[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 155 (Thursday, October 22, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7471-S7472]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS


                                 S. 441

  At the request of Mr. Nelson, the name of the Senator from Indiana 
(Mr. Donnelly) was added as a cosponsor of S. 441, a bill to amend the 
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug 
Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to 
protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing 
and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.


                                 S. 553

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the name of the Senator from North 
Carolina (Mr. Burr) was added as a cosponsor of S. 553, a bill to 
marshal resources to undertake a concerted, transformative effort that 
seeks to bring an end to modern slavery, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 564

  At the request of Mr. Moran, the name of the Senator from South 
Dakota (Mr. Rounds) was added as a cosponsor of S. 564, a bill to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to include licensed hearing aid 
specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health 
Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 579

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the names of the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were 
added as cosponsors of S. 579, a bill to amend the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 to strengthen the independence of the Inspectors General, 
and for other purposes.


                                 S. 746

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from Iowa 
(Mrs. Ernst) was added as a cosponsor of S. 746, a bill to provide for 
the establishment of a Commission to Accelerate the End of Breast 
Cancer.


                                 S. 804

  At the request of Ms. Collins, the name of the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 804, a bill to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to specify coverage of 
continuous glucose monitoring devices, and for other purposes.


                                 S. 864

  At the request of Mrs. Boxer, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 864, a bill to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-
patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other 
purposes.


                                 S. 946

  At the request of Mr. Kirk, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 946, a bill to amend title 
49, United States Code, to prohibit the transportation of horses in 
interstate transportation in a motor vehicle containing 2 or more 
levels stacked on top of one another.


                                S. 1122

  At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from New Jersey 
(Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1122, a bill to provide 
that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the 
enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment 
agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher 
education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to 
pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.


                                S. 1195

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1195, a bill 
to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to update reporting 
requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more 
accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and 
earnings outcomes at all levels of postsecondary enrollment.


                                S. 1539

  At the request of Mrs. Murray, the name of the Senator from Rhode 
Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1539, a bill to amend 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to establish a 
permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children 
program.


                                S. 1562

  At the request of Mr. Wyden, the names of the Senator from 
Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) and the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 1562, a bill to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of alcoholic beverages.


                                S. 1565

  At the request of Mr. Reed, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin 
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1565, a bill to allow the 
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to provide greater protection 
to servicemembers.


                                S. 1617

  At the request of Mrs. Shaheen, the name of the Senator from Colorado 
(Mr. Bennet) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1617, a bill to prevent 
Hizballah and associated entities from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes.


                                S. 1757

  At the request of Mr. Portman, the name of the Senator from Kansas 
(Mr. Moran) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1757, a bill to amend title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act to promote health care technology 
innovation and access to medical devices and services for which 
patients choose to self-pay under the Medicare program, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 1775

  At the request of Mr. Murphy, the name of the Senator from Montana 
(Mr. Tester) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1775, a bill to direct the 
Secretary of Homeland Security to accept additional documentation when 
considering the application for veterans status of an individual who 
performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II, 
and for other purposes.


                                S. 1961

  At the request of Mr. Schumer, the name of the Senator from New 
Jersey (Mr. Booker) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1961, a bill to 
amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to make 
improvements to the treatment of the United States territories under 
the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2015

  At the request of Mr. Alexander, the name of the Senator from Idaho 
(Mr. Crapo) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2015, a bill to clarify the 
treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the 
National Labor Relations Act.


                                S. 2066

  At the request of Mr. Sasse, the names of the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Cochran) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2066, a bill to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to 
exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives 
an abortion or attempted abortion.


                                S. 2067

  At the request of Mr. Wicker, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) 
were added as cosponsors of S. 2067, a bill to establish EUREKA Prize 
Competitions to accelerate discovery and development of disease-
modifying, preventive, or curative treatments for Alzheimer's disease 
and related dementia, to encourage efforts to enhance detection and 
diagnosis of such diseases, or to enhance the quality and efficiency of 
care of individuals with such diseases.


                                S. 2075

  At the request of Mr. Brown, the name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. 
Schatz) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2075, a bill to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost 
employer-sponsored health coverage and to express the sense of the 
Senate that the resulting revenue loss should be offset.


                                S. 2103

  At the request of Mr. Donnelly, the name of the Senator from Maryland 
(Mr. Cardin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2103, a bill to modify a 
provision relating to adjustments of certain State apportionments for 
Federal highway programs, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2119

  At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Michigan

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(Ms. Stabenow) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2119, a bill to provide 
for greater congressional oversight of Iran's nuclear program, and for 
other purposes.


                                S. 2123

  At the request of Mr. Grassley, the name of the Senator from 
Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2123, a bill 
to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2127

  At the request of Mr. Johnson, the name of the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2127, a bill to provide 
appropriate protections to probationary Federal employees, to provide 
the Special Counsel with adequate access to information, to provide 
greater awareness of Federal whistleblower protections, and for other 
purposes.


                                S. 2152

  At the request of Mr. Corker, the names of the Senator from South 
Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the 
Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins) and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk) were added 
as cosponsors of S. 2152, a bill to establish a comprehensive United 
States Government policy to encourage the efforts of countries in sub-
Saharan Africa to develop an appropriate mix of power solutions, 
including renewable energy, for more broadly distributed electricity 
access in order to support poverty reduction, promote development 
outcomes, and drive economic growth, and for other purposes.


                                S. 2193

  At the request of Mr. Cruz, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2193, a bill to amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals 
who illegally reenter the United States after being removed and for 
other purposes.


                              S. RES. 275

  At the request of Mr. Cassidy, the names of the Senator from 
Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) 
and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) were added as cosponsors 
of S. Res. 275, a resolution calling on Congress, schools, and State 
and local educational agencies to recognize the significant educational 
implications of dyslexia that must be addressed and designating October 
2015 as ``National Dyslexia Awareness Month''.


                              S. RES. 283

  At the request of Mr. Schatz, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 
Res. 283, a resolution designating October 2015 as ``Filipino American 
History Month''.


                              S. RES. 287

  At the request of Mr. McConnell, his name and the names of the 
Senator from Nevada (Mr. Reid), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. 
Alexander), the Senator from New Hampshire (Ms. Ayotte), the Senator 
from Wisconsin (Ms. Baldwin), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), 
the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator 
from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), 
the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Ohio (Mr. 
Brown), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from 
Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. 
Capito), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Cardin), the Senator from 
Delaware (Mr. Carper), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the 
Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. 
Coats), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from 
Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator 
from Tennessee (Mr. Corker), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the 
Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Cotton), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), 
the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Montana (Mr. 
Daines), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Donnelly), the Senator from 
Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Enzi), the Senator 
from Iowa (Mrs. Ernst), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), 
the Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. Fischer), the Senator from Arizona (Mr. 
Flake), the Senator from Minnesota (Mr. Franken), the Senator from 
Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from New York (Mrs. Gillibrand), 
the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Iowa 
(Mr. Grassley), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Hatch), the Senator from New 
Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. Heitkamp), 
the Senator from Nevada (Mr. Heller), the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. 
Hirono), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from 
Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson), the 
Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Johnson), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. 
Kaine), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from Illinois 
(Mr. Kirk), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator 
from Oklahoma (Mr. Lankford), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy), the 
Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. 
Manchin), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from 
Arizona (Mr. McCain), the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill), the 
Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from Maryland (Ms. 
Mikulski), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Alaska 
(Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Nelson), 
the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. 
Perdue), the Senator from Michigan (Mr. Peters), the Senator from Ohio 
(Mr. Portman), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed), the Senator 
from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the 
Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), the Senator from Florida (Mr. 
Rubio), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), the Senator from 
Nebraska (Mr. Sasse), the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. Schatz), the Senator 
from New York (Mr. Schumer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. 
Scott), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Sessions), the Senator from New 
Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen), the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Shelby), the 
Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from Alaska (Mr. 
Sullivan), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Tester), the Senator from 
South Dakota (Mr. Thune), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Tillis), 
the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey), the Senator from New Mexico 
(Mr. Udall), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Vitter), the Senator from 
Virginia (Mr. Warner), the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), the 
Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) and the Senator from 
Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) were added as cosponsors of S. Res. 287, a 
resolution condemning the senseless murder and wounding of 18 
individuals (sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, 
students, and teachers) in Roseburg, Oregon, on October 1, 2015.

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