Honorable Bill Frist
United States Senator, Tennessee, Republican
Bill Frist is the majority leader of the U.S. Senate. He is in his second term in the Senate, having first been elected on November 8, 1994. The following is excerpted from a March 31, 2006, speech made by Senator Frist on the floor of the Senate prior to introducing a resolution condemning the newly constituted UN Human Rights Council.Yesterday, I wrote a letter to President [George W.] Bush expressing my strong opposition to the United States participating in the United Nations Human Rights Council. I believe the newly established body represents little improvement over the old and discredited commission…
