EDWARDS, JOHN (a Senator from North Carolina)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S661 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4289 [13MY], S4353, S4407 [15MY], S4523 [17MY], S4634 [21MY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4974 [4JN]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10067, S10131 [8OC]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6508 [9JY], S6552, S6559, S6578 [10JY], S6625, S6667, S6674, S6677 [11JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6075, S6158 [26JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9169 [24SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8222 [4SE]
Education: improve Federal research, statistics, evaluation, information, and dissemination (H.R. 3801), S10459 [15OC]
Health: reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), S2741 [16AP]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S1223 [27FE], S1431 [5MR], S3581 [1MY], S4339 [15MY], S4657 [22MY]
Conferee: H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, S9353 [25SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see S. 556), S6948 [17JY]
American National Maritime Museum: reaffirm and revise designation to establish additional museums around the country (see S. 2804), S7430 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 46), S9902 [3OC]
———provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S5696 [18JN]
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 S. 486), S4492 [16MY]
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: amend (see S. 2758), S7033 [18JY]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see S. 2896), S8092 [3SE]
———give more youth aging out of foster care the opportunity to participate in national service programs (see S. 2658), S5851 [20JN]
———provide for opportunity passports, and other assistance, for youth in foster care and youth aging out of foster care (see S. 2657), S5851 [20JN]
Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 338), S10360 [10OC]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 2572), S5852 [20JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 77), S4146 [9MY]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S8202 [4SE] (see S. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: reaffirm support and commemorate anniversary of Genocide Convention Implementation Act (see S. Res. 307), S10888 [13NO]
Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (see S. 3074), S10117 [8OC]
Crime: eliminate sexual exploitation of children (see S. 2520), S4387 [15MY]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see S. 2010), S3506 [29AP]
De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2622), S5773 [19JN]
Dept. of Commerce: provide grants for digital network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see S. 414), S4387 [15MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an Office of Children's Services (see S. 121), S1732 [11MR]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Diseases: improve quality of care for cancer patients (see S. 2965), S8754 [18SE]
———provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing countries (see S. 2649), S6128 [26JN]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S6362 [8JY]
———improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (see S. 2566), S4839 [23MY]
FEC: disapprove rule relative to prohibited and excessive political contributions (see S.J. Res. 48), S10118 [8OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 812), S4968 [4JN]
Feed America Thursday: designate (see S. Res. 341), S10443 [15OC]
Firearms: improve the national instant criminal background check system (see S. 2826), S10844 [12NO]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (see S. 2712), S7034 [18JY]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 214), S1421 [4MR]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see S. 3145), S10677 [17OC]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S5957 [24JN]
INS: replace with the Immigration Affairs Agency and establish the Office of Children's Services (see S. 2444), S3842 [2MY]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see S. 318), S6867 [16JY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 247), S3166 [23AP]
Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see S. 2513), S8092 [3SE]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 2480), S5957 [24JN]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S3014 [22AP]
Medicare: freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 2447), S3843 [2MY]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see S. 839), S3560 [30AP]
———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see S. 885), S3014 [22AP]
Minimum wage: level (see S. 2538), S4702 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see S.J. Res. 49), S10118 [8OC]
National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 242), S7165 [22JY]
National Better Hearing and Speech Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Con. Res. 103), S3560 [30AP]
National Biotechnology Week: designate (see S. Res. 243), S2723 [16AP]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1599 [6MR]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see S. 1867), S7579 [30JY]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S7165 [22JY]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 143), S8918 [19SE]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 305), S8457 [10SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
National Missing Adult Awareness Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 40), S7431 [26JY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1421 [4MR] (see S. Res. 218), S1676 [7MR]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S4968 [4JN]
Nuclear energy: enhance security of transporting high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel (see S. 3162), S11079 [14NO]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see S. 2009), S2261 [21MR]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (see S. 2734), S6948 [17JY]
Stewart, Milton D.: tribute (see S. Res. 216), S1536 [5MR]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see S. 2215), S6499 [9JY]
Television: provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see S. 2512), S5257 [7JN]
Terrorism: establish a National Cyber Security Defense Team to protect the Internet from cyberterrorism (see S. 1989), S1536 [5MR]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S10223 [9OC]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S5584 [14JN]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
White House Commission on National Military Appreciation Month: establish (see S. 1785), S5366 [11JN]
Women: ensure safe pregnancies by increasing research and data collection on treatments and cures for pregnancy complications and providing information to women, practitioners, and the public (see S. 2328), S4146 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2937), S8618 [13SE]
Children and youth: establish a Community Corps (see S. 2392), S3505 [29AP]
———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (see S. 2671), S5956 [24JN]
Civil liberties: establish commission to evaluate how surveillance technologies can meet law enforcement and national security needs and protect personal dignity, liberty, and privacy (see S. 2846), S7899 [1AU]
Computers: establish programs to increase the number of qualified faculty teaching advanced courses conducting research in the field of cybersecurity (see S. 1901), S175 [28JA]
———protect against cyberterrorism and cybercrime (see S. 1900), S175 [28JA]
Diseases: payments to individuals who contracted HIV from a contaminated blood transfusion (see S. 2219), S3014 [22AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants for mental health and substance abuse services for women and children who have been victims of domestic or sexual violence (see S. 2203), S2950 [18AP]
Health: increase professional and public awareness of the link between periodontal disease in pregnant women and pre-term, low-birth-weight babies and the maternal transmission of caries (see S. 2202), S2950 [18AP]
Women: expand research for women in trauma (see S. 2559), S4839 [23MY]
———improve treatment for mental health and substance abuse needs of women with histories of trauma, including domestic and sexual violence (see S. 2204), S2950 [18AP]
Cloture motions
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), motion to proceed, S9774 [1OC], S9894 [3OC]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6559 [10JY], S6685 [12JY]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): encourage the reporting of fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriations legislation (S. Res. 304), motion to proceed, S10398 [10OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6001 [25JN], S6182 [27JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9026 [23SE], S9186 [25SE], S9401 [26SE]
———establish (H.R. 5005), motion to proceed, S7766 [31JY], S8036 [3SE]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2215), conference report, S9697 [1OC], S9870 [3OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY]
Letters
Lawyers' professional conduct and ethical responsibilities under Federal securities laws: by, S5652 [18JN]
Nomination of Dennis W. Shedd to be circuit judge: several North Carolina law professors, S11514 [19NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S1223 [27FE], S1431 [5MR], S3581 [1MY], S4339 [15MY], S4657 [22MY]
Proclamations
World Population Awareness Week: Mike Easley, Governor of North Carolina, S10568
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S693 [13FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4353, S4355, S4364 [15MY], S4812 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10325 [10OC]
———performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5831 [20JN]
———U.S. policy on use against Iraq, S8553 [12SE]
Business and industry: improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (S. 2673), S6551, S6557 [10JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7359 [25JY]
Children and youth: establish a Community Corps (S. 2392), S3510 [29AP]
———improve child care quality for children with disabilities or other special needs (S. 2671), S5958 [24JN]
Computers: establish programs to increase the number of qualified faculty teaching advanced courses conducting research in the field of cybersecurity (S. 1901), S176-S178 [28JA]
———protect against cyberterrorism and cybercrime (S. 1900), S176-S178 [28JA]
Correctional institutions: reform early release system and increase punishments for violations of probation and parole, S5391-S5393 [12JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, S693 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5831 [20JN]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (S. 2452), S5831 [20JN]
Drought: disaster assistance to North Carolina, S7030 [18JY]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S10350 [10OC]
———role of Government in causing and remedying economic recession, S10350 [10OC]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7198 [23JY], S7411, S7413 [26JY], S7632 [31JY]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6879 [17JY]
Foreign trade: provide tax incentives for trade-affected communities, S4812 [23MY]
Health: limit medical malpractice claims, S7359 [25JY]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7359 [25JY], S7841 [1AU]
———provide for health care liability reform, S7411, S7413 [26JY]
Helms, Senator: update on health condition, S4354 [15MY]
Home Safety Council: tribute, S9416
Lawyers and attorneys: professional conduct and ethical responsibilities under Federal securities laws, S5652 [18JN], S6551, S6557 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7198 [23JY], S7359 [25JY], S7632 [31JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7198 [23JY]
National Drought Council: establish (S. 2528), S7030 [18JY]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (S. 2452), S5831 [20JN]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S4096 [9MY]
Shedd, Dennis W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S11514 [19NO]
Small business: provide emergency assistance to non-farm small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from the effects of drought (S. 2734), S7030 [18JY]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5393 [12JN]
Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5393 [12JN]
Textile industry and fabrics: authorize grants to community colleges to establish job training programs for workers adversely affected by trade agreements, S4353, S4355, S4364 [15MY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4812 [23MY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S4353, S4355, S4364 [15MY]
World Population Awareness Week: observance, S10568
Texts of
S. 1900, Cyberterrorism Preparedness Act, S178 [28JA]
S. 1901, Cybersecurity Research and Education Act, S179-S181 [28JA]
Tributes
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., S7031 [18JY]
Helms, Senator, S3604 [1MY], S9789 [2OC]
Hodges, Robert, S1597