[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 477]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          COMMITTEE RESOLUTION

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I will take this opportunity to update 
Members as to where we are in the process. We have been working in very 
good faith--I might add, frustrating in many ways, but very good 
faith--making progress over the last 8 or 9 days. That is the committee 
resolution. As I pointed out earlier this morning and last night, in 
order to get on with the Nation's business, it is important to organize 
our committees so Members can be on committees. On the Republican side, 
we began this process, assigning Republican Members to their various 
committee assignments. I assume, that being very basic, the other side 
has done that as well.
  The American people do want Congress to continue to tackle the 
challenges we face today as a country, homeland security, the issues 
surrounding the spending bills and appropriations bills from the last 
Congress.

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