[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning we will proceed at 10 a.m. to 
an up-or-down vote on Tom Griffith's nomination to the D.C. Circuit 
Court. I suspect the Senate will vote to confirm Mr. Griffith, and I 
thank the Senators who participated in the debate over the course of 
yesterday.
  Immediately after that vote, we will begin consideration of the 
Energy bill. We have scheduled consideration of the bill for the 
entirety of this week and through next week. We will be completing the 
Energy bill by the end of next week, a fact that I mention so people 
will come down and make their amendments known to the managers of the 
bill early on. That will provide ample time for there to be debate and 
amendments over these next 2 weeks.
  Senators should be prepared to offer those amendments beginning later 
today and throughout the week. The chairman and the ranking member of 
the Energy Committee will be here to manage the process. I do encourage 
Senators to offer and debate those amendments over the next 2 weeks. It 
will take a lot of cooperation to accomplish that goal.
  I have been in discussion with the Democratic leader, who agrees with 
this plan of doing our very best to complete the bill. We will complete 
the bill by the end of next week. I thank all Members in advance.

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