Volume 149, No. 153 covering the 1st Session of the 108th Congress (2003 - 2004) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“SCHEDULE” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Senate section on pages S13325 on Oct. 28, 2003.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
SCHEDULE
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, this morning the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Michael Leavitt to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. There will be 1 hour of debate prior to the nomination. I am pleased this distinguished nominee for the President's Cabinet will receive an up-or-down vote and anticipate his confirmation by an overwhelming majority this morning.
Following the disposition of the Leavitt nomination, the Senate will resume debate on the foreign operations appropriations bill. There are several amendments pending to the bill. We hope to begin scheduling votes on those amendments. Senator McConnell will be here following the nomination vote. We anticipate completing action on the bill during today's session. Therefore, Senators should expect rollcall votes throughout the day and possibly votes into the evening, if necessary.
Each day I come to the floor I mention the schedule and the remaining business before the Senate. Again, I would like to reiterate that the days of this session are waning, but we have a full legislative agenda and executive matters to finish. We have the appropriations bills and the conference reports, Healthy Forests--and the tragic events in California underscore the need for this crucial legislation. Regarding the Fair Credit Reporting Act, we are in discussions, and I hope an agreement can be reached on its consideration. If not, it will be necessary to take the procedural steps to ensure that the Senate does act on this very important piece of bipartisan legislation.
We have the Internet tax moratorium. Discussions are underway on an agreement to allow us to act before the expiration of the existing law.
On the climate change legislation, we have a 6-hour agreement. I hope we can possibly use less time than those 6 hours. We are looking for an available time to consider it this week.
We have the judicial nominations as well.
Again, I hope to make efficient use of the Senate's time over the coming days, and I hope and look forward to working with the Democratic leadership so we can consider these bills under time agreements and in a timely fashion.
Everybody is aware of the scheduling challenges we have during this time of year. But with the cooperation of all Members, we will be able to finish our work and adjourn at the earliest possible time. As always, I thank our colleagues and Senators for their cooperation and energy and patience to accomplish this as we go forward.
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