[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6722-S6723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 242

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, the name of the Senator from Minnesota 
(Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 242, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of 
prescription drugs, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 626

  At the request of Mr. Dorgan, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
626, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
arthritis research and public health, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 935

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
New York (Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 935, a bill to 
repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the 
Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity 
compensation, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1382

  At the request of Mr. Reid, the name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Lugar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1382, a bill to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic 
Lateral Sclerosis Registry.


                                S. 1492

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Durbin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1492, a bill to improve the 
quality of federal and state data regarding the availability and 
quality of broadband services and to promote the deployment of 
affordable broadband services to all parts of the Nation.


                                S. 1846

  At the request of Mr. Bond, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1846, a bill to improve defense 
cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States.


                                S. 2059

  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, the names of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2059, a bill to amend the Family and Medical Leave Act 
of 1993 to clarify the eligibility requirements with respect to airline 
flight crews.


                                S. 2243

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2243, a bill to 
strongly encourage the Government of Saudi Arabia to end its support 
for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other 
way aid and abet terrorism, to secure full Saudi cooperation in the 
investigation of terrorist incidents, to denounce Saudi sponsorship of 
extremist Wahhabi ideology, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2372

  At the request of Mr. Smith, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Voinovich) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2372, a bill to amend the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs 
on certain footwear.


                                S. 2433

  At the request of Mr. Obama, the names of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Kohl) and the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 2433, a bill to require the President to develop and 
implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign 
policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the 
elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the 
Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of 
people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per 
day.
  At the request of Mrs. Clinton, her name was added as a cosponsor of 
S. 2433, supra.


                                S. 2579

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the names of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from

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Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kennedy), 
the Senator from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2579, a bill to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the 
establishment of the United States Army in 1775, to honor the American 
soldier of both today and yesterday, in wartime and in peace, and to 
commemorate the traditions, history, and heritage of the United States 
Army and its role in American society, from the colonial period to 
today.


                                S. 2608

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Texas (Mrs. 
Hutchison) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2608, a bill to make 
improvements to the Small Business Act.


                                S. 2795

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Lieberman), 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) and the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) were added as cosponsors of S. 2795, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance 
purchasing pool for small businesses and the self employed that would 
offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more 
affordable, predictable, and accessible.


                                S. 2932

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2932, a bill to amend 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the poison center national 
toll-free number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide 
assistance for poison prevention, sustain the funding of poison 
centers, and enhance the public health of people of the United States.


                                S. 3047

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
3047, a bill to provide for the coordination of the Nation's science, 
technology, engineering, and mathematics education initiatives.


                                S. 3140

  At the request of Mr. Webb, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3140, a bill to provide 
that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal 
employee shall be paid leave, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3155

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the name of the Senator from California 
(Mrs. Feinstein) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3155, a bill to 
reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 
Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


                                S. 3185

  At the request of Ms. Cantwell, the name of the Senator from Virginia 
(Mr. Webb) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3185, a bill to provide for 
regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to 
strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3186

  At the request of Mr. Sanders, the names of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mr. Bond), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator from 
Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Rockefeller), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Salazar) and the Senator 
from Connecticut (Mr. Dodd) were added as cosponsors of S. 3186, a bill 
to provide funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.


                                S. 3189

  At the request of Mr. Bingaman, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Salazar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3189, a bill to amend 
Public Law 106-392 to require the Administrator of the Western Area 
Power Administration and the Commissioner of Reclamation to maintain 
sufficient revenues in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 3197

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Leahy) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3197, a bill to amend title 
11, United States Code, to exempt for a limited period, from the 
application of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, 
qualifying members of reserve components of the Armed Forces and 
members of the National Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called 
to active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less 
than 90 days.


                                S. 3245

  At the request of Mr. Biden, the name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. 
Murkowski) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3245, a bill to increase 
public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted 
racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.


                                S. 3257

  At the request of Mr. Specter, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Brownback) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3257, a bill to extend 
immigration programs to promote legal immigration and for other 
purposes.


                              S.J. RES. 37

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the name of the Senator from 
Maryland (Ms. Mikulski) was added as a cosponsor of S.J. Res. 37, a 
joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the United 
States should sign the Declaration of the Oslo Conference on Cluster 
Munitions and future instruments banning cluster munitions that cause 
unacceptable harm to civilians.


                              S.J. RES. 41

  At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) were added as cosponsors of 
S.J. Res. 41, a joint resolution approving the renewal of import 
restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 
2003.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 4979

  At the request of Mr. Nelson of Florida, the name of the Senator from 
Iowa (Mr. Harkin) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 4979 
intended to be proposed to S. 3001, an original bill to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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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