GANSKE, GREG (a Representative from Iowa)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4932 [18JY]

Agriculture: increase competition and transparency among packers required to report information on the price and quantity of livestock purchased (see H.R. 5247), H5993 [26JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H2101 [2MY]

Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6130 [9SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H110 [4FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4498 [10JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]

———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H1410 [17AP]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see H.R. 1471), H524 [14FE]

FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H5087 [22JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H6085 [5SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H780 [7MR]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H6172 [10SE]

———improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors (see H.R. 5478), H6776 [26SE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H2165 [7MY]

Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3292 [6JN]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1154 [9AP]

Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3454 [11JN]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1289 [15AP]

Medicare: coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H6171 [10SE]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H3825 [21JN]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H834 [12MR]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H6419 [19SE]

———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), H1338 [16AP]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H6171 [10SE]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

Social Security: allow coverage of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2610), H781 [7MR]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]

Taxation: increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H3036 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish a program of fees relative to animal drugs (see H.R. 4955), H3668 [18JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H635 [28FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 403), H2030 [2MY]

———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1375 [17AP]

———limit price support payments to producers, H2030 [2MY]

Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H4472 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen limitations on commodity payments and benefits and use resulting savings to improve certain programs, H1375 [17AP]

Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H510 [14FE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6732 [26SE]

Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4280 [27JN]

———revise and improve payments to certain health care service providers, H8761 [14NO]

———treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, H6732 [26SE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H4472 [10JY]

Sanderson, Cael: tribute (H. Res. 399), H6833 [1OC]

Taxation: treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), consideration of Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 609), H8761 [14NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H139 [5FE], H199 [6FE], H225 [7FE], H557 [26FE], H632 [27FE], H685 [5MR], H4495 [10JY]

Tributes

Roth, Luke, H565 [27FE]

Rousch, Andrew, H636 [28FE]

Satern, Wade, H636 [28FE]