ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)
Addresses
Presentation of National Guard Bureau Sonny Montgomery Award: by, S1346 [28FE]
———Russell C. Davis, S1346 [28FE]
Amendments
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4520, S4539 [17MY]
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S713, S747 [13FE], S874, S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE], S1371 [28FE], S2468 [10AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5874 [20JN], S5912 [21JN], S5974, S6038 [25JN], S6057, S6078, S6079, S6080, S6115, S6116, S6138, S6142, S6145, S6159, S6160, S6166, S6167 [26JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7689, S7755, S7756, S7761 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S3022 [22AP]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6963 [17JY]
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]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to health professions programs regarding the field of nursing (H.R. 3487), S7172 [22JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S104 [24JA], S212 [29JA], S361, S379 [5FE]
Voting: protect voting rights (S. 565), S713, S747 [13FE], S874, S876 [14FE], S988 [25FE], S1371 [28FE], S2468 [10AP]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4546, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S6225 [27JN], S7398 [26JY]
———H.R. 4628, intelligence services appropriations, S9353 [25SE]
Articles and editorials
Chronology of Defiance, Michael Kelly, Washington (DC) Post, S10182 [9OC]
Myth of U.N. Support, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, S10182 [9OC]
Tribute to Calvin James, Salina (KS) Journal, S1203
Weight of American Empire, John Keegan, Washington (DC) Post, S10183 [9OC]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds (see S. 2814), S7469 [29JY]
———clarify rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for certain oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas (see S. 3094), S10359 [10OC]
Animals: encourage research regarding the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 2560), S6574 [10JY]
Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: amend relative to certain import-sensitive articles (see S. 2081), S2484 [10AP]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and the sale of the first commercial jet aircraft (see S. Con. Res. 98), S1352 [28FE]
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. 2924), S8506 [11SE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see S. 2794), S7902 [1AU]
Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see S. 1918), S487 [7FE]
———promote mathematics and science education through a mathematics and science partnership and through a grant program to increase student academic achievement (see S. 2902), S8201 [4SE]
Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8981 [20SE]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see S. 2869), S8674 [17SE]
———require parity in regulatory treatment of broadband services providers and broadband access services providers (see S. 2430), S4624 [21MY]
Firearms: protect manufacturers and sellers in the firearms and ammunition industry from restrictions on interstate or foreign commerce (see S. 2268), S7901 [1AU]
Food: recognize significance of bread in American history, culture, and daily diet (see S. Con. Res. 148), S10224 [9OC]
———require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see S. 3001), S9229 [25SE]
Health: support research to more fully develop the field of health promotion and disease prevention and develop strategies to integrate health and lifestyle improvement programs into national policy (see S. Con. Res. 11), S5774 [19JN]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see S. Res. 185), S4891 [3JN]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S4968 [4JN]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see S. 710), S3505 [29AP]
Labor unions: encourage mediation to resolve dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (see S. Res. 333), S9983 [4OC]
Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 135), S7901 [1AU]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see S. 2729), S7227 [23JY]
———extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see S. 2135), S2723 [16AP]
———improve disproportionate share payments to hospitals serving vulnerable populations (see S. 2854), S7899 [1AU]
———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), S4840 [23MY]
———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 S. 1707), S235 [29JA]
Memorial Day: recognize the sacrifice and dedication of the Armed Forces and civilian national security agencies (see S. Res. 278), S4840 [23MY]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 255), S3560 [30AP]
National Drought Council: establish (see S. 2528), S6809 [15JY]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8457 [10SE]
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 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S8565 [12SE]
National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 293), S6250 [27JN]
National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see S. 2939), S8673 [17SE]
Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building, St. Paul, MN: authorize construction grant (see S. 3156), S11079 [14NO]
Pensions: promote the provision of retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 1978), S4968 [4JN]
———provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see S. 1969), S1252 [27FE]
———provide greater protection of workers' retirement plans and prohibit certain activities by persons providing auditing services to issuers of public securities (see S. 1921), S546 [8FE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
———reaffirm reference to ``one Nation under God'' (see S. 2690), S6250 [27JN]
Public Health Service Act: add requirements regarding trauma care (see S. 3048), S9901 [3OC]
Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation (see S. 1986), S1536 [5MR]
Taxation: exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2654), S5851 [20JN]
———provide involuntary conversion tax relief for producers forced to sell livestock due to weather-related conditions or Federal land management agency policy or action (see S. 2762), S7470 [29JY]
———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 237), S4282 [13MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1676 [7MR]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S2260 [21MR]
Wellstone, Paul D.: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S10800 [28OC]
Wisconsin (U.S.S.): issue commemorative postage stamp to honor ship and crew (see S. Con. Res. 3), S5455 [12JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2040), S2260 [21MR] (see S. 2830), S7744 [31JY]
Colmery, Harry W.: posthumously award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Con. Res. 144), S8981 [20SE]
Conservation Reserve Program: suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 3022), S9714 [1OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: transfer agricultural import and entry inspection activities from the Dept. of Agriculture (see S. 2774), S7226 [23JY]
Johnson County, KS: conveyance of the Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant to Kansas (see S. 2107), S2577 [11AP]
Put the Brakes on Fatalities Day: designate (see S. Res. 266), S4281 [13MY]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see S. 2440), S3842 [2MY]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4125 [9MY], S4558 [20MY], S4614 [21MY], S4668 [22MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3457 [25AP], S3495 [29AP]
Clifton, Richard R.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6964 [17JY], S7016 [18JY]
Gibbons, Julia Smith: nomination to be circuit judge, S7322 [24JY], S7391 [26JY]
Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S280 [4FE], S392 [6FE]
Essays
Determining the Role of Peacekeeping in a Global Age: Melissa Byers, S6314
Letters
Investigate possible capture and detainment of Michael Scott Speicher by Iraqi Government: by, S6082 [26JN]
Questions and answers
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act (H.R. 2646), S3982 [8MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), S2761 [17AP]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3979 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S599 [12FE], S680, S684 [13FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S8394 [10SE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 2040), S2262 [21MR], S3980 [8MY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (S. 3099), S11386 [19NO]
———recalculated loan rates for commodities, S3980 [8MY]
Agriculture, Conservation, and Rural Enhancement Act: timeliness of submission of managers' amendments, S680 [13FE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S10180 [9OC]
Bush, President: remarks relative to Democratic Party and national security, S9210 [25SE]
Byers, Melissa: National Peace Essay Contest award recipient, S6314
Commission on Voting Rights and Procedures: establish (S. 565), S717 [13FE], S2468 [10AP], S2542 [11AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: ensure effectiveness of non-Federal conservation technical assistance programs, S684 [13FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S6080, S6099, S6120 [26JN], S6216 [27JN]
———Chemical and Biological Defense Program funding to counter agroterrorist attacks, S6099, S6120 [26JN], S6216 [27JN]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S3409 [25AP]
Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6920, S6921 [17JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S9210 [25SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8394 [10SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6920, S6921 [17JY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary, S1970 [15MR]
National 4-H Youth Development Program Week: designate (S. Con. Res. 143), S9784 [2OC]
Natural gas: assess safety of shallow underground storage structures, S3409 [25AP]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S599 [12FE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6920, S6921 [17JY]
Power resources: national energy policy, S3409 [25AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (H.R. 4608), S4832 [23MY]
Speicher, Michael Scott: investigate possible capture and detainment by Iraqi Government, S6080 [26JN]
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4777 [23MY]
Voting: eliminate mail notification requirements for provisional ballots and replace with a free access system, S2468 [10AP], S2542 [11AP]
———protect voting rights of members of the Armed Forces, S717 [13FE]
———protect voting rights (S. 565), S717 [13FE], S2468 [10AP], S2542 [11AP]
Remarks in Senate relative to
National Guard Bureau: Sonny Montgomery Award recipient, S1346 [28FE]
Tributes
James, Calvin, S1203