[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15265]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we are in session for a period 
of morning business. There are several Senators who have indicated 
their desire for time today to introduce legislation and to make 
general statements. There will be a number of statements over the 
course of the morning and possibly into the early afternoon--in part 
because we have had such a busy week with legislation on the floor so 
that people will take advantage of this opportunity today.
  Last night we were able to complete both the CAFTA legislation and 
the Energy and Water appropriations bill. I hesitated a little bit 
because, by the time we finished here--it was not that long ago, about 
9 hours ago. We finished about 1 o'clock in the morning. But we had a 
very full day, a very productive day yesterday, passing the 
appropriations bills as well as the legislation that will do a great 
deal in terms of lowering trade barriers to very important countries, 
most of which are recently emerged democracies.
  Because we were able to finish our work late last night into the wee 
hours of the morning, we will not have rollcall votes today. When we 
finish our business today, we will adjourn for our recess and return on 
Monday, July 11. At that point in time the plans are to take up the 
Homeland Security appropriations bill. We will have a vote late Monday 
afternoon--later this morning we will say more about that--in relation 
to an amendment on the Homeland Security bill.
  I do thank all of our Members for their hard work and their 
assistance over the last week, indeed the last several weeks. In the 
last week alone, the last 5 days, we were able to initiate the 
appropriations process and pass three appropriations bills as well as 
the Central American Free Trade Agreement bill.
  It could not have been done without a lot of understanding and 
participation by both sides of the aisle, including the Republican 
leadership working with the Democratic leadership very effectively, 
hand in hand. We had long, late, busy sessions, but they were very 
productive and we moved America's business forward in a very positive 
way.
  I know several people will have statements over the course of the 
morning, looking back over the past several weeks, in that we have had 
a very productive session that delivered to the American people.

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