[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13822]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THIS WEEK IN THE SENATE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, it will still be a few minutes before we 
close tonight, and I do want to take the opportunity to thank my 
colleagues for all the tremendous work they have done over the course 
of this week. It has been a very busy week. But tomorrow we will be 
leaving on a recess for several days for the Fourth of July, and we can 
look back over the course of the past week with the satisfaction that 
we accomplished passage of a number of bills I will mention in a few 
minutes.
  But two very significant pieces of legislation that address where the 
focus of the United States is and should be--and that is, the defense 
of our country, and the support of our troops overseas and the support 
of our troops here--are the Defense authorization bill, with passage 
yesterday, and the Defense appropriations bill, with passage today.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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