[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6469]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, there will be a 
period for the transaction of morning business with Senators permitted 
to speak for up to 10 minutes each.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Allard). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Stevens pertaining to the introduction of S. 2280 
are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The 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the quorum call be rescinded.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 (Mr. Sessions). Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I have a couple very brief statements to 
make; the first on the issue surrounding jobs, and the second on the 
issue of asbestos. Both of these issues are issues that we, on the 
floor of the Senate, have a real responsibility to address. I have 
specific suggestions as to how we might address both of these issues in 
the coming days and coming weeks.

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