GORTON, SLADE (a Senator from Washington)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7193, S7248 [19JY], S7351 [20JY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2319, S2355, S2367 [6AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4554 [6JN], S6278, S6282, S6291 [30JN], S6451 [11JY], S6691 [13JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6350 [10JY], S6501, S6579 [12JY], S7057, S7081 [17JY], S7085, S7086, S7167 [18JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S5913, S5916 [27JN], S6028, S6029 [28JN], S6199, S6268 [30JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S3284, S3333 [3MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8121 [6SE]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5511, S5566 [21JN]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8222 [7SE]
Public buildings: placement of automatic external defibrillators to assist individuals who experience cardiac arrest and protections from civil liability relative to emergency use of the devices (H.R. 2498), S11138 [26OC]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), S9048 [22SE]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S953 [29FE]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S8929, S8986 [21SE]
Appointments
Conferee: H. Con. Res. 290, setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005, S2481 [10AP]
———H.R. 4475, Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, S5214 [15JN]
———H.R. 4578, Dept. of the Interior and related agencies appropriations, S7102 [18JY]
———S. 761, Millennium Digital Commerce Act, S1846 [29MR]
Articles and editorials
Gorton's Noteworthy Public Career, Seattle (WA) Times, S11668 [7DE]
Government Wants Control of MS, Declan McCullagh, Wired News (publication), S3554 [4MY]
Hold a Place for Gorton Among State's Political Giants, Peter Callaghan, Tacoma (WA) News Tribune, S11668 [7DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see S. 2003), S2118 [4AP]
Aviation: mandatory pre-employment criminal background checks for airport baggage screeners (see S. 2440), S2728 [13AP]
Baltic States: recognize anniversary of U.S. nonrecognition policy of the Soviet takeover of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and support democratic and economic reforms (see S. Con. Res. 122), S5107 [14JN]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see S. 92), S634 [10FE]
Business and industry: oppose the proposed merger of United Airlines, Inc., and US Airways, Inc., relative to public interest, public convenience, and necessity policies (see S. Res. 344), S7656 [26JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 130), S7484 [24JY]
CERCLA: promote cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhance State response programs (see S. 2700), S6027 [28JN]
Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (see S. 3127), S10723 [18OC]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S6027 [28JN]
Clean Air Act: allow State Governors to waive oxygen content requirement and encourage voluntary standards to control release of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) from underground storage tanks (see S. 1886), S1467 [20MR]
Coins: tribute to collectors (see S. Con. Res. 154), S10892 [23OC]
Corps of Engineers: conduct studies and carry out ecosystem restoration within Puget Sound and adjacent waters in Washington (see S. 2228), S1391 [9MR]
Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]
Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]
Day of National Concern About Young People and Gun Violence: designate (see S. Res. 345), S7840 [27JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: agricultural trade programs funding (see S. 1983), S160 [31JA]
Dept. of Education: investigation and audit (see S. 2829), S6121 [29JN]
Disasters: expand Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against the risk of catastrophic natural disasters (see S. 1361), S4392 [24MY]
Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see S. 2643), S6577 [12JY]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use (see S. 2520), S5031 [13JN]
Education: importance and value of U.S. history education (see S. Con. Res. 129), S6257 [30JN]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (see S. 2), S6691 [13JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S1884 [29MR]
FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S9478 [28SE]
FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see S. 1155), S5031 [13JN]
FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see S. 1941), S2946 [26AP]
Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see S. 3119), S10260 [11OC]
Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S9271 [26SE]
Housing: encourage Senate participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 319), S4922 [9JN]
Immigration: arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see S. 2599), S4190 [18MY]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S538 [9FE]
Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1822), S10722 [18OC]
Korean War: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 39), S635 [10FE]
Lithuania: independence anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 91), S1118 [2MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (see S. 662), S5562 [21JN]
———establish a prospective payment system for federally-qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 1277), S9271 [26SE]
———make drug pricing information available to the public (see S. 2963), S7839 [27JY]
———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 2274), S7690 [26JY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see S. 2299), S4691 [7JN]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 3016, 3017), S8769 [19SE]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see S. 2365), S2233 [5AP]
———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see S. 915), S2118 [4AP]
———graduate medical education payments (see S. 2394), S4923 [9JN]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (see S. 2807), S6349 [10JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see S. 2018), S4690 [7JN]
Memorial Day: proclaim a nationwide moment of remembrance (see S. Con. Res. 100), S4393 [24MY]
Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian State is declared unilaterally (see S. 2938), S8865 [20SE] (see S. 3250), S11131 [26OC]
Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (see S. 3059), S8635 [15SE]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S7484 [24JY]
National Child's Day: designate (see S. Res. 296), S3924 [11MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 248), S3545 [4MY]
National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see S. 1938), S8593 [14SE]
National Health Museum: site selection (see S. 1623), S2636 [12AP]
National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 256), S613 [10FE]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 353), S8413 [12SE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S86 [26JA]
National Responsible Father's Day: designate (see S. Res. 322), S5027 [13JN]
National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 3175), S9945 [5OC]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 258), S613 [10FE]
National Underground Railroad Freedom Center: funding (see S. 1617), S2871 [25AP]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2408), S4322 [23MY]
Navy: issue postage stamp in commemoration of the naval shipyard system anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 69), S2119 [4AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see S. 3067), S10931 [24OC]
O'Connor, John Cardinal: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2076), S1030 [1MR]
Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (see S. 1536), S8864 [20SE]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]
Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see S. 2998), S7840 [27JY]
Pipelines: improve safety (see S. 2004), S1327 [8MR]
———improve safety and environmental protection (see S. 2438), S2728 [13AP] (see S. 3002), S8019 [5SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 2941), S7656 [26JY]
———exclude certain Internet communications from the definition of expenditures (see S. 1747), S3850 [10MY]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see S. 2868), S6678 [13JY]
Public lands: establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (see S. 2817), S6121 [29JN]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see S. 2967), S7839 [27JY]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2865 [25AP]
Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]
Roads and highways: preserve cultural resources of U.S. Route 66 corridor (see S. 292), S10807 [19OC]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2060), S2040 [3AP]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6576 [12JY]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 285), S2117 [4AP]
———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S1128 [2MR]
States: increase funding for nonpoint source pollution control programs (see S. 2417), S3332 [3MY]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting standard deduction amounts (see S. 12), S334 [3FE]
———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland (see S. 317), S2870 [25AP]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass technologies (see S. 1351), S4321 [23MY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 2698), S9963 [5OC]
———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 2718), S11005 [25OC]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 56, 1128), S334 [3FE]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 38), S689 [22FE]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S292 [2FE]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see S. 2742), S5240 [15JN]
———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S3851 [10MY]
———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see S. 1562), S4487 [25MY]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 2084), S9271 [26SE]
Technology: promote development of technology clusters to enable national laboratories to meet Dept. of Energy missions (see S. 1756), S1241 [7MR]
Telephones: regulate interstate commerce in the use of mobile telephones (see S. 1755), S1421 [9MR]
Veterans: clarify and improve veterans' claims and appellate procedures (see S. 1810), S6846 [14JY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see S. 1921), S2946 [26AP]
William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see S. 3109), S9267 [26SE]
Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 132), S5118 [14JN]
———reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see S. 2787), S8422 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bureau of Reclamation: management of water resources in the Salmon Creek watershed of the upper Columbia River (see S. 2951), S7839 [27JY]
———study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification at the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (see S. 2163), S1117 [2MR]
Croatia: elections (see S. Con. Res. 119), S4565 [6JN]
Dept. of the Interior: participation in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the Lakehaven Utility District (see S. 2301), S1815 [28MR]
Drugs: extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (see S. 2464), S2940 [26AP]
———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (see S. 2466), S2940 [26AP]
Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (see S. 2071), S613 [10FE]
International House: anniversary (see S. Res. 308), S4190 [18MY]
Medicare: expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see S. 2644), S4460 [25MY]
———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see S. 2974), S7840 [27JY]
National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (see S. 2597), S4190 [18MY]
Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 2969), S7839 [27JY]
Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (see S. 2506), S3513 [4MY]
Tariff: ceramic knives (see S. 2461), S2865 [25AP]
Cloture motions
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9820 [4OC]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788 [10MY], S3860 [11MY]
Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S8730 [19SE], S9028 [22SE], S9219 [26SE]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), motion to proceed, S8619 [15SE]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S464, S469 [8FE]
———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]
Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S775 [24FE]
Letters
Dept. of State payment to Seattle, WA, for security costs incurred while hosting World Trade Organization meetings: by, S258 [2FE]
Messages
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Romania: President Clinton, S340 [3FE]
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty With Russia: President Clinton, S646 [10FE]
Motions
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5197, S5213 [15JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S4937 [12JN], S6041 [29JN]
Privilege of the floor
Daly, Michael, S2382 [6AP]
Dalzell, Scott, S6352 [10JY]
Noble, Ben, S7168 [18JY]
Sweeney, Sheila, S6352 [10JY]
Remarks
Agriculture: improve crop insurance coverage and assist producers in managing risk (S. 2251), S1562 [22MR]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7197 [19JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10525 [13OC], S10669, S10680 [18OC]
Alaska: inclusion of Swan Lake-Lake Tyee Intertie project in the ``Job in the Woods'' program, S11879 [15DE]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: funding, S7095 [18JY]
American Institute in Taiwan: construction funding for a facility in the Republic of China (H.R. 3707), S3270 [2MY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), S11120 [26OC]
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 128), S11751 [8DE]
———making emergency supplemental appropriations, S6232 [30JN]
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge: land acquisition, S7041 [17JY]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (S. 2003), S2228 [5AP]
Berzon, Marsha L.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1355 [9MR]
Beus, Stephen: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1021 [1MR]
BIA: health care, education, economic development, and infrastructure funding, S6504, S6505 [12JY]
———school construction funding, S9818 [4OC]
———trust services programs funding, S7094 [18JY]
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: tribute, S1020 [1MR]
BLM: strengthen regulations governing hardrock mining on certain lands, S9906 [5OC]
Bonneville Power Administration: protect rights and benefits of employees relative to participation in a regional transmission organization, S8182, S8184 [7SE]
Buck, Mike: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1507
Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2090, S2091 [4AP]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7107 [18JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), conference report, S2679 [13AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2090, S2091 [4AP], S2173 [5AP], S2319, S2320 [6AP]
Bureau of Reclamation: study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification at the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (S. 2163), S1124
———study the engineering feasibility of a water exchange in lieu of electrification of the Prosser Diversion Dam Chandler Pumping Plant in Washington (H.R. 3986), S10542 [13OC]
Burke, Jerry: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1742
Capitol Building and Grounds: use of the rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (H. Con. Res. 244), S646 [10FE]
Centralia College: anniversary, S4010
Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), S9326 [26SE]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), S8493 [13SE], S8618 [15SE], S8698 [19SE]
———release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (S. Con. Res. 81), S3269, S3270 [2MY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States, S9916 [5OC]
Colombia: drug interdiction assistance, S5527 [21JN]
Colorado Ute Indian Tribes: final settlement of water rights claims (S. 2508), S11120 [26OC]
Columbia River: preserve and protect Hanford Reach area, S4910 [8JN]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): tribute to Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies staff, S7102 [18JY]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (S. Res. 237), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [8MR]
Craig, AK: monetary compensation in lieu of land conveyance, S7093 [18JY]
Croatia: tribute to elections and support for participation in NATO Partnership for Peace, S4453, S4499 [25MY]
Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (S. 2370), S3555, S3557 [4MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S6498, S6565 [12JY]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4425), conference report, S6232 [30JN]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (S. 2521), S4157 [18MY]
———privatization of utility systems on military installations, S6565 [12JY]
Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, S7038, S7043 [17JY]
———electro-catalytic oxidation technology funding, S7041 [17JY]
———National Energy Technology Laboratory computational services funding, S6501 [12JY]
———Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles Program funding, S6321 [10JY]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (S. 1452), S3559 [4MY]
Dept. of Labor: workforce investment programs funding, S5968 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior: extend moratorium on implementation of certain Indian gaming regulations or tribal-State gambling compacts, S6536 [12JY]
———National Park Service snowmobile use study funding, S7020, S7023, S7024 [17JY]
———participation in design, planning, and construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in the Lakehaven Utility District (S. 2301), S1816 [28MR]
———Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes Program funding, S6503 [12JY]
———prohibit funds for application of dangerous pesticides in areas used by children, S7034 [17JY]
———weatherization assistance grants funding, S7015, S7016 [17JY], S7086 [18JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6315, S6318, S6319, S6321, S6328 [10JY], S6498, S6499, S6501, S6502, S6503, S6504, S6505, S6518, S6519, S6527, S6529, S6530, S6536, S6537 [12JY], S7007, S7015, S7016, S7020, S7023, S7024, S7028, S7032, S7034, S7035, S7036, S7037, S7038, S7039, S7041, S7042, S7043 [17JY], S7085, S7086, S7088, S7093, S7094, S7095, S7096, S7102 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), conference report, S9796, S9798, S9818 [4OC], S9905, S9906, S9907, S9915 [5OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4578), unanimous-consent agreement, S6537 [12JY]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5093 [14JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4475), motion to instruct conferees, S5197, S5203, S5210, S5213, S5214, S5215 [15JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, S11234 [27OC]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5863 [27JN], S5968 [28JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), conference report, S11879 [15DE]
Disasters: fuel reduction programs in wildland-urban interface areas to reduce the risk of wildfires, S6518 [12JY], S7036 [17JY]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, S11234 [27OC]
Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale, S7197 [19JY]
———allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S9255 [26SE], S10669 [18OC]
———Caribbean and South American nations drug interdiction assistance funding, S5511, S5513, S5527 [21JN]
———discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S1862 [29MR], S2320 [6AP]
———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries, S4171 [18MY]
———extend interstate price discrimination prohibitions to foreign commerce relative to the discrepancy in prescription drug prices between U.S. and foreign countries (S. 2464), S2942 [26AP], S4171 [18MY]
———pharmaceutical industry research and development costs, S1862 [29MR]
———require the U.S. Trade Representative to enter into negotiations to eliminate price controls imposed by certain foreign countries on prescription drugs (S. 2466), S2944 [26AP]
E. Ross Adair Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Fort Wayne, IN: designate (H.R. 2412), S3557 [4MY]
Eccles, Traci: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S830
Ecklund, Darvin: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S2524
Education: assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards, S2952 [27AP], S3284, S3286, S3287, S3288 [3MY]
———assist local educational agencies in enabling students to meet academic achievement standards (S. 1266), S605 [10FE], S1372 [9MR]
———funding, S2173 [5AP]
———improve and strengthen recruitment and training of teachers and protect teachers from frivolous lawsuits, S3597 [8MY]
———reductions in school class size, S3491 [4MY], S5863 [27JN]
———voucher program to provide school choice, S3286, S3288 [3MY]
Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits, S1729, S1730 [27MR]
Electric power: promote reliability of the bulk-power system (S. 2071), S628
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 2), S2952 [27AP], S3246, S3247 [2MY], S3284, S3286, S3287, S3288, S3305, S3306, S3307 [3MY], S3491 [4MY], S3597 [8MY], S3653 [9MY]
———preserve State accountability for performance goals, S3287 [3MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), S8182, S8184 [7SE]
EPA: limit funding for activities included in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions prior to implementation, S7035 [17JY]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, S1247, S1266, S1300 [8MR]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest, S668-S670 [22FE]
———proposed removal or breaching of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers relative to salmon recovery plans, S7793 [27JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1729, S1730 [27MR], S1767 [28MR]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for security assistance (S. 2901), S8241 [7SE]
Foreign countries: exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical products from U.S. economic sanctions, S10669 [18OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5511, S5513, S5527 [21JN]
Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3869 [11MY]
Foreign trade: provide additional trade benefits to certain beneficiary countries in the Caribbean, S3869 [11MY]
Forest Service: Red Mountain Project funding, S7095 [18JY]
———use of gum thickened fire retardants to fight wildfires, S9906 [5OC]
Forrester, David: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S3184
Fort Pierre, SD: authorize construction of Wakpa Sica Reconciliation Place (S. 1658), S9316 [26SE]
Frix, Robert S.: Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipient, S8634
Gore, Vice President: visit to Washington (State), S4910 [8JN]
Great Smokey Mountains National Park: management funding, S7015 [17JY]
Gulf Islands National Seashore: adjust boundaries to include Cat Island, MS, S7094 [18JY]
Hart, Greg: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S2100
Health: ensure confidentiality of medical records and health care-related information, S10963 [25OC]
———increase State immunization programs funding (S. 2443), star print, S3268 [2MY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S10963 [25OC]
Hilbert, Vi: Washington Women 2000 ``Power of One'' award recipient, S1389
Idaho: Land and Water Conservation Fund projects funding, S7039 [17JY]
Indian Health Service: diabetes treatment, prevention, and research funding through reductions in the National Endowment for the Arts, S6529, S6537 [12JY]
Iran: condemn arrest and detention of Iranian Jews accused of espionage (S. Con. Res. 109), S3558 [4MY]
———impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (H.R. 1883), S668 [22FE], S756 [24FE]
Japan: access of U.S. business to telecommunications markets (S. Res. 275), S3269 [2MY]
Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 4700), S9316 [26SE]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes funding, S6232 [30JN]
———prohibit funding for deployment of U.S. Armed Forces after a set date unless authorized by law and condition current funding on certification that European countries live up to prior commitments, S4157 [18MY]
Lake Tahoe: promote environmental restoration, S9905 [5OC]
Mackewich, Justin: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1021 [1MR]
Maine: Forest Legacy Program and Forest Service land acquisition funding, S7042 [17JY]
———salmon restoration and conservation programs funding, S6519 [12JY], S9905 [5OC]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S4171 [18MY]
———expand and make permanent the subvention demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (S. 915), S2228 [5AP]
———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations, S11234 [27OC]
Mental health: establish demonstration courts (S. 1865), S9329 [26SE]
Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (S. 3021), S8241 [7SE]
Microsoft Corp.: appeals court process relative to application of antitrust laws, S9255 [26SE]
———application of antitrust laws, S325 [3FE], S605 [10FE]
———proposed remedies submitted by the Dept. of Justice and several States relative to antitrust suit, S3553-S3555 [4MY]
Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, S7032 [17JY]
Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles, S5093 [14JN], S5197, S5210, S5213, S5214, S5215 [15JN]
———average fuel economy standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks, S5197, S5210, S5213, S5214, S5215 [15JN], S7793 [27JY]
———improve energy efficiency standards for automobiles and small trucks, S1621 [23MR]
———require reports relative to defects in foreign products (S. 3059), S8652 [18SE]
Naches, WA: Naches Valley High School Leadership Class recipient of Innovation in Education Award, S299
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: anniversary, S8635
National Charter Schools Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 108), S3557 [4MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (S. Res. 248), S3557 [4MY]
National Heart Failure Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 256), S646 [10FE]
National Marine Fisheries Service: funding, S668-S670 [22FE]
National Nuclear Security Administration: application of environmental protection, safety, and health regulations (S. 2597), S4202
National Park Service: provide for high quality stewardship to commemorate the heritage of the people of the U.S. and to recognize the importance of outdoor recreational opportunities (S. 2816), S6129 [29JN]
National Rural Development Partnership: funding, S10680 [18OC]
Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1929), S9318 [26SE]
New Mexico: provide incentives for collaborative forest restoration projects on National Forest System and other public lands, S7096 [18JY]
NOAA: National Marine Fisheries Service processing of jeopardy reviews under the Endangered Species Act, S668-S670 [22FE]
Noble, Tina: Washington Women 2000 ``Power of One'' award recipient, S1388
North Carolina: stream gauges and monitoring equipment funding, S7041 [17JY]
Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), veto, S3209 [2MY]
Older Americans Act: National Family Caregiver Support Program funding, S11090 [26OC]
———reauthorize (H.R. 782), S11090 [26OC]
———Senior Community Service Employment Program funding, S11090 [26OC]
Paez, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, motion to indefinitely postpone, S1355 [9MR]
Paladin Data Systems Corp.: Innovation in Education Award recipient, S1590
Paterson, NJ: Great Falls Historic District construction projects funding, S9907 [5OC]
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S1621 [23MR], S6321 [10JY]
———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S1621 [23MR], S5197 [15JN]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), S8225, S8231, S8232, S8235, S8236 [7SE], S9255 [26SE]
———improve safety (S. 2004), S1268 [8MR], S1660 [23MR], S7790 [27JY], S8041 [6SE]
———regulatory requirements for exposed pipes on bridges, S8235, S8236 [7SE]
Point of order, S5971 [28JN]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1621 [23MR], S6321 [10JY]
———Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding, S7028 [17JY]
Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S8241 [7SE]
Privacy: protect consumer privacy on the Internet, S10963 [25OC]
Public lands: establish permanent recreation fee authority for Federal land management agencies (S. 2817), S6129 [29JN]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (S. 2967), S7864 [27JY]
Quann, Megan: tribute for participation in Olympic games, S8754
Real estate: anniversary of law establishing real estate investment trusts, S8635
Red River Boundary Compact: congressional consent (H.J. Res. 72), S9316 [26SE]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3642), S3268, S3269 [2MY]
Seattle, WA: Dept. of State payment for security costs incurred while hosting World Trade Organization meetings, S257 [2FE]
———tribute to law enforcement officers for action during World Trade Organization meetings, S535 [9FE]
Senate: appreciation for tributes, S11751, S11752 [8DE]
———appreciation of opportunity to serve, S11751 [8DE]
———legislative priorities, S8041 [6SE]
———legislative program, S340 [3FE], S646, S647 [10FE], S1247 [8MR], S3271 [2MY], S3567 [4MY], S4937 [12JN], S7007 [17JY], S8241, S8242 [7SE], S9330 [26SE], S9684 [3OC]
Serbia: oppose regime of Slobodan Milosevic, support efforts of the democratic opposition, and promote peace, stability, and prosperity in Southeastern Europe (S. Res. 272), S3271 [2MY]
Ships and vessels: reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers (S. 2506), S3520 [4MY]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1537 [22MR]
Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library funding, S7095 [18JY]
St. Croix Island International Historic Site: planning and development of interpretive site for quadricentennial commemoration funding, S7096 [18JY]
Tallman, Richard C.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4368 [24MY]
Tariff: digital versatile discs (DVDs) manufacturing equipment (S. 2664), S4477 [25MY]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2670 [13AP]
———equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (S. 893), S9553 [28SE]
———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday, S6501 [12JY]
———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2607 [12AP]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6666 [13JY]
———reduce motor fuel taxes, S1621 [23MR]
———reform laws and filing procedures, S2700, S2706 [13AP]
———restore pension limits to equitable levels (S. 1209), S2706 [13AP]
Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S340 [3FE], S646 [10FE]
Tukwila, WA: Cascade View Elementary School Youth Investment Program recipient of Innovation in Education Award, S6346
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Desert Tortoise Recovery Program implementation funding, S7038 [17JY]
———Kemp's Ridley sea turtle project funding, S7035 [17JY]
Vancouver, WA: Jason Lee Middle School's English Transition System recipient of Innovation in Education award, S643
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 (S. Con. Res. 103), S3557 [4MY]
Votes: position on missed, S9181
Walla Walla, WA: tribute to Walla Walla High School Career and Technical Education Program, S5552
———tribute to Walla Walla Senior High School field trip to Coppei Creek habitat restoration project, S392
Washington: anniversary of volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, S4007
———Index School District recipient of Innovation in Education Award, S3829
———proposed removal or breaching of dams on the Columbia and Snake Rivers relative to salmon recovery plans, S791 [24FE], S3893 [11MY], S4910 [8JN]
Water: provide for conservation and development of water resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (S. 2796), S9181
Wellpinit, WA: Wellpinit School District recipient of Innovation in Education Award, S9602
Wenatchee, WA: tribute to Pioneer Middle School students for participation in Destination ImagiNation (nonprofit organization) Global Finals, S6467
Weyerhaeuser Co.: anniversary, S1811
William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (S. 3109), S9259 [26SE]
Wind storms: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S6319 [10JY], S6499 [12JY]
Wyoming: emergency funding for Shoshone and Arapaho Tribes evacuation relative to Washakie Dam, S7036 [17JY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Senate: Golden Gavel Award recipient, S8406 [12SE]
Tribute, S7102 [18JY], S11664-S11674, S11679 [7DE], S11751 [8DE], S11760 [11DE], S11768 [14DE], S11844, S11845 [15DE]
Reports filed
Dept. of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4578) (S. Rept. 106-312), S5662 [22JN]
Statements
Tribute to Senator Gorton: Senator Murray, S11667 [7DE]
Summaries
Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (H.R. 1000): Conference Report, S1248 [8MR]
Tables
Comparision of prescription drug prices in Washington (State) and Canada, S2091 [4AP]
Texts of
S. 2071, Electric Reliability 2000 Act, S628
S. 2370, Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY, S3557 [4MY]
S. 2506, reinstate authority of States to adopt additional regulations on operation, maintenance, equipping, personnel qualification, or manning of oil tankers, S3521 [4MY]
Tributes
Brown, James, S8100
Byrd, Senator, S7102 [18JY]
Coverdell, Paul, S7641 [26JY]
Johnson, Pat, S4374
Moynihan, Senator, S3557 [4MY]
Norris, Tom, S8100
Otto, Rick, S2521
Schuffler, Michael and Shainie, S1812 [28MR]
Stewart, Janet R., S6838
Sutton, Jim, S8101