[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 30 (Monday, February 27, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1049-S1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 17

  At the request of Mr. Hatch, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Portman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 17, a bill to repeal the job-
killing tax on medical devices to ensure continued access to life-
saving medical devices for patients and maintain the standing of United 
States as the world leader in medical device innovation.


                                 S. 64

  At the request of Mr. Inouye, the name of the Senator from Hawaii 
(Mr. Akaka) was added as a cosponsor of S. 64, a bill to establish a 
fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to 
investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the 
relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin 
Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, 
and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend 
appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 296

  At the request of Ms. Klobuchar, the names of the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 296, a bill to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide the Food and Drug Administration with 
improved capacity to prevent drug shortages.


                                 S. 424

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from Michigan 
(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 424, a bill to amend 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to ambulance 
services under the Medicare program.


                                 S. 491

  At the request of Mr. Pryor, the name of the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman) was added as a cosponsor of S. 491, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces of certain persons by honoring them with 
status as veterans under law, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 807

  At the request of Mr. Enzi, the names of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. 
Moran) and the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) were added as 
cosponsors of S. 807, a bill to authorize the Department of Labor's 
voluntary protection program and to expand the program to include more 
small businesses.


                                S. 1004

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1004, a bill to support 
Promise Neighborhoods.

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                                S. 1167

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 
1167, a bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the 
diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1299

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Inouye) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1299, a bill to require the 
Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 
centennial of the establishment of Lions Clubs International.


                                S. 1421

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Maine 
(Ms. Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1421, a bill to authorize 
the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative 
work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1425

  At the request of Mr. DeMint, the name of the Senator from Tennessee 
(Mr. Alexander) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1425, a bill to amend 
the National Labor Relations Act to ensure fairness in election 
procedures with respect to collective bargaining representatives.


                                S. 1577

  At the request of Mr. Baucus, the name of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Brown) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1577, a bill 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase and make 
permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1591

  At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the names of the Senator from 
Louisiana (Mr. Vitter) and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 1591, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to 
Raoul Wallenberg, in recognition of his achievements and heroic actions 
during the Holocaust.


                                S. 1665

  At the request of Mr. Begich, the name of the Senator from Washington 
(Ms. Cantwell) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1665, a bill to authorize 
appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and 
for other purposes.


                                S. 1884

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of 
S. 1884, a bill to provide States with incentives to require elementary 
schools and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel 
to administer, epinephrine at schools.


                                S. 1925

  At the request of Mr. Leahy, the names of the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Nelson), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Carper) and the Senator 
from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. 1925, a 
bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.


                                S. 1930

  At the request of Mr. Toomey, the name of the Senator from Wyoming 
(Mr. Enzi) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1930, a bill to prohibit 
earmarks.


                                S. 1967

  At the request of Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, the name of the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1967, 
a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for 
the treatment of certain physician pathology services under the 
Medicare Program.


                                S. 1981

  At the request of Mr. Heller, the name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. 
Snowe) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1981, a bill to provide that 
Members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal 
year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the 
budget and passed the regular appropriations bills.


                                S. 1990

  At the request of Mr. Lieberman, the names of the Senator from 
Maryland (Mr. Cardin) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 1990, a bill to require the Transportation 
Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services 
Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.


                                S. 2005

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, the name of the Senator 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2005, a 
bill to authorize the Secretary of State to issue up to 10,500 E 3 
visas per year to Irish nationals.


                                S. 2046

  At the request of Ms. Mikulski, the name of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2046, a 
bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the 
requirements of the visa waiver program and for other purposes.


                                S. 2084

  At the request of Ms. Snowe, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2084, a bill to require the 
Secretary of Transportation to establish accelerated licensing 
procedures to assist veterans to acquire commercial driver's licenses, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 2127

  At the request of Mr. Casey, the names of the Senator from New York 
(Mr. Schumer) and the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2127, a bill to protect State and local witnesses 
from tampering and retaliation, and for other purposes.


                              S. RES. 380

  At the request of Mr. Graham, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) and the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Manchin) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 380, a resolution to 
express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing 
the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 919

  At the request of Mr. Roberts, the names of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Chambliss), the 
Senator from Indiana (Mr. Lugar), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. 
Cochran), the Senator from Iowa (Mr. Grassley), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Johanns), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven) and 
the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) were added as cosponsors of 
amendment No. 919 intended to be proposed to H.R. 872, a bill to amend 
the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent regarding 
the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, 
and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1599

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the names of the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Brown) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1599 intended to be proposed to S. 
1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1601

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Utah (Mr. 
Hatch) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1601 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1606

  At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1606 intended to be 
proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and 
highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1647

  At the request of Mr. Brown of Ohio, the names of the Senator from 
Vermont (Mr. Sanders) and the Senator from Oregon (Mr. Merkley) were 
added as cosponsors of amendment No. 1647 intended to be proposed to S. 
1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety 
construction programs, and for other purposes.


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1652

  At the request of Mr. Harkin, the name of the Senator from Vermont 
(Mr. Sanders) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1652 intended 
to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid highway 
and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes.

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                           AMENDMENT NO. 1660

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from Missouri 
(Mrs. McCaskill) was added as a cosponsor of amendment No. 1660 
intended to be proposed to S. 1813, a bill to reauthorize Federal-aid 
highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other 
purposes.

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