GEPHARDT, RICHARD A. (a Representative from Missouri)
Addresses
Building a New Long-Term Strategy for American Leadership and Security: by, H3544-H3547 [13JN]
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2970 [23MY]
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1188 [10AP]
Committee To Escort Prime Minister John Howard of Australia Into the House Chamber, H3456 [12JN]
Committee To Escort the President, H98 [29JA]
Committee To Notify the President of Adjournment, H9008 [14NO]
Committee To Notify the President That a Congressional Quorum Has Assembled, H2 [23JA]
Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, H8048 [31OC]
Patsy T. Mink funeral attendees, H7006 [3OC]
Articles and editorials
Breaking the Contract, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, H668 [5MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 2908), H5195 [23JY]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H6983 [2OC]
Buck, John F. (Jack): tribute (see H. Res. 455), H3859 [24JN]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H650 [28FE]
———improve financial reporting and independent audits and accounting services, create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and improve SEC resources and oversight (see H.R. 5070), H4424 [9JY]
Congress: convene special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 448), H5790 [25JY]
———make arrangements for special joint meeting in New York, NY, to commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 449), H5790 [25JY]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H103 [29JA]
———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 H.R. 4098), H1152 [9AP]
Dept. of HHS: address health care needs of residents of U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 4063), H1089 [20MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H2356 [9MY]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
Education: provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H104 [29JA]
FDA: establish authority for the imposition of civil penalties for certain direct-to-consumer advertisements (see H.R. 4833), H3293 [6JN]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 638), H5997 [26JY]
Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H5998 [26JY]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]
Immigration: restore fairness to immigration law (see H.R. 3894), H779 [7MR]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H2099 [2MY]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 3612), H5998 [26JY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H3293 [6JN]
———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H2735 [21MY]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4799), H2943 [22MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H6983 [2OC]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H8546 [12NO]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H2661 [20MY]
President's Commission To Strengthen Social Security: enact certain reforms (see H.R. 4022, 4023, 4024), H1087 [20MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H2735 [21MY]
Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H105 [29JA]
Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H2734 [21MY]
Taxation: encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H4497 [10JY]
———impose excise tax on sales of stock by corporate insiders occurring when the company prevents employees from selling stock in pension plans and ensure more accurate reporting of corporate liabilities (see H.R. 3622), H78 [24JA]
———limit manufacturers' deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs to the level of research and development expenditures (see H.R. 4821), H2944 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H1284 [11AP]
———prevent the continued use of renouncing U.S. citizenship as a device for avoiding U.S. taxes (see H.R. 4880), H3291 [6JN]
———treatment of executive perks and retirement benefits relative to stock options, undisclosed benefits, and deferred compensation (see H.R. 5432), H6558 [24SE]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H4497 [10JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H8029 [17OC]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H110 [4FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H6776 [26SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Corporations: promote responsibility (see H.R. 5160), H4930 [18JY]
———review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Immigration: provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (see H.R. 5600), H7892 [10OC]
Taxation: promote State historic tax credits (see H.R. 4933), H3561 [13JN]
———provide for Universal Retirement Savings Accounts in lieu of the various individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4482), H1482 [18AP]
Hearings
Corporate accountability, E1470
Motions
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4297 [27JN]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 4965), H5368
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1468 [18AP]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H7827 [10OC]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2970, H2972 [23MY]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), consideration (H. Res. 428), H2896 [22MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7778 [10OC]
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4721 [16JY]
Budget: allocation of funds, H788 [12MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), consideration (H. Res. 372), H1027 [20MR]
Bush, President: State of the Union Message, H6 [23JA]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (H. Con. Res. 188), E1370
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2255 [9MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4721 [16JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (H. Con. Res. 312), H156 [6FE]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3807 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1445 [18AP]
Economy: comparison between congressional and Bush administration policies, H6786 [1OC]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2199 [8MY]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6475-H6478 [24SE]
Immigration: provide permanent resident status for certain long-term resident workers and college-bound students and modify the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants in order to promote family unification (H.R. 5600), E1823
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2079 [2MY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1027 [20MR]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), motion to recommit, H4318 [27JN]
Mink, Patsy T.: tribute (H. Res. 566), H6900 [1OC]
Nuclear energy: transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H2199 [8MY]
Pelosi, Representative: acknowledgement as minority whip, H16 [23JA]
Public debt: ceiling, H2970, H2972 [23MY]
———ceiling (S. 2578), H4162 [27JN]
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1468 [18AP]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H788 [12MR], H1027 [20MR], H1445 [18AP]
———divert percentage of payroll taxes into personal retirement savings accounts, H7174 [8OC]
———ensure solvency, H667 [5MR]
———investment of trust funds in private financial markets, H7174 [8OC]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1445 [18AP]
———rates, H2970 [23MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6175 [11SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H831 [12MR], H2162 [7MY], H6556 [24SE]
Special order: granted, H685 [5MR]
Remarks—Special Joint Meeting of Congress
New York, NY: commemorate anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6105 [9SE]
Tributes
Barwick, Michael, E1508
Graham, John D., E2067
Martin, Derek, E781
Morrison, Robert, E781
Nathanson, Marc, E1647