[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 98 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S8268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, tomorrow the Senate will be in a period of 
morning business throughout the day. There will be no rollcall votes 
during tomorrow's session. During tomorrow's session, I will have more 
to say about next week's schedule. However, there will be no votes 
during Monday's session as well. Senators can expect the next vote at 
approximately 2:15 on Tuesday.
  We had a productive day today. We will be closing in just a few 
moments. I just had the opportunity a few moments ago to talk to the 
Prime Minister of Australia, who expressed his gratitude to the 
American people and to this body for the vote we took about an hour ago 
with regard to the Australia trade bill. We expedited consideration of 
that bill, brought it to the floor in a very quick fashion, but had a 
very good debate over the course of the day. There was broad support 
for that bill as reflected in the vote, with 80 people voting for that 
piece of legislation.
  In addition, we made real progress considering an amendment with 
regard to tobacco and the FDA. Unusual in the fact that those two bills 
were put together in one bill, but by considering that bill with an 
overwhelming vote, we are able to go to conference on the FSC/ETI bill, 
an important bill to jobs and manufacturing in this country.

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