[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6634]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today we will again consider the emergency 
supplemental appropriations bill. Although no rollcall votes will occur 
during today's session, we expect amendments will be considered over 
the course of the day.
  In a minute, I will call up a couple of amendments on behalf of other 
Senators so that we can continue to make headway on the bill. Senators 
should be aware that we expect the Senate to return on Monday to the 
bill, and I hope we will have several votes Monday evening to advance 
this bill. The bill has been pending for a week, and it is time for us 
to work towards completing action on this very important bill that 
addresses funding for our troops overseas.
  I had appealed to the body to defer and postpone most of the 
immigration amendments--again, this is a broad category of amendments--
but I have not been successful in convincing colleagues on both sides 
of the aisle to postpone those to a time when we can in a comprehensive 
way address immigration, a hugely important issue to America, to our 
people, and something we all hear about as we go back to our States and 
talk with our constituents. It is an issue we absolutely must address. 
Now is not the time because this is an emergency bill, a supplemental 
bill, and there is a time to do it later.
  In spite of that, there are several amendments that have been brought 
forward that are pending which we will address; and in a few moments, I 
will be laying out how we might do that.
  Before doing that, Mr. President, I wish to comment on a separate 
issue that has to do with Sudan and what is going on in that part of 
the world now.

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