[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning I again congratulate Chairman 
Warner and Senator Levin for their efforts throughout the Defense 
authorization bill. We were able to pass that bill last night. Looking 
at my notes, we had approximately 175 amendments disposed of over the 
course of 16 days of consideration and 31 rollcall votes. A lot of hard 
work, a lot of good negotiation, brought a very good bill, as reflected 
in the ultimate vote. I do want to thank both the managers who got us 
through the bill. That was the authorization.
  Now we have a Defense appropriations bill ahead of us. Chairman 
Stevens is prepared to begin that legislation, and we expect to finish 
that bill prior to the recess. We will be consulting further with the 
Democratic leadership, and hopefully we will have that scheduled 
shortly.
  Immediately this morning we will be proceeding to executive session 
for the consideration of the nomination of one of our former 
colleagues, Jack Danforth, to be U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

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