[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2613-2614]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                PROGRAM

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, tomorrow, the Senate will be in morning 
business throughout the morning. At 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the 
Senate will vote on the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act. We had a number 
of Senators speak on that today. We had issues that had to be worked 
out between the committees. There are two committees in the Senate and 
they were successfully addressed. Thus, we will vote on this important 
bill tomorrow.
  This bill protects Americans from having their genetic information 
used against them by potential employers, or by their employer, or to 
be used in a discriminatory fashion by insurance companies, for 
example. A number of people have been very involved before the Senate 
over the last 7 years on this bill. I just mentioned Senators Snowe, 
Enzi, Kennedy, and a number of others. Tomorrow, there will be others 
who wish to discuss the bill, and we encourage them to do so while we 
are in morning business or later tomorrow afternoon. We will vote on 
the bill at 3 o'clock tomorrow.
  It is my hope that the Senate will also act on the State high-risk 
health insurance pools bill and the committee funding resolution. We 
will continue to work with Members on both sides of

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the aisle in order to clear these items for floor consideration 
tomorrow.
  As a reminder to our colleagues, on Friday morning, Senator Burr will 
carry out a long-held Senate tradition by reading George Washington's 
Farewell Address.
  Again, I thank all Members for their assistance on the genetic 
nondiscrimination bill.

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