[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12489]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I congratulate the two managers of the 
Defense authorization bill who did a superb job over the last several 
weeks in overseeing the debate and marching through the amendments on 
this important legislation. We had some strong disagreements on both 
sides of the aisle, sometimes within each side of the aisle. We 
addressed a number of contentious issues. At the end of the day, after 
debate and amendment, we had overwhelming support for the bill itself.
  The debate followed a healthy and productive debate on immigration 
and border security for the 2 to 3 weeks prior to that, a total of a 
month prior. We have seen in recent weeks that the Senate is working 
quite well in terms of having people's views expressed, debated in a 
dignified way, getting points across, helping become better educated 
ourselves and educating the American people in the process.
  I thank Senators Warner and Levin for their tremendous work in 
navigating through the challenging issues and bringing Defense 
authorization to a close in a cooperative manner.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Dorgan pertaining to the introduction of S. 3561 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')

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