[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 29006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, on Monday, the Senate will resume the VA-
HUD appropriations bill. If Senators have amendments, they should be 
prepared to offer and debate those amendments during Monday's session. 
At 4:30 p.m. the Senate will resume consideration of the FAA 
reauthorization conference report. Under the previous order there will 
be 1 hour of debate prior to a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the conference report. The cloture vote on the FAA conference report 
will occur at approximately 5:30 p.m., and that will be the first vote 
on Monday's session.
  I would also remind my colleagues that two cloture motions were filed 
on the Dorr nomination today. Those cloture votes will occur on Tuesday 
morning.
  Before closing, I see the distinguished Senator and colleague, the 
person who is most responsible in many ways for this Workforce 
Investment Reauthorization Act, Senator Enzi. I am happy to yield to 
him.
  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I thank the leadership on both sides of the 
aisle for bringing this bill to fruition at this point in time. I thank 
Senator Gregg for allowing me to work this issue through to this point. 
I thank Senator Kennedy and Senator Murray for their tremendous effort 
and willingness to work toward the goal of getting more people in the 
workforce and eliminating some of the disparity between men's and 
women's wages. It has been a tremendous effort. This is normally a very 
controversial bill, but through some very steady effort over many 
months, we have come to this point. I thank everybody. I will have 
additional comments.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, again, I congratulate Senator Enzi for 
outstanding work. This is a bill he has worked on for a long period of 
time, as we have talked about jobs, job creation, what the workplace is 
like. This is a very exciting bill. I congratulate him and his 
colleagues who worked in a bipartisan way on an excellent piece of 
legislation that will have a true impact on what we all care so much 
about; that is, the economy, jobs, and the setting in which those jobs 
are carried out.

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