[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning after 60 minutes of morning 
business we will resume debate on the highway bill. As I announced on 
several occasions, this is the second week for consideration of the 
bill. It is our hope to complete work this week.
  Last night, cloture motions were filed to the substitute and the bill 
in an effort to bring the bill to conclusion this week. Today, we will 
make additional progress on the bill prior to those cloture votes, 
which will occur on Thursday. If cloture is invoked, there could be up 
to 30 hours remaining for consideration of the pending substitute 
amendment. Therefore, Senators should have ample time for debate and 
amendments. I hope we will not use all of the time and we could finish 
the bill at the earliest possible point in time.
  We expect a busy session for the remainder of the week as we continue 
to make progress on the highway bill.

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