William H. Frist

This cloture vote will occur Thursday morning. We will announce the exact time sometime during tomorrow's session, hopefully Thursday morning.

The majority yields back their 2 minutes, and I believe the Democratic side will yield back their remaining time.

You have heard it now from the two leaders and the chairman and the ranking member. Let's plow ahead, again being respectful of the body itself and the use of time, and keep the bill moving forward and America moving forward…

Tomorrow the Senate will begin consideration of our final--our final--appropriations bill for this fiscal year. We will not have any rollcall votes during tomorrow's session, and the next vote will occur Monday evening at approximately…

Obviously, we need to focus on small business. We know how important that is in terms of both the flexibility and the release of regulations. The focus on small business is part of that rebuilding and renewal in a smarter way. I would be…

The Senate continued to work on the Transportation--Treasury appropriations bill today. A number of amendments have indeed been filed. I encourage Senators who are serious about offering them to come down early in the day tomorrow to do…

The resolution we passed does express support for those victims of the South Asia earthquake. I encourage our colleagues to make statements for the Record. A number of people have called me over the last several days. This is a resolution…

This morning, the Senate will vote on the Defense appropriations bill. That vote will occur at 9:15 this morning. I thank and commend Senator Stevens for his patience and perseverance in getting this bill to the President. We must complete…

I am a bit offended when the Democratic leader knows last week we had defense, we had Generals Myers, Abizaid, and Casey brief Members extensively in a bipartisan way in a tradition we have set up that is working very well. We have the…

Today we will open with a period for morning business for 60 minutes. Following that time, the Senate will resume consideration of the Agriculture appropriations bill which we began last Thursday. While we have no votes today, I encourage…

Today, as I mentioned earlier, the Senate did complete action on and overwhelmingly pass the Commerce-Justice- Science appropriations bill. Upon completion of the Commerce-Science- Justice appropriations bill, we began consideration of the…

Again, Mr. President, this is one of several bills we are addressing tonight that reflect the Senate's response to those who have been adversely affected by this disaster. The bill we passed was specifically related to Pell grants, giving…

I will be running through a lot of business which reflects a tremendous amount of work over the last several hours, the last several days, much of it in response directly to the natural disaster of Katrina and its aftermath. There are a…

As I mentioned a few moments ago, we will begin voting sometime around 10:45 or 11. The plans are being finalized, and we will be back with a more specific announcement as to when that time will be as we address the amendments…

I, too, commend the President for his quick action on a waiver for FEMA. I as well believe the President should consider waiving this cost-sharing requirement for as long as necessary for entities and areas in Louisiana where it is…

This National Flood Insurance Enhanced Borrowing Authority Act of 2005 is another example of the bills we are bringing to the Senate floor and working on in a bipartisan way because we are addressing quickly, responsively, and aggressively…

I ask the unanimous consent request as propounded follow the completion of the statement by the Senator from California and the Senator from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from…

We will be very brief. I appreciate the consideration of the distinguished Senator from California. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 3673, the supplemental…

Tomorrow the Senate will turn to the Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill. The managers will be ready to go through amendments and expedite consideration of this important bill. I encourage our colleagues who may have amendments…

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 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…

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 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…

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. ____________________

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…