[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6153]
[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:

       13. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the City Council of 
     Seattle, Washington, relative to Resolution No. 30749, 
     opposing the elimination of the Community Development Block 
     Grant (CDBG) Program, and petitioning the Congress and 
     President of the United States to provide full funding for 
     housing, economic development and human services programs in 
     the Department of Housing and Urban Development; to the 
     Committee on Financial Services.
       14. Also, a petition of the Board of Supervisors of Essex 
     County, New York, relative to Resolution No. 314 petitioning 
     the State Legislature to increase the HEAP allotments for 
     this season due to the rising fuel costs; to the Committee on 
     Energy and Commerce.
       15. Also, a petition of the Lithuanian-American Council 
     Branch of Lake County, Indiana, relative to a Resolution 
     commending the United States Government for monitoring 
     election fairness to preserve individual freedoms; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       16. Also, a petition of the Board of Supervisors of Essex 
     County, New York, relative to Resolution No. 28 petitioning 
     the New York State Department of Transportation and Vermont 
     Department of Transportation to work together to provide for 
     continued maintenance and repair at the Lake Champlain Bridge 
     in Crown Point, New York; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.

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