HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Cinco de Mayo Observance: Armando C. Alonzo, H2063 [9MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort President Vicente Fox of Mexico Into the House Chamber, H5410 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 320), H162 [31JA]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H443 [27FE]

Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H4009 [12JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: design and construct monument to commemorate contributions of minority women to women's suffrage and the participation of women in public life (see H. Con. Res. 169), H3357 [20JN]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1715), H2680 [23MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: commemorate birthday (see H. Res. 105), H1295 [28MR]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H10065 [13DE]

Children and youth: ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H2710 [24MY] (see H.R. 1990), H3863 [10JY]

———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1990), H2849 [25MY]

———increase pay of child care providers and establish a child care provider scholarship program (see H.R. 1650), H2281 [16MY]

———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H10908 [19DE]

———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H5339 [2AU]

Cinco de Mayo: observance (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1189 [27MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H1605 [25AP]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1918), H6056 [25SE]

———reduce the costs of Federal student loans to students and their families (see H.R. 1622), H1659 [26AP]

Commission on the Comprehensive Study of Voting Procedures: establish (see H.R. 60), H26 [3JA]

Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to officers, emergency personnel, and governmental employees who responded to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3054), H8949 [5DE]

Consumers: requirements on credit card issuers relative to mailing of monthly statements (see H.R. 296), H110 [30JA]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 2688), H4948 [31JY]

———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H412 [26FE]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 1319), H1344 [29MR]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide emergency crop loss assistance to respond to economic losses incurred by crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of the increase in energy prices (see H.R. 396), H650 [6MR]

———provide loan assistance to agricultural producers experiencing increased energy costs (see H.R. 478), H325 [13FE]

Dept. of Education: make additional grants under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program (see H.R. 419), H219 [7FE]

———make grants to recruit, train, and hire school-based resource staff (see H.R. 466), H220 [7FE]

———provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see H.R. 3086), H6700 [11OC]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 2966), H6055 [25SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H508 [28FE]

———dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 1136), H1717 [1MY]

———provide grants for toll-free telephone number to provide information and assistance to veterans (see H.R. 1435), H1484 (see H.R. 1435), H1493 [4AP]

Disasters: authorize disaster assistance for recovery from earthquakes in India and El Salvador (see H.R. 1760), H2021 [8MY]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1346 [29MR]

———increase activities carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and NIH relative to diabetes in minority populations (see H.R. 2232), H4353 [19JY]

———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 36), H399 [14FE]

———ovarian cancer research programs (see H.R. 326), H443 [27FE]

———recognize importance of international tuberculosis control efforts and acknowledge the severe impact on minority populations (see H. Res. 67), H878 [13MR]

Education: improve quality and raise student achievement by strengthening accountability, raising teaching standards, rewarding success, and providing better information to parents (see H.R. 340), H163 [31JA]

———increase student financial aid programs funding (see H.R. 2476), H5340 [2AU]

———Pell Grant Program funding (see H.R. 589), H1116 [22MR]

———provide grants to establish programs that benefit the educational, health, social service, cultural, and recreational needs of cities and rural and disadvantaged suburban communities (see H.R. 756), H442 [27FE]

———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H928 [14MR]

———require States to equalize education funding throughout the State (see H.R. 1234), H1188 [27MR]

El Camino Real de los Tejas: designate as a national historic trail (see H.R. 1628), H3358 [20JN]

El Paso, TX: establish a national immigration museum (see H.R. 2162), H8843 [4DE]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Electronic Fund Transfer Act: require additional disclosures relative to exchange rates in transfers involving international transactions (see H.R. 1306), H1344 [29MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H2335 [17MY]

EPA: reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: reform provisions relative to child labor (see H.R. 2239), H3259 [19JN]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H2712 [24MY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 746), H441 [27FE]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5616 [13SE]

———improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H2184 [15MY]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 93), H112 [30JA]

Financial institutions: safeguard consumers relative to use of certain debit cards (see H.R. 1825), H2680 [23MY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H876 [13MR]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 3051), H6421 [5OC]

Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H507 [28FE]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: urge all contracting States to recommend the production of practice guides (see H. Con. Res. 69), H1012 [20MR]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 526), H3519 [25JN]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by improving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H5488 [10SE]

Higher Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1162), H1112 [22MR]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (see H.R. 1992), H3806 [28JN]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 90), H1345 [29MR]

Homeless: improve programs for veterans (see H.R. 936), H825 [8MR]

House of Representatives: constitutional amendment on appointment and election of new Members if a significant number of Members can no longer serve due to a national emergency (see H.J. Res. 67), H7333 [25OC]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H3712 [27JN]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H1121 [26MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H444 [27FE]

Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2334 [17MY]

Medicaid: assure that funds provided for State emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens are used to reimburse hospitals and related providers that treat undocumented aliens (see H.R. 519), H223 [7FE]

———clarify that Native American women eligible for coverage under Indian health plans are eligible for optional breast and cervical cancer coverage (see H.R. 1383), H2335 [17MY]

Medicare: coverage of additional hemodialysis treatments for certain patients and increased update in composite rate for dialysis services (see H.R. 2220), H5971 [24SE]

———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H2185 [15MY]

———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H5406 [5SE]

———provide guidance to health care providers attempting to properly submit claims and target truly fraudulent activity for enforcement of billing regulations rather than inadvertent errors (see H.R. 868), H2148 [14MY]

———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10055 [12DE]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H3863 [10JY]

Mexico: grant a temporary waiver of requirements relative to foreign aid certification of drug enforcement efforts (see H.R. 753), H441 [27FE]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see H.R. 1388), H1718 [1MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: ensure that apprenticeship program applications are processed in a fair and timely manner (see H.R. 1950), H2570 [22MY]

National Children's Memorial Flag Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1660 [26AP]

———support (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1487 (see H. Con. Res. 98), H1499 [4AP]

National Environmental Policy Act: require Council on Environmental Quality study on urban sprawl and smart growth and include urban sprawl in environmental reviews by Federal agencies (see H.R. 1739), H9239 [11DE]

National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H8133 [13NO]

Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H5340 [2AU]

Outer Continental Shelf: use of oil and gas production royalties to establish a fund for outdoor conservation and recreation needs (see H.R. 701), H2849 [25MY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H224 [7FE]

Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6421 [5OC]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1664 [27AP]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2961), H6055 [25SE]

———conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 1035), H928 [14MR]

Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1812), H2141 [10MY]

Securities: issue Victory Bonds in response to the acts of terrorism perpetrated against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2900), H5736 [19SE]

Seguin, Juan N.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 186), H3805 [28JN]

Shelton, Henry H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2751), H8564 [28NO]

Shriver, Sargent: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2949), H7910 [7NO]

Small business: provide for public access to information on the availability of insurance for small businesses (see H.R. 3339), H8421 [27NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H5927 [21SE]

Social Security: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 848), H2334 [17MY]

———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H2281 [16MY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H225 [7FE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H10966 [20DE]

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2177), H3466 [21JN]

———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 1676), H1860 [2MY]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H3519 [25JN]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 794), H2334 [17MY]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]

———increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H7529 [30OC]

———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 12), H507 [28FE]

———provide a credit to public elementary and secondary school teachers for teaching expenses (see H.R. 1477), H3466 [21JN]

———provide incentives and job training grants for communities affected by migration of businesses and jobs to Canada or Mexico as a result of NAFTA (see H.R. 1819), H2141 [10MY]

———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 3445), H9238 (see H.R. 3446), H9239 [11DE]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 2033), H5340 [2AU]

———repeal limit on the allowance of a deduction of interest on higher education loans (see H.R. 686), H397 [14FE]

———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H2889 [5JN]

———restore partial deduction for personal interest to encourage economic recovery and avoid the need to borrow against home equity (see H.R. 2969), H6056 [25SE]

———S corporation reform (see H.R. 2576), H9078 [6DE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]

———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 678), H444 [27FE]

———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H8248 [15NO]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]

———grant posthumous citizenship to certain lawfully admitted aliens killed or injured due to terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2897), H5971 [24SE]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to assist families of victims of attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2907), H5925 [21SE]

———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: establish Presidential commission to determine validity of certain land claims involving the descendants of persons who were Mexican citizens (see H.R. 1823), H2142 [10MY]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1613), H8248 [15NO]

Veterans: increase educational benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 1291), H1605 [25AP]

———increase maximum amount of home loan guarantees available to veterans (see H.R. 442), H2679 [23MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1556 [24AP]

———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H166 [31JA]

———repeal computation system that reduces annuity for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social Security offset (see H.R. 1232), H2680 [23MY]

Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8181 [14NO]

———establish a program to provide funds to State and local governments to replace punch card voting systems (see H.R. 775), H505 [28FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for municipal construction grant program for wastewater treatment (see H.R. 1751), H2021 [8MY]

———authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1750), H2021 [8MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H1114 [22MR]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic and sexual violence victims (see H.R. 2670), H4779 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Customs Service: authorizing appropriations for personnel and technology to reduce delays at border crossings and strengthen drug enforcement (see H.R. 2512), H4111 [17JY]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects (see H.R. 2990), H6136 [2OC]

Letters

Parental consent to enroll children in bilingual education or special language programs: Mary Elizabeth Teasley, National Education Association, H2398 [22MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6070 [2OC], H8423 [28NO]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6180 [3OC]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8289 [16NO]

Armed Forces: authorize use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 64), H5644 [14SE]

Brooks County, TX: anniversary, E266 [1MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H784 [8MR]

———revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), H1260 [28MR]

Cinco de Mayo: observance, H2062 [9MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), H6677 [11OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2620), H4693 [26JY]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2398 [22MY], H2599 [23MY]

———close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10098 [13DE]

———establish demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness of voucher programs to provide school choice, H2599 [23MY]

———funding, H1260 [28MR]

———require parental notification and consent before enrollment of a child in a bilingual education or special alternative instructional language program, H2398 [22MY]

Government National Mortgage Association: authorize the guarantee of conventional mortgage-backed securities (H.R. 3206), E2366 [20DE]

Higher Education Act: establish fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers and extend current law relative to special allowances for lenders (S. 1762), H10891 [19DE]

———remove limits on Internet course offerings, modify treatment of non-standard term programs, and clarify incentive compensation requirements (H.R. 1992), H6479 [10OC]

``Hispanic Americans in Congress'': authorizing printing (H. Con. Res. 90), H6426 [9OC]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance, H6443 [9OC]

La Joya, TX: Jose De Escandon Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E894 [22MY]

Languages: enhance limited English proficiency programs, H2398 [22MY]

———prohibit funding to implement Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H6677 [11OC]

Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects (H.R. 2990), H6070 [2OC]

NSF: minority colleges and universities education grants funding, H4693 [26JY]

Perry, Rick: Hidalgo, TX, BorderFest Texan of the Year award recipient, E235 [28FE]

South America: impact of free trade on drug interdiction efforts, H8289 [16NO]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H8424 [28NO], H9056 [6DE], H9244 [12DE]

———rates (H.R. 3), H784 [8MR]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5565 [11SE]

———tribute to relief efforts surrounding the hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5565 [11SE]

U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: tribute (H. Con. Res. 277), H8766 [4DE]

Votes: position on missed, H4233 [19JY], E110 [6FE], E2159 [28NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2019 [8MY], H2079 [9MY], H2568 [22MY], H9065 [6DE]

Resignations

Committee on Small Business (House), H463 [28FE]

Tributes

Arias, Anna Maria, E1835 [9OC]

Guerra, Fidencio M., Sr., H2549 [22MY]

Zaragoza Seguin, Ignacio, E704 [2MY]