EWING, THOMAS W. (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, H1621 [30MR]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H2596 [4MY]
Articles and editorials
Danforth Hatchery Closes After 64 Years, Mike Lyons, E714
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: increase maximum amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments that an agricultural producer may receive during the crop year (see H.R. 4894), H7129 [26JY] (see H.R. 4895), H7366 [7SE]
———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see H.R. 4885), H6598 [19JY]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7723 [18SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 244), H49 [27JA]
Cesar Chavez Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4830), H7212 [27JY]
Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]
Computers: improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H1077 [15MR]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 3901), H9767 [11OC]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see H.R. 3593), H922 [9MR]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2607 [4MY]
———use of facilities as polling places for Federal, State, and local elections (see H.R. 5174), H7650 [14SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1387), H165 [1FE]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H4675 [19JN]
Drugs: distribution of prescription drugs (see H.R. 4301), H3926 [6JN]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H3173 [16MY]
Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]
EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H6776 [24JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2412 [2MY]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H575 [29FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]
FTC: issue new rules regulating telemarketing firms (see H.R. 3180), H165 [1FE]
GAO: conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Dept. of Education (see H.R. 4079), H1405 [23MR]
———require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H509 [16FE]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H50 [27JA]
Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 3885), H1406 [23MR]
Henry W. McGee Post Office Building, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 3909), H1589 [29MR]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H2341 [13AP]
Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H4675 [19JN]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H255 [8FE]
Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10257 [18OC]
J.T. Weeker Service Center, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 5016), H7206 [27JY]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2770 [9MY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1671), H209 [2FE]
Library of Congress: bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 269), H756 [8MR]
———establish the National Recording Registry (see H.R. 4846), H6051 [13JY]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H998 [14MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1070), H2340 [13AP]
Medicare: coverage of ambulance services to certain rural outpatient facilities (see H.R. 4549), H9011 [5OC]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1764 [4AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H4175 [9JN]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10037 [17OC]
Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]
Motor vehicles: improve safety of car seats for children (see H.R. 4145), H1628 [30MR]
National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H511 [16FE]
National Guard: anniversary of initial activation of personnel for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (see H. Res. 549), H6600 [19JY]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H2239 [12AP] (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]
Petroleum: prohibit use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), provide flexibility within the EPA's oxygenate requirements, and promote the use of renewable ethanol (see H.R. 4011), H1118 [16MR]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2770 [9MY]
Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]
Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H5436 [28JN]
Railroads: delay effective date for the implementation of regulations requiring audible warnings at highway-rail grade crossings (see H.R. 5059), H7208 [27JY]
———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H511 [16FE]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Roberto Clemente Post Office, Chicago, IL: designate (see H.R. 4831), H7212 [27JY]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 4677), H7723 [18SE]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H4174 [9JN]
Social Security: reform relative to State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 101), H2123 [11AP]
Taxation: allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see H.R. 4025), H1852 [5AP]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H3173 [16MY]
———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]
———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4324), H2339 [13AP]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H1958 [6AP]
———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H4121 [8JN]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H6470 [18JY]
———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]
———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H3413 [18MY]
———treatment of certain foreign base company shipping income (see H.R. 3102), H4592 [15JN]
———treatment of tax-exempt bond financing of certain electrical output facilities (see H.R. 721), H342 [10FE]
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Terrorism: improve Federal efforts to prepare for, and respond to, terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4210), H3413 [18MY]
Tobacco products: provide export promotion assistance (see H.R. 5382), H8799 [4OC]
———provide for a more restrictive tariff-rate quota on imports (see H.R. 5381), H8799 [4OC]
U.S. Submarine Force: anniversary (see H. Res. 397), H343 [10FE]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1476 [28MR]
———require employers to give employees who are members of reserve components leave of absence to participate in an honor guard for veterans' funerals (see H.R. 284), H7502 [12SE]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H342 [10FE]
Vietnamese Conflict: recognize end of the Vietnam era and the sacrifice of those who served in Southeast Asia or in support of U.S. interests (see H. Con. Res. 228), H219 [7FE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]
Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 4132), H2512 [3MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (see H.R. 4541), H3867 [25MY] (see H.R. 5660), H12094 [14DE]
Drugs: require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see H.R. 4764), H5240 [27JN]
Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H165 [1FE]
Native Americans: permit landowners to assert otherwise-available State law defenses against property claims by Indian tribes (see H.R. 5498), H10256 [18OC]
Petroleum: promote the use of reformulated gasoline, allow State and local regulation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), and revise reformulated gasoline environmental regulations (see H. Con. Res. 256), H573 [29FE]
Taxation: increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]
Water: prohibit use and provide for remediation of water contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 4303), H2338 [13AP]
Letters
Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange, E1940
———Kenneth L. Lay, Enron Corp., E1940
———Kenneth M. Raisler, E1940
———Marc E. Lackritz and Steve Judge, Securities Industry Association, E1940
———Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, E1941
———Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H10442 [19OC]
———several financial investment groups, E1940
———several organizations, E1940
Tribute to Representative Ewing: Eric Nicoll, H10799 [24OC]
———George H. Ryan, Governor of Illinois, H10799 [24OC]
Lists
Supporters of H.R. 4541, Commodity Futures Modernization Act, E1939
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H9637 [11OC]
Remarks
Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H5563, H5564 [29JN]
———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3823 [25MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5453, H5563, H5564 [29JN]
CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5563, H5564 [29JN]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), consideration (H. Res. 510), H3658 [24MY]
Colleges and universities: tribute to Century Council and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for development of the Alcohol 101 interactive CD-ROM program, E569
Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives, H12485, H12488
———reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10415, H10441, H10447 [19OC], E1930
Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H397
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5157
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, H12485, H12488
Families and domestic relations: child abuse and neglect prevention (H.R. 764), Senate amendment, H126
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2310
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H10876 [25OC]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10415 [19OC]
Korean War: anniversary (H.J. Res. 86), H728, H734 [8MR]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5157
Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H4157 [9JN]
———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2068
Urbana, IL: tribute to Girl Scout Gold Award recipients, E1457
Votes: position on missed, H2036
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H10806 [24OC]
Tribute, H10798-H10803 [24OC], H10880 [25OC], E1906, E1930, E1933 [25OC]
Resignations
Committee on House Administration (House), H7176 [27JY]
Statements
Commodity Futures Modernization Act: Executive Office of the President, E1939
Tributes
Henrichs, Wilbur J., E714
Porter, Representative, H10244 [18OC]
Yates, Sidney R., E2025