[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today the Senate will be in for a period, 
briefly, for morning business. As I stated last night in closing, there 
will be no rollcall votes during today's session.
  I also mentioned in closing last night some of the important issues 
that need to be addressed that will be considered next week. One of 
those bills is the Pregnancy and Trauma Care Access Protection Act of 
2004. I have repeatedly stated my concern about the current liability 
system and the fact that physicians are having to leave regions and 
States and even leave the practice of medicine altogether. That has a 
direct impact on care for women who are about to deliver children, as 
well as trauma services and specialty physicians.
  We absolutely must find a way to achieve appropriate tort reform and 
bring common sense back into our court system. Having said that, I hope 
the Senate can begin the debate on this issue.

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