[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11901]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. On Monday, following morning business, the Senate will 
resume consideration of the Defense authorization bill. Chairman Warner 
and Senator Levin have been reviewing the submitted amendments and will 
be here on Monday to resume work on that bill. I expect Members to come 
to the floor to offer amendments on Monday. We anticipate setting votes 
on amendments for Monday afternoon.
  On Monday, we will order any votes to begin at 5:30 on those 
amendments to be disposed of. Again, I encourage Members to work with 
the chairman and the ranking member to schedule consideration of their 
amendments. There were a large number of amendments filed, and I hope 
that most of those amendments will not be offered.
  It will be a busy week next week as we return to regular business. We 
need to proceed expeditiously toward completing our work on the Defense 
authorization bill by the conclusion of next week.
  With that said, I again thank all of my colleagues who have 
participated during these past several days in honoring our former 
President.

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