WYDEN, RON (a Senator from Oregon)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), S8651, S8671 [2SE]
———making appropriations (S. 1033), S7902, S7966 [23JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4116 [7MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1628, S1682 [26FE]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6156, S6168, S6173, S6255, S6256, S6262, S6263 [24JN]
Courts: product liability reform (S. 648), S5629 [12JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S6919, S6933 [7JY], S7118, S7121 [9JY], S7153, S7218 [10JY], S7236, S7261, S7262 [11JY]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appropriations and consolidating certain agencies (S. 903), S5742, S5878 [17JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9596, S9686 [18SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8832 [4SE], S8905, S8927 [8SE]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9872, S9902 [24SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), S7465, S7505 [15JY]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S9801 [23SE]
Analyses
Internet Tax Freedom Act (S. 442), S2284
Medicare Modernization and Patient Protection Act (S. 386), S1833-S1835 [3MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: removal of tobacco from crop disaster assistance programs (see S. 643), S5265 [3JN]
———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see S. 1042), S8832 [4SE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see S. 263), S1017 [5FE]
———prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see S. 995), S11042 [23OC]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 531), S2900 [9AP]
Army: close School of the Americas (see S. 980), S7965 [23JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 12), S726 [28JA]
Bureau of Reclamation: participate in a water conservation project with the Tumalo Irrigation District in Oregon (see S. 908), S5694 [16JN]
Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see S. 71), S160 [21JA]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony honoring Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (see S. Con. Res. 42), S9525 [17SE]
CERCLA: ensure Federal compliance (see S. 1224), S10055 [26SE]
Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (see S. 525), S3224 [15AP]
Choephel, Ngawang: arrest and treatment in the People's Republic of China (see S. Res. 19), S1926 [4MR]
Columbia River: designate certain segment as recreation area (see S. 200), S676 [23JA]
Computers: establish a commission on the problem with differentiating years 2000 and 1900 (see S. 22), S9897 [24SE]
———facilitate use of strong encryption methods for privacy and security (see S. 377), S1734 [27FE]
———use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see S. 376), S1734 [27FE]
Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see S. 766), S7503 [15JY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (see S. 1529), S12575 [13NO]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 718), S4217 [8MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: continuation of the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database Program to promote food safety (see S. 1153), S11042 [23OC]
Dept. of Defense: costs of carrying out certain tactical fighter aircraft programs concurrently (see S. Res. 80), S5425 [9JN]
———terminate F/A-18E/F aircraft program (see S. 520), S5425 [9JN]
Dept. of the Interior: access to outfitter and guide services on Federal lands (see S. 1489), S12119 [8NO]
———deauthorize the Animas-La Plata Federal reclamation project and negotiate the water rights of Ute Indian tribes (see S. 440), S11364 [29OC]
Diseases: accurate guidelines for breast cancer screening for certain women (see S. Res. 47), S945 [4FE]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 535), S5192 [2JN]
Drugs: establish matching grant program for local communities that first demonstrate a long-term commitment to reduce youth substance abuse (see S. 536), S5425 [9JN]
Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 18), S159 [21JA]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1062), S8832 [4SE]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see S.J. Res. 18), S2285 [13MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see S. 869), S5444 [10JN]
FAA: foreign repair station rules (see S. 1089), S8608 [31JY]
Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Con. Res. 7), S2707 [20MR]
Freedom of information: require disclosure of information on certain individuals relative to Nazi war crimes during World War II (see S. 1379), S11764 [5NO]
Grants Pass, OR: convey certain lands (see S. 785), S5370 [5JN]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 56), S1382 [13FE]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see S. 419), S2129 [11MR]
———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see S. 449), S2356 [17MR]
———revise and extend Area Health Education Center Program (see S. 892), S5596 [12JN]
———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see S. 537), S2901 [9AP]
Health care professionals: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (see S. 101), S2331 [14MR]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras (see S. 1220), S11599 [3NO]
Insurance: prevent discrimination against victims of domestic violence (see S. 467), S2416 [18MR]
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see S. 586), S3199 [15AP]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11034 [23OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3269 [16AP]
Medicare: provide beneficiaries with additional information to select health care plans (see S. 789), S5001 [22MY]
Military assistance: prohibit to governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see S. 1067), S8203 [28JY]
National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 145), S11863 [6NO]
National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence Day: designate (see S. Res. 141), S11550 [31OC]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3456 [22AP]
National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3851 [30AP]
National Literacy Day: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5542 [11JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 136), S10788 [9OC]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: repeal (see S. 322), S8367 [30JY]
Northwest Wildland Fire Protection Agreement: congressional consent (see S. 1134), S8533 [31JY]
Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement: congressional consent (see S.J. Res. 35), S7768 [21JY]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 25), S159 [21JA]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see S. 1260), S10474 [7OC]
Senate: tribute to participants in William Randolph Hearst Foundation Senate Youth Program (see S. Res. 60), S1924 [4MR]
Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 72), S3199 [15AP]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S4611 [15MY]
Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see S. 293), S3371 [17AP]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see S. 632), S3550 [23AP]
———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see S. 436), S2274 [13MR]
———targeting of investment incentive and economic growth (see S. 20), S159 [21JA]
———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]
———treatment of computer software exports (see S. 387), S5875 [17JN]
———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 127), S161 [21JA]
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see S. 526), S3224 [15AP]
———restrict U.S. trade actions against foreign tobacco regulations and require warning labels on exported cigarettes in the language of the target country (see S. 1060), S7950 [23JY]
———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see S. 1183), S9515 [17SE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 657), S9660 [18SE]
Weapons: eliminate use of antipersonnel landmines (see S. 896), S5596 [12JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see S.J. Res. 24), S6508 [26JN]
World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S11238 [27OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Barbeau-Quinn, Rose-Marie: relief (see S. 247), S856 [30JA]
Children and youth: treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (see S. 822), S5253 [3JN]
Dept. of HHS: require report on States performance in protecting children placed for adoption in foster care, or with a guardian (see S. 920), S5790 [17JN]
Khalina, Marina: relief (see S. 1011), S7423 [14JY]
Lake County, OR: land exchange (see S. 881), S5507 [11JN]
Medicare: reform (see S. 386), S1828 [3MR]
Miftakhov, Albert: relief (see S. 1011), S7423 [14JY]
OR 766 YE (vessel): certificate of documentation (see S. 1235), S10153 [29SE]
Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (see S. Res. 71, 110), S3117 [14AP], S8361 [30JY]
Taxation: treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see S. 442), S2274 [13MR]
Unemployment: reauthorize self-employment assistance programs (see S. 897), S5596 [12JN]
Letters
Fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies: Arthur Levitt, SEC, S1412
———by, S1412
Nomination of Henry H. Shelton to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: by, S9192 [11SE]
Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act: Barbara Gover, Lake County, OR, Chamber of Commerce, S5527 [11JN]
———Michael Sabin, Fremont Highlanders Ski Club, Inc., S5527 [11JN]
———Robert M. Pardue, Lake County, OR, Board of Commissioners, S5527 [11JN]
Proposals
Disclosure of Senators responsible for holds on consideration of legislation or nominations, S9805
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), conference report, S11339 [29OC]
Air Force: notification of families of victims of military air crashes and crash investigation procedures reform, S7243 [11JY]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4180 [8MY]
Barbeau-Quinn, Rose-Marie: relief (S. 247), S883
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report, S8352 [30JY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 947), S6294, S6295, S6297 [25JN]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4804 [21MY]
Carbon County, WY: tribute to efforts relative to wind energy project, S11893
CERCLA: ensure Federal compliance (S. 1224), S10058 [26SE]
Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification (S. Res. 75), S3527 [23AP]
Children and youth: treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care, S12201 [8NO]
———treatment of adult relatives willing to provide care (S. 822), S5253
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (S. 1529), S12577 [13NO]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S2341 [17MR]
———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (S. 718), S4224, S4226 [8MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Resource Conservation and Development Council funding, S11339 [29OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7243, S7262 [11JY]
Dept. of Education: State Student Incentive Grant Program funding, S8907 [8SE]
Dept. of HHS: require report on States performance in protecting children placed for adoption in foster care, or with a guardian (S. 920), S5808 [17JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), S9601 [18SE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1061), S8907 [8SE]
Deschutes County, OR: policy to control juvenile crime and violence, S2341 [17MR]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9872, S9873, S9877 [24SE], S10223 [30SE]
Egypt: actions relative to Middle East peace initiatives, S7581 [16JY]
Endangered Species Act: improve compliance by individuals and Government agencies relative to flood control projects, facilities, or structures, S4180 [8MY]
Families and domestic relations: establish crisis nurseries to reduce the necessity for foster care, S12200 [8NO]
———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), S12200, S12201 [8NO]
FDA: modernize (S. 830), S8166, S8205
———modify mission statement, S9764 [23SE]
———revise drug approval process, S8205
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7581 [16JY]
Hazardous substances: designate certain interim nuclear waste sites, S2994, S2995 [10AP]
———nuclear waste disposal (S. 104), S2994, S2995 [10AP], S3081 [14AP]
———training of emergency response personnel relative to shipping routes for disposal of nuclear fuel and waste, S3081 [14AP]
Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (S. 449), S2484
Health care professionals: training of students relative to identification and referral of victims of domestic violence (S. 101), S2333
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: reauthorize (S. 717), S4406 [14MY]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (S. 1311), S11040 [23OC]
Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7685 [17JY]
Lake County, OR: land exchange (H.R. 1944), S8526 [31JY]
———land exchange (S. 881), S5526 [11JN]
Medicaid: continuation of certain State waivers, S6294, S6295 [25JN]
Medicare: reform, S2866-S2870 [9AP], S2966-S2968 [10AP], S8352 [30JY]
———reform (S. 386), S1832 [3MR], S2764-S2766 [7AP], S2813-S2817 [8AP]
———reimbursement formula, S2866-S2870 [9AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10463 [7OC]
Research: restrictions on use of human test subjects in biological and chemical weapons research, S7262 [11JY]
Rural areas: law enforcement on national forest lands funding, S9601 [18SE]
Securities: impose additional fraud detection and disclosure obligations on auditors of public companies, S1412
Senate: disclosure of Members responsible for holds on consideration of legislation or nominations, S9805
Senate Rules: permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (S. Res. 110), S8512, S8527 [31JY]
———permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (S. Res. 71), S3126 [14AP]
———permit disabled employees with the privilege of the Senate floor to use supporting services on the floor (S. Res. 72), S3167 [15AP]
Shea, Moira: privilege of the floor accompanied by guide dog, S3083 [14AP], S3167 [15AP]
Shelton, Henry H.: nomination to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, S9376 [16SE]
Taxation: treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 442), S2282
Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction, S4804 [21MY]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8137 [25JY]
Unemployment: reauthorize self-employment assistance programs (S. 897), S5610 [12JN]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S3168 [15AP]
Texts of
S. 442, Internet Tax Freedom Act, S2283
S. 449, Patient Right To Know Act, S2485
S. 822, Kinship Care Act, S5254
S. 881, Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act, S5527 [11JN]
S. 897, self-employment assistance programs reauthorization, S5611 [12JN]