[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 23408-23409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, in a moment we will be adjourning until 
November 16. As always, the adjournment resolution provides for both 
Houses of Congress to be called back into session if the public 
interest shall warrant it. If it were necessary for the Senate to 
reconvene prior to this November 16 date, certainly Senators would be 
given ample time to make arrangements.
  If not called back, we would reconvene on that Tuesday, November 16. 
During that week, the Senate will try to finish up any remaining work 
prior to the official sine die adjournment.
  In addition, both parties will be conducting their respective 
leadership elections in the early part of that week as well as the 
orientation program for newly elected Members. Thus, the next rollcall 
vote will occur on Tuesday, November 16, around 5:15, if all debate is 
necessary, and that vote will be on the nomination to the position of 
Secretary of the Army.

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  Again we have further business that week, including the remaining 
appropriations process. I do wish everyone a safe and hopefully restful 
few weeks. Many of our colleagues will be campaigning across the 
country and most have departed and started that process now. Hopefully, 
everyone in the Chamber will have well-deserved time to spend with 
family and with friends. We have had, as I said again and again, a very 
productive 6 weeks, and an unusual weekend and holiday session in order 
to complete our business.
  I will not review the bills we passed today, but the long list of 
bills that we passed today, the business we went through very quickly 
over the last 15 or 20 minutes, again, represents substantial work, 
thousands and thousands of person-hours of work with legislation that 
is to the benefit of men and women and families all over America.
  I thank the staff. Viewers can see us here now, but behind us are 
hundreds of people still here at this late hour. They have been here 
all day today and over the last 2 days, well into each evening. I thank 
them. I thank the police officers who protect us every day, and I thank 
the cloakroom staff, the doorkeepers, the legislative clerks, the 
reporters who were here throughout the weekend and today and tonight, 
especially the pages who are with us from early every morning from the 
time before we get here and stay until after we leave--really, 
everyone. The list goes on and on around the Capitol complex to keep 
this place running.
  I thank the Presiding Officer. I have been here a lot over the last 2 
or 3 days and he has been here equal to me. Every time I am here, I see 
him here as well. I thank the Presiding Officer because we have run on 
probably about 3 hours after any Members anticipated.
  Very important comments needed to be made and I know we have 
inconvenienced a lot of people in staying around to allow everyone to 
speak what they felt to be important.

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