[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20829-20830]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        SEPTEMBER IN THE SENATE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, shortly I will make a statement addressing 
some of the accomplishments we have been able to achieve over the last 
several weeks--indeed, over the last 6 or 7 months--and, at the same 
time, a note to my colleagues about the future. Most are thinking about 
getting on airplanes and going home or around the world now or this 
afternoon. It is important over the August recess, from the Senate 
standpoint and staff standpoint, that people begin working in 
preparation for our return in early September.
  I mentioned early this morning, most of September will be spent on 
the appropriations bills. We have been very successful in addressing 
four of those appropriations bills to date; we have nine to address in 
the next several weeks. After discussion with the Appropriations 
Committee and the leadership in the Senate and many colleagues, the 
first appropriations bill in September will be the Labor, HHS, and 
Education appropriations bill. We will start that right off the bat 
coming back from this recess. Under the leadership of Chairman Specter, 
we have made huge progress in this regard.

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