[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 140 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11853-S11856]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 156

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham) was added as a cosponsor of S. 156, a bill to 
make the

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moratorium on Internet access taxes and multiple and discriminatory 
taxes on electronic commerce permanent.


                                 S. 388

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 388, a bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a 
national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may 
carry concealed firearms in the State.


                                 S. 667

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 667, a bill 
to expand programs of early childhood home visitation that increase 
school readiness, child abuse and neglect prevention, and early 
identification of developmental and health delays, including potential 
mental health concerns, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 772

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 772, a bill to amend the 
Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate 
exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest with 
respect to railroads.


                                 S. 799

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 799, a bill to amend title 
XIX of the Social Security Act to provide individuals with disabilities 
and older Americans with equal access to community-based attendant 
services and supports, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 885

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 885, a bill to 
ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by 
making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of 
independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in 
the same manner as such laws apply to collective bargaining by labor 
organizations under the National Labor Relations Act.


                                 S. 911

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 911, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to advance medical research and treatments 
into pediatric cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the 
current treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, 
establish a population-based national childhood cancer database, and 
promote public awareness of pediatric cancers.


                                 S. 921

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 921, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and 
mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1001

  At the request of Mr. Barrasso, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 1001, a bill to restore Second Amendment rights in the District of 
Columbia.


                                S. 1050

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Baucus) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1050, a bill to amend the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Public Health Service Act to set 
standards for medical diagnostic equipment and to establish a program 
for promoting good health, disease prevention, and wellness and for the 
prevention of secondary conditions for individuals with disabilities, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1146

  At the request of Mr. Salazar, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1146, a bill to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve health care for veterans who live in 
rural areas, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1267

  At the request of Mr. Dodd, the name of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1267, a bill to maintain the free 
flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the 
federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons 
connected with the news media.


                                S. 1328

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1328, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the 
immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States 
citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent 
resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful 
permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection 
with permanent partnerships.


                                S. 1338

  At the request of Mr. Rockefeller, the name of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1338, a bill 
to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a two-
year moratorium on certain Medicare physician payment reductions for 
imaging services.


                                S. 1445

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1445, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to establish, promote, and support a comprehensive 
prevention, research, and medical management referral program for 
hepatitis C virus infection.


                                S. 1465

  At the request of Mr. Conrad, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1465, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under 
the Medicare program of certain medical mobility devices approved as 
class III medical devices.


                                S. 1494

  At the request of Mr. Domenici, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1494, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the special diabetes programs 
for Type I diabetes and Indians under that Act.


                                S. 1518

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from North Dakota 
(Mr. Dorgan) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1518, a bill to amend the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1543

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Oregon 
(Mr. Wyden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1543, a bill to establish a 
national geothermal initiative to encourage increased production of 
energy from geothermal resources, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1576

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Johnson) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1576, a bill to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the health and 
healthcare of racial and ethnic minority groups.


                                S. 1661

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Delaware 
(Mr. Biden) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1661, a bill to communicate 
United States travel policies and improve marketing and other 
activities designed to increase travel in the United States from 
abroad.


                                S. 1703

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1703, a bill to prevent and 
reduce trafficking in persons.


                                S. 1718

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1718, a bill to amend 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for reimbursement to 
servicemembers of tuition for programs of education interrupted by 
military service, for deferment of students loans and reduced interest 
rates for servicemembers during periods of military service, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1760

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the names of the Senator from Michigan

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(Mr. Levin) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 1760, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative.


                                S. 1845

  At the request of Mr. Whitehouse, the name of the Senator from Texas 
(Mr. Cornyn) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1845, a bill to provide for 
limitations in certain communications between the Department of Justice 
and the White House Office relating to civil and criminal 
investigations, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1848

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1848, a bill to 
amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to 
reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment 
assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 1852

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1852, a bill to 
designate the Friday after Thanksgiving of each year as ``Native 
American Heritage Day'' in honor of the achievements and contributions 
of Native Americans to the United States.


                                S. 1895

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the names of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) and the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman) were added as cosponsors of S. 1895, a bill 
to aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education.


                                S. 1906

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1906, a bill to 
understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems 
associated with methamphetamine use.


                                S. 1909

  At the request of Mr. Isakson, the name of the Senator from Kentucky 
(Mr. Bunning) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1909, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage, as 
supplies associated with the injection of insulin, of home needle 
removal, decontamination, and disposal devices and the disposal of 
needles and syringes through a sharps-by-mail or similar program under 
part D of the Medicare program.


                                S. 2020

  At the request of Mr. Lugar, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2020, a bill to 
reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through fiscal 
year 2010, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 as 
the ``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2007'', and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2034

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. 
Smith) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2034, a bill to amend the Oregon 
Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North 
and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or 
scenic rivers, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2045

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the names of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2045, a bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission to provide greater protection for children's products, to 
improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the 
effectiveness of consumer product recall programs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2061

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Lautenberg) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2061, a bill to amend 
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exempt certain home health 
workers from the provisions of such Act.


                              S.J. RES. 13

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 13, a joint 
resolution granting the consent of Congress to the International 
Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.


                              S. RES. 201

  At the request of Mr. Vitter, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 201, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of ``National 
Life Insurance Awareness Month''.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2000

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Oregon (Mr. Smith) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2000 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Kennedy, the names of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the 
Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. 
Sanders), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) and the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 
2067 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2086

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the name of the Senator from Arkansas 
(Mrs. Lincoln) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2086 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2878

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2878 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2893

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Nebraska 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. Mikulski), the Senator 
from Iowa (Mr. Harkin), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Baucus), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Biden), the Senator 
from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Feingold), 
the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller), the Senator from 
Arkansas (Mrs. Lincoln), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), 
the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. 
Salazar), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Brown), the Senator from North 
Dakota (Mr. Dorgan), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Clinton), the 
Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Byrd), the Senator from Washington 
(Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator 
from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer) 
and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2893 proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2894

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2894 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction,

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and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2912

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the names of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the 
Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from Arkansas (Mrs. 
Lincoln), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Bingaman) and the Senator 
from Maine (Ms. Snowe) were added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2912 
intended to be proposed to H. R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2919

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Bingaman), the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the 
Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from New York (Mrs. 
Clinton), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator 
from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. 
Lieberman), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson) 
and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Obama) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2919 intended to be proposed to H. R. 1585, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2924

  At the request of Mr. Feingold, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Wyden) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 2924 proposed to H.R. 1585, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2928

  At the request of Mr. Lautenberg, the name of the Senator from New 
York (Mrs. Clinton) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2928 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2931

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins) were added as 
cosponsors of amendment No. 2931 intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2932

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2932 intended 
to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2934

  At the request of Mr. Cornyn, the names of the Senator from Oklahoma 
(Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from 
Florida (Mr. Martinez), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions) and the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 2934 proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the 
Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for 
such fiscal year, and for other purposes.
  At the request of Mr. Coleman, his name was added as a cosponsor of 
amendment No. 2934 proposed to H.R. 1585, supra.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 2944

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Whitehouse) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 2944 
intended to be proposed to H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, 
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department 
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, and for other purposes.

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