[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1370-D1371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                                        Wednesday, October 17, 2007

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S12947-S13027
Measures Introduced: Eighteen bills and two resolutions were 
introduced, as follows: S. 2173-2190, and S. Res. 349-350. 
                                                            Page S12988
Measures Passed:
  National Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week: Senate agreed 
to H. Con. Res. 182, recognizing the need to pursue research into the 
causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for idiopathic pulmonary 
fibrosis, supporting the goals and ideals of National Idiopathic 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Awareness Week.
  Page S13023
  Honoring 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Senate agreed to S. Res. 
349, honoring Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., and the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for receiving the 2007 Nobel 
Peace Prize, in recognition of their efforts to promote understanding 
of the threats posed by global warming.
  Pages S13023-25
  Honoring 2007 Nobel Prize Winners in Physiology and Medicine: Senate 
agreed to S. Res. 350, honoring the achievements of Mario R. Capecchi, 
Sir Martin J. Evans, and Oliver Smithies, winners of the 2007 Nobel 
Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
  Page S13025
Measures Considered:
Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act: Senate began consideration of 
H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008, taking action on the following 
amendments proposed thereto:
  Pages S12955-80
Adopted:
  Feinstein/Kyl Amendment No. 3336 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
funding for a feasibility study on the child abuse and neglect 
registry.
Pages S12966-67
  Harkin (for Smith) Amendment No. 3339 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
provide a technical correction to suicide prevention grants authorized 
under the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act.
Pages S12970-72
  McCaskill/DeMint Amendment No. 3332 (to Amendment No. 3325), to 
require the Departments to establish and maintain on their website home 
pages a direct link to the websites of their Inspectors General. 
                                                            Page S12978
Pending:
  Harkin/Specter Amendment No. 3325, in the nature of a substitute. 
                                                        Pages S12955-62
  Vitter Amendment No. 3328 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide a 
limitation on funds with respect to preventing the importation by 
individuals of prescription drugs from Canada.
Pages S12962-64
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3335 (to Amendment No. 3325), to increase 
funding for the State Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program of 
the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.
Pages S12965-66
  Thune Amendment No. 3333 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
additional funding for the telehealth activities of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration.
Pages S12972-73
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3345 (to Amendment No. 3325), to require that 
the Secretary of Labor report to Congress regarding jobs lost and 
created as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. 
                                             Pages S12973-76, S12978-80
  Menendez Amendment No. 3347 (to Amendment No. 3325), to provide 
funding for the activities under the Patient Navigator Outreach and 
Chronic Disease Prevention Act of 2005.
Pages S12976-78
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday, 
October 18, 2007.
Page S13027
Messages from the House:
  Pages S12984-85
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S12985
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S12985
Executive Communications:
  Pages S12985-88
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S12988-90
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S12990-S13005

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Additional Statements:
  Pages S12983-84
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S13005-22
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S13023
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S13023
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:21 p.m., 
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 18, 2007. (For Senate's program, 
see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S13027.)