WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8556, S8580 [23JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2203 [15MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8123, S8227 [18JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), S5186 [16MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5203 [16MY], S5220, S5224, S5270, S5271 [17MY], S5463 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6614 [20JN], S6898 [25JN], S6918, S6961, S7035, S7043 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military construction (S. 1764), S5650 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10582, S10614 [16SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10161, S10201, S10202 [10SE], S10430 [12SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9146, S9163 [30JY], S9276, S9305 [31JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9799, S9856 [4SE], S9970 [5SE]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (S. 1965), S10708, S10721 [17SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8781, S8874 [25JY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4198 [25AP], S4343 [29AP]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S9752 [3SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (S. 1956), S8123, S8227 [18JY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Into the House Chamber, H7160 [10JY]

Conferee: S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, S7703 [11JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 54), S4618 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS: improve public access to national practioner databank (see S. 2004), S9295 [31JY]

Ecology and environment: provide incentives for State and local growth management and land use programs (see S. 2185), S12125 [1OC]

Employment: permit use of unemployment benefits to establish new businesses (see S. 2029), S9554 [2AU]

Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see S. 2005), S9295 [31JY]

———regulations on transplantation of human tissue (see S. 2195), S12303 [3OC]

Housing: ensure adequate notification and compensation for homeowners adversely affected by activities precipitated from Federal regulations (see S. 2070), S10426 [12SE]

Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse, Portland, OR: designate (see S. 1636), S2646 [21MR]

Social Security: placement of children with adult relatives who meet State child protection standards (see S. 1683), S3626 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: monitor and regulate cattle and beef markets (see S. Res. 277), S9856 [4SE]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 1493), S9609 [2AU]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room (see S. Res. 298), S11169 [24SE]

———designate section of Senate balcony as Robert J. Dole Balcony (see S. Res. 258), S6082 [11JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see S. 607), S3405 [16AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 932), S4724 [6MY]

Columbia River: designate certain segment as recreation area (see S. 1489), S6612 [20JN]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (see S. 1969), S8013 [17JY]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see S. 1592), S4807 [7MY]

———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 1726), S4618 [2MY]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see S. 1890), S6517 [19JN]

Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 282), S8636 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: payment rate for barley (see S. 2036), S9554 [2AU]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit backfitting of Trident I ballistic missile submarines (see S. 155), S10556 [13SE]

———restructuring of F-22 aircraft program (see S. 151), S10556 [13SE]

———terminate C-17 Airlifter program and use nondevelopmental aircrafts to meet strategic airlift requirements (see S. 152), S10556 [13SE]

Dept. of Energy: rescind funding for the Advanced Neutron Source reactor (see S. 154), S10556 [13SE]

Dept. of Justice: compile and publish data on hate crimes (see S. 1624), S2327 [19MR]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (see S. 1183), S4426 [30AP]

Diseases: establish a data bank of information on clinical trials and experimental treatments for all serious illnesses (see S. 2024), S9856 [4SE]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (see S. 1965), S8013 [17JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1028), S3633 [18AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), corrections in enrollment of conference report (see S. Con. Res. 68), S9555 [2AU]

———obstetrician-gynecologist services relative to Federal health care laws (see S. Res. 85), S4072 [24AP]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969), S9746 [3SE]

Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see S. 45), S10689 [17SE]

Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see S. 1630), S2422 [20MR]

James A. Redden Federal Courthouse, Medford, OR: designate (see S. 1875), S6225 [13JN]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see S. 2136), S11539 [27SE]

Members of Congress: stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see S. 1220), S10690 [17SE]

Milstar II Communications Satellite Program: terminate and accelerate development of Advanced EHF/Milstar III satellite (see S. 153), S10556 [13SE]

NASA: termination of International Space Station program (see S. 157), S10609 [16SE]

National Baseball Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S3161 [28MR]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S4627 [2MY]

National Race for the Cure Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S5763 [4JN]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]

Oregon: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 1662), S9609 [2AU]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see S. 794), S6533 [19JN]

Public welfare programs: reform relative to domestic violence (see S. Con. Res. 66), S7179 [27JN]

Senior citizens: expand the availability of qualified organizations for frail elderly community projects (see S. 990), S3490 [17AP]

Taxation: eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 912), S3316 [15AP]

———excise tax exemption for certain emergency medical transportation by air ambulance (see S. 358), S4072 [24AP]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 1355), S2658 [21MR]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 1095), S6410 [18JN]

U.S. Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1735), S5866 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committees of the Senate: appointments (see S. Res. 236), S3216 [29MR]

Cloture motions

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2898 [26MR], S3101 [28MR]

Letters

Health care reform: by, S3531 [18AP]

———Senator Kennedy, S3531 [18AP]

Health plan coverage of minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants: Sarah F. Jaggar, GAO, S9909 [5SE]

Prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients: Frank J. Baumeister, Jr., Oregon Medical Association, S10162 [10SE]

———Gail Robinson, American Counseling Association, S10163 [10SE]

———Garrett F. Cuneo, American Chiropractic Association, S10163 [10SE]

———Jane M. Orient, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., S10162 [10SE]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S10162 [10SE]

———Neil Kahanovitz and Terry M. Hall, S10162 [10SE]

Motions offered by

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10261 [11SE]

Remarks by, on

Amtrak: funding, S10792, S10793 [18SE]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S2009 [14MR], S2170 [15MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5825, S5828 [5JN], S5900 [6JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 54), S5900 [6JN]

———nondefense discretionary spending cuts in final two years of budget cycle, S5133 [16MY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1956), S8369 [19JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5133, S5186 [16MY], S5463 [22MY]

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S11316 [25SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1004), conference report, S12144 [1OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, S7811 [12JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6919 [26JN], S7282 [28JN]

Dept. of HHS: improve public access to national practioner databank (S. 2004), S9296 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: restoration and enhancement of biotic resources on watershed land, S10582 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), S10582 [16SE], S11102 [20SE]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10161, S10163, S10164, S10165 [10SE], S10261, S10265, S10266, S10268, S10269, S10270, S10280, S10290, S10291 [11SE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3675), S9276 [31JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3675), conference report, S10792, S10793 [18SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9909 [5SE]

Drugs: patent protection for arthritis medication Lodine, S9469 [2AU]

———prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (S. 1965), S8021 [17JY], S10719 [17SE]

Ecology and environment: provide incentives for State and local growth management and land use programs (S. 2185), S12126-S12128 [1OC]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S7812, S7813 [12JY]

Employment: permit use of unemployment benefits to establish new businesses (S. 2029), S9572 [2AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1959), S9103 [30JY]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 3539), conference report, S12112 [1OC], S12192 [2OC]

———reauthorizing programs (S. 1994), S10751 [18SE]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (S. 39), S10818 [18SE]

Forests: repeal emergency salvage timber sale program, S2009 [14MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), conference report, S9469 [2AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3530 [18AP]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients, S10161, S10163, S10164, S10165 [10SE], S10261, S10265, S10266, S10268, S10269, S10270 [11SE], S11412 [26SE], S11534, S11536 [27SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (S. 2005), S9296 [31JY]

———regulations on transplantation of human tissue (S. 2195), S12309 [3OC], S12465 [21OC]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth, S9909 [5SE]

Health care professionals: even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (S. 555), S11105 [20SE]

———training for the identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 697), S11105 [20SE]

Housing: ensure adequate notification and compensation for homeowners adversely affected by activities precipitated from Federal regulations (S. 2070), S10427 [12SE]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4303 [29AP]

———reform the temporary agricultural workers program, S4303 [29AP]

James A. Redden Federal Courthouse, Medford, OR: designate (S. 1875), S6237 [13JN]

Klamath Falls, OR: transfer of Air Force Kingsley Annex housing project, S7282 [28JN]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S10124 [10SE]

———recognition of same-sex marriage, S10124 [10SE]

Oregon: designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 1662), S9658 [2AU]

———participation in cleanup of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington, S6919 [26JN]

Portland State University: anniversary, S1311 [26FE]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (S. 1505), S11412 [26SE]

———solar, wind, and renewable energy programs funding, S9103 [30JY]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees, S11102 [20SE]

Public welfare programs: Oregon demonstration projects, S2170 [15MR]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9326 [1AU]

———reform (S. 1956), S8369 [19JY]

Railroads: implementation of exemptions to train whistle requirements at public highway-rail grade crossings, S9276 [31JY]

Senate: legislative tactics, S7809, S7811, S7813 [12JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5900 [6JN]

———placement of children with adult relatives who meet State child protection standards (S. 1683), S3626 [18AP]

States: encourage foster care placement of children with adult relatives, S8369 [19JY]

Taxation: disallow deductions for fines and penalties imposed for noncompliance with certain environmental or health protection laws, S5186 [16MY], S5463 [22MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Committees of the Senate: appointments (S. Res. 236), S3185 [29MR]

Texts of

S. 2004, improve public access to national practioner databank, S9296-S9299 [31JY]

S. 2005, Patient Communications Protection Act, S9299 [31JY]

S. 2029, use of unemployment benefits to establish new businesses, S9573 [2AU]

S. 2195, regulations on transplantation of human tissue, S12465 [21OC]

Tributes

Hatfield, Senator, S12242 [3OC]

Kreider, Paul, S4633 [2MY]