William H. Frist

tomorrow the Senate will pay its respects to the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Senators will be able and are encouraged to make statements tomorrow morning relating to the passing of Justice Rehnquist. We will be voting at noon…

I have a few housekeeping matters as we begin today. I have talked to the Democratic leader and a number of our colleagues about changes we have made in our current schedule. As all Members are aware, on July 29 we filed cloture motions on…

I want to take this final opportunity to thank our colleagues for their assistance in getting this emergency funding considered so quickly. We will be returning to business on Tuesday, and we will be monitoring the situation in all of the…

in the last few minutes here, I do want to look back very briefly and look ahead and foreshadow some of the issues we will be looking at. Before we leave for this August recess, I would like to look at and review very quickly some of the…

We will return for business on Tuesday, September 6. We will be voting at 5:30. There could be two votes that evening on the previously filed cloture motion. ____________________

I very much appreciate the Democratic leader's comments on the PRIDE Act, especially stressing the critical importance of this piece of legislation. It is a bipartisan bill. I do, too, want to thank the chairman and the ranking member…

I do have a longer statement I will make here shortly, but I think while the Democratic leader is here, what we have seen over the course of the last day, in the last week, in the last several weeks, does represent the very best of what…

I thank our colleagues on this very important piece of legislation--both those who have reservations and those who support this very important act. I talked to the Attorney General a short while ago, and he expressed his appreciation to…

this procedure has now set a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the Native Hawaiians legislation. That vote will occur at 5:30 on Tuesday when we return. If cloture is invoked, we will stay on that motion until it is disposed of. If…

Mr. President I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 168, S. 501. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S…

diplomacy and foreign policy are essential pillars of our national security. They reflect the values, principles, views and interests of the American people. They are central to advancing the United States role and stature in the world…

since 2001 when stem cell research first captured our Nation's attention, I have said many times the issue will have to be reviewed on an ongoing basis--and not just because the science holds tremendous promise, or because it is developing…

That is correct, we will be having our normal policy lunches that day and then we will have votes at 5:30 in the afternoon. ____________________

we have a bit of business to do before we close down tonight. What we heard from our colleagues reflects the cooperative spirit that is very important as we fulfill our constitutional responsibility in terms of this very important…

The next vote is on the highway conference reported bill, the last of the evening, the 11th rollcall of the day and the last vote before the August break. I thank all of our colleagues for their patience and efforts. We have been very…

just a clarification. A lot of people will have questions. We had these time allotments and we have asked Senators not to use all of the time that has been allocated. That is the general understanding. With that we have an orderly way of…

we have several unanimous consent requests with respect to our schedule today. Following the time for the two leaders, we will consider the Interior appropriations conference report under a 20-minute time limit. Following that debate, we…

Tomorrow, America celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Medicare law. Forty years ago, standing in the Harry S. Truman library in Independence, Missouri, President Johnson told a grateful nation that ``Through this new law, every citizen…

I thank members and staff for their hard work. I also want to take this opportunity to thank the pages who have been with us over the last several weeks. It has been a real pleasure and a great opportunity for us to both work with them…

within several minutes, we will start 20 minutes of debate on CAFTA, equally divided. We will have a rollcall vote. We will go to energy after that. We will complete debate on energy tonight. We will not have a further rollcall vote…

that is correct. I have two unanimous consent requests. One is on S. 792, and one is on the energy report. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Minnesota.

for the last 30 minutes or so, we have been putting together an orderly way to address several issues: the underlying bill, the gun liability bill; CAFTA; and the energy report, which we received from the House. I know a lot of our…

I will go through the whole schedule shortly, if I can get through the unanimous consent request. Very briefly, we will have a rollcall vote on CAFTA in about 30 minutes, 25 minutes. Whenever we finish that, it would be the last rollcall…

I understand there is a technical drafting error in the Craig amendment No. 1605, and I would therefore ask unanimous consent that amendments 1605 and 1606 be modified with the changes at the desk. I would note that these are technical…

we will be closing tomorrow afternoon, hopefully not too late in the afternoon. This has been a very productive several months. If you look back and reflect upon the issues that have been discussed and the bills that have been passed…