[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14168]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 1 of Rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       39. The SPEAKER presented a petition of the California 
     Federal of Teachers AFT, AFL-CIO, relative to 2009 CFT 
     RESOLUTION 6 Support quality preschool and invest in early 
     childhood workers; to the Committee on Education and Labor.
       40. Also, a petition of the County of Lancaster, 
     Pennsylvania, relative to RESOLUTION NO. 17 OF 2009 OPPOSING 
     FEDERAL LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING THE CARD-CHECK PROCESS AND 
     ELIMINATING SECRET BALLOTS; to the Committee on Education and 
     Labor.
       41. Also, a petition of the San Francisco Board of 
     Supervisors, relative to RESOLUTION NO. 141-09 calling on the 
     U.S. Department of State to use all diplomatic channels to 
     work with the Iraqi Government to stop the persecution of 
     Iraqi Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) citizens and 
     immediately stop the murders of Iraqi LGBT citizens; to the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs.
       42. Also, a petition of the San Francisco Board of 
     Supervisors, relative to RESOLUTION NO. 138-09 declaring 
     April 24, 2009, as Armenian Genocide Commemoration Day in San 
     Francisco; to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
     Reform.
       43. Also, a petition of the City of Watsonville, 
     California, relative to RESOLUTION NO. 83-09 OPPOSING 
     EXPANSION OF OFF-SHORE OIL DRILLING AND REQUESTING THAT THE 
     CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES REINSTATE THE FEDERAL OFF-SHORE 
     OIL AND GAS LEASING MORATORIUM FOR 2009 AND BEYOND; to the 
     Committee on Natural Resources.
       44. Also, a petition of the California Federation of 
     Teachers AFT, AFL-CIO, relative to 2009 CFT RESOLUTION 27 
     Support justice for Oscar Grant; to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary.
       45. Also, a petition of the California Federation of 
     Teachers AFT, AFL-CIO, relative to a resolution urging 
     Congress to not be swayed by corporate lobbying for second-
     class workers, or racist elements who want to scapegoat Latin 
     American neighbors for the recent economic downturn; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
       46. Also, a petition of the San Francisco Board of 
     Supervisors, relative to RESOLUTION NO. 137-09 Urging federal 
     authorities to remove obstacles to United Citizenship for 
     Shirley Tan, and urging the passage of the Uniting American 
     Families Act (UAFA, H.R. 1024, S. 424); to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary.