[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 15669]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the Senate will immediately resume 
consideration of S. 1, the prescription drug benefits bill. We 
currently have 15 pending amendments from last week. As I have stated, 
these amendments are being reviewed, and we will begin the process of 
scheduling votes, as necessary, on some of these amendments. As 
previously announced, we will have a vote at 5:30 this evening on an 
amendment to S. 1. We will alert all Members shortly as to which of 
those amendments that will be. The managers will be discussing that 
shortly.
  A number of Members have indicated they will be prepared to offer 
additional amendments during today's session. The two managers will be 
working with those Senators to set aside the pending amendments in 
order to consider further amendments over the course of the day. I am 
very pleased with what we accomplished last week, including last 
Friday, at which time we had a productive day in the offering and 
initial discussion of these amendments.
  As we previously said, we will plan on completing action on this bill 
this week before the recess. We will have full days and, I am sure, 
late nights with votes until we complete action on this bill. We will 
complete this historic legislation prior to adjourning for the July 
Fourth recess. I do encourage all Members to prepare themselves for 
what will be a very busy and productive week. I do thank all Members in 
advance for their assistance this week and in participating with the 
managers to bring this bill to closure.

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