[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 44 (Thursday, April 1, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S3596]
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                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Tomorrow the Senate will be in session for the transaction 
of routine morning business. There will be no rollcall votes during 
Friday's session. The next rollcall vote will occur on Wednesday of 
next week. I will have more to say on that in the morning.
  Next week, there are a number of issues that may be addressed. There 
is an important medical liability bill being introduced by Senator 
Gregg and others, Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act of 
2004. That bill deserves to be debated and voted on. We will try to 
schedule that bill for next week. I will continue to hold out hope that 
we will be able to finish the JOBS bill, which is the FSC/ETI bill.
  Senators have come to the floor over the course of the last several 
weeks discussing the importance of this bill. Yet we have been unable 
to vote on the legislation as the WTO sanctions continue each day. In 
fact, today, since this is 1 month after the sanctions began, the 
sanctions were increased by $40 million. We must move expeditiously on 
that bill. It is a priority for the Senate. We will have an opportunity 
next week to speak on this bill.
  The pension reform conference report is another piece of legislation 
that should be moved expeditiously. The House may act on that 
conference report later this evening or on Friday. I will be talking to 
my colleagues about scheduling that conference report for Senate 
action.
  Finally, the conferees on the budget resolution continue to meet and 
it is important to address the budget conference report as soon as that 
does become available. Having said that, we have a lot of work to do 
and not a lot of time to do it. We will be working each day next week 
with an effort to schedule the above-mentioned items throughout.
  In addition, next week we have accommodated Members' schedules for 
the observance of Passover. I will have more to say on the specific 
schedule for rollcall votes on Wednesday, April 7. However, we will 
have no vote prior to 2:15 on that day on Wednesday.

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