[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17933]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       23. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the Legislature of 
     Rockland County, New York, relative to Resolution No. 193 of 
     2003 petitioning the United States Congress to not move the 
     ``Head Start'' program from the Department of Health and 
     Human Services to the Department of Education and that these 
     monies set aside for this vital program not be ``block 
     granted'' to the individual states; to the Committee on 
     Education and the Workforce.
       24. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 198 requesting that the 
     President of the United States restore executive funding to 
     many youth programs that were severely cut and that have 
     helped produced productive members of society; to the 
     Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       25. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 199 of 2003 petitioning 
     the United States Congress to restore funding to many youth 
     programs that were severely cut during the 2003 fiscal year 
     budget negotiations; to the Committee on Education and the 
     Workforce.
       26. Also, a petition of the Council of the County of Maui, 
     Hawaii, relative to Resolution No. 03-53 urging the President 
     and the United States Congress to recognize the value, 
     importance, and successes of the Head Start program, to 
     maintain the highest funding levels and to keep the Head 
     Start program in the Department of Health and Human Services; 
     to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       27. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 196 of 2003 petitioning 
     the United States Congress to restore cuts to Medicaid, 
     including eliminating the President's proposed Medicaid cap 
     that will increase the burden to New York and Rockland County 
     from federally mandated and optional Medicaid programs; to 
     the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
       28. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 146 of 2003 expressing 
     recommendation that President George W. Bush appoint 
     Congressman Benjamin Gilman as United States Ambassador to 
     Ireland; to the Committee on International Relations.
       29. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 140 of 2003 petitioning 
     the United States Congress to enact The State and Local Aid 
     and Economic Stimulus Act of 2003 (Senate Law S. 201 IS, HR 
     1211 IH); to the Committee on Government Reform.
       30. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 182 of 2003 petitioning 
     the United States Congress to restore funding to battered 
     women's shelter and services program under the federal 
     ``Violence Against Women Act''; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       31. Also, a petition of City of Detroit City Council, 
     Detroit, Michigan, relative to a resolution urging the United 
     States Congress to reject S. 659 and H.R. 1036, legislation 
     which seeks to grant the Firearm Industry special protections 
     against legal action; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
       32. Also, a petition of the Legislature of Rockland County, 
     New York, relative to Resolution No. 151 of 2003 requesting 
     the United States Environmental Protection Agency to 
     immediately implement without delay the remediation plan in 
     the Hudson River; to the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure.
       33. Also, a petition of the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury, 
     Marksville, Louisiana, relative to a resolution expressing 
     support of the United States Armed Forces, the Reserves and 
     the National Guard who, in call of their Commander in Chief, 
     courageously stand ready to make the ultimate sacrifice so 
     that all Americans can continue to live freely and without 
     fear; jointly to the Committees on Armed Services and 
     International Relations.

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