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Friday, June 25, 2004 |
The Senate stands in adjournment until 9:45 on Tuesday, July 6.
11:58:57 AM 
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Senator Brownback of Kansas is speaking about the legacy of Ronald Reagan. He referenced what he calls the Reagan Cultural Doctrine and how some have criticized that Alzheimer's research should be conducted with stem cells. Senator Brownback refuted that this claim would be consistent with Reagan's Cultural Doctrine and that the President would have been steadfastly against this practice which he believes is an assault on innocent human life. President Reagan's wife, Nancy Reagan, recently said that the Bush Administration's stem cell research policy was standing in the way of a potential cure for Alzheimer's.
10:45:37 AM
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Senator Daschle is speaking about a recent visit he took to South Dakota. He said that while he was there he met a couple who had worked for their entire lives as farmers and retired about a year ago. However the farmer's wife had a stroke and becaue of their $40,000 in medical bills they had to sell all of their farm equipment. The Senator noted that he wished that he had been surprised by this situation, but that he knows that problems with health care are all to common among all Americans. Senator Daschle said that scope of the health care crisis is staggering, sighting the average premium for a middle class family at over $9,000 a year.
10:35:21 AM
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Majority Leader Bill Frist is discussing what a productive week the Senate has had and is mentioning that there is a lot to accomplish during the three weeks that the Senate is in session during July. Changing topics, he is talking about the situation in Dafur, Sudan, and is mentioning how the rainy season there is making it difficult to get humanitarian supplies to the displaced people.
9:46:41 AM
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The Senate recovenes this morning at 9:30 and will be in a period of morning business. No votes are scheduled for today.
9:21:11 AM
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