact that we finished, adjourned the 107th Congress, without…

In closing, we have a lot of work to do. We got off to a good start last week with the unemployment insurance. We are making progress in terms of negotiations. But--and I mentioned this a few moments ago--the two issues that we have to…

In 1992, we were at war. Had we just gone through a fall in the stock market? Had we just got through the corporate scandals? Had we just had a 9/11 incident at that time?

Is it not true, though, that even at the worst projected deficit in the very article that the Senator read for 2003, as a percentage of GDP, about $10.5 trillion, is less than it would be in 1992?

The issue of deficit is of concern to our entire body. But if you look back at history, what was the size of the economy in 1992?

I am obviously disappointed with this objection for the reasons that I have set out. There are 750,000 people and their dependents who depend on these distributions, as well as another 22 million people. We had been told this had been…

In response to my distinguished colleague, this issue of having a general agreement that we would work out technical language, and then after 48 hours or 72 hours have the bill come to the floor without the opportunity, in a bipartisan…

If a manufacturer decided not to sell a medicine at a price the government allowed, then is it correct that the government would authorize a Canadian company to copy and sell the drug, even without the patent holder's permission, which, it…

In Canada, not the United States--this is what you essentially said--is it not correct that each company is denied the freedom to set prices for its own innovative medicines?