[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13454-13455]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2004

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, it recess until 9:30 a.m. on 
Wednesday, June 23; I further ask that following the

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prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, 
the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the 
day, and the Senate then resume consideration of Calendar No. 503, S. 
2400, the Department of Defense authorization bill, as provided under 
the previous order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The Senator from Nevada.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this has been a very contentious day on 
occasion. I would like to add what I hope will be a moment of 
pleasantness to what we do here, and that is talk about the Presiding 
Officer who has the patience of--I don't know if it is a Job at this 
stage, but a lot of patience because he has sat through the longest 
quorum call we have had in a long time which the Presiding Officer 
called himself. So on behalf of the Senate, the junior Senator from 
Missouri deserves our applause and congratulations for his patience.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I second the commendation of the Presiding 
Officer. At times, I wish I had been in his chair instead of my chair, 
as we went through these negotiations.

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