WELLSTONE, PAUL D. (a Senator from Minnesota)
Amendments
Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S408, S419, S430 [6FE], S498 [7FE], S591 [11FE], S613, S667 [12FE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3574 [30AP], S4080 [8MY], S4346, S4407 [15MY], S4459, S4505, S4506 [16MY], S4629 [21MY], S4676 [22MY], S4891 [3JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S5072 [5JN], S5176, S5207 [6JN]
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), S6575, S6578, S6590 [10JY], S6659, S6660 [11JY]
Colombia: elections (S. Res. 283), S5617 [14JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5746, S5786 [19JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7686, S7690, S7718, S7751, S7754, S7755, S7756, S7759 [31JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1944 [14MR], S2015 [18MR], S2462, S2463, S2496 [10AP], S3034, S3059, S3060, S3063, S3064 [22AP], S3321 [24AP], S3397 [25AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8183, S8224 [4SE], S8256 [5SE], S8942 [19SE], S9913, S9914 [3OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8145, S8222 [4SE], S8687 [17SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6960, S6961 [17JY], S7284, S7316 [24JY], S7589 [30JY]
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), S141 [25JA], S290 [4FE]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S3111 [23AP]
Articles and editorials
Brain Storm at Last, Bush Grasps a Medical Fact, Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune, S3586 [1MY]
Editorials and Opinions Against Corporate Expatriation (excerpts), S7699 [31JY]
Equity for Mental Illness, Washington (DC) Post, S8425 [10SE]
Police in Chechnya Accuse Russia's Troops of Murder, Patrick E. Tyler, New York (NY) Times, S1368 [28FE]
Toward Mental Health Parity, New York (NY) Times, S3586 [1MY]
U.S. Corporations Are Using Bermuda To Slash Tax Bills, David Cay Johnson, New York (NY) Times, S1149 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 2728), S6808 [15JY] (see S. 2800), S7431 [26JY]
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), S8457 [10SE]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S5366 [11JN]
Aviation: recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see S. Con. Res. 110), S4281 [13MY]
Children and youth: improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1258), S4065 [8MY]
———prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment and family violence (see S. 2998), S9116 [24SE]
Civil liberties: religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 2572), S8301 [5SE]
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]
Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see S. 2438), S3625 [1MY]
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), S8755 [18SE]
Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority to establish performance standards for the reduction of pathogens in meat and poultry processed by establishments receiving inspection services (see S. 2013), S6251 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: disclose information on projects that included testing of biological or chemical agents involving potential exposure of Armed Forces members to toxic agents (see S. 2704), S8093 [3SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (see S. 2184), S2828 [17AP]
Dept. of State: promote national security by expanding international educational and cultural exchange programs with the Islamic world (see S. 2505), S8385 [9SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see S. 2903), S8674 [17SE]
———standardize copayment exemption levels for outpatient medications (see S. 1408), S3626 [1MY]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis (see S. 2525), S4387 [15MY]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2246), S5697 [18JN]
———improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (see S. 2566), S4839 [23MY]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see S. 1549), S6014 [25JN]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see S. 2912), S8300 [5SE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: permit certain States and local educational agencies to obtain waivers of student testing requirements (see S. 2954), S8753 [18SE]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see S. 2210), S5632 [17JN]
Fair Labor Standards Act: ensure protection for child employees of traveling sales crews (see S. 2549), S4703 [22MY]
Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Res. 132), S2008 [18MR]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see S. 2626), S5584 [14JN]
Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 2874), S7900 [1AU]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see S. 812), S4703 [22MY]
Firefighters: authorize grants to States or communities to assist fire departments in meeting staffing standards (see S. 1617), S10572 [16OC]
———support goals and ideas of a day of tribute to all who have died in the line of duty and recognize importance of National Fallen Firefighters Foundation in assisting family members (see S. Con. Res. 142), S10573 [16OC]
Foreign aid: authorize economic and democratic development assistance for Afghanistan and military assistance for Afghanistan and certain other foreign countries (see S. 2712), S8093 [3SE]
Foreign trade: implement an importation requirement system for diamonds (see S. 2027), S8092 [3SE]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see S. 2489), S6650 [11JY]
———establish health plan purchasing alliances (see S. 2035), S6362 [8JY]
———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 2860), S8301 [5SE]
———reduce the health risks posed by asbestos-containing products (see S. 2641), S5696 [18JN]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see S. Con. Res. 115), S4704 [22MY]
Human rights: condemn the use of torture, and other forms of cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment or punishment in the U.S. and other countries, and express support for victims (see S. Con. Res. 124), S6127 [26JN]
Immigration: provide refugee status to foreign nationals who assist in the return of POW/MIA (see S. 1339), S4968 [4JN]
International Women's Day: designate (see S. Res. 223), S1705 [8MR]
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 S. 2189), S2829 [17AP]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (see S. 1749), S2369 [8AP]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see S. 572), S7309 [24JY]
———increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States (see S. 2221), S5697 [18JN]
———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 987), S10360 [10OC]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 1298), S8201 [4SE]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 2625), S5584 [14JN]
———enhance beneficiary access to quality health care services (see S. 3018), S10678 [17OC]
———ensure the quality of, and access to, skilled nursing facility services (see S. 2490), S4891 [3JN]
———extend availability of cost contracts (see S. 1224), S8300 [5SE]
———improve access to Medicare+Choice plans for special needs beneficiaries (see S. 2557), S9033 [23SE]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see S. 2615), S5454 [12JN]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see S. 1350), S7372 [25JY]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see S. 2614), S8301 [5SE]
———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see S. 2232), S4065 [8MY]
Mental health: protect individuals who need mental health services (see S. 2393), S3505 [29AP]
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]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see S. 2611), S5366 [11JN]
National Civilian Conservation Corps Day: designate (see S. Res. 207), S1394 [1MR]
National Donor Day: designate (see S. Res. 210), S853 [14FE]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see S. Res. 324), S8384 [9SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 830), S7744 [31JY]
National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 326), S8565 [12SE]
National Medical Services Week: designate (see S. Con. Res. 112), S4568 [20MY]
Native Americans: Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs (see S. 550), S2485 [10AP]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see S. 1379), S6127 [26JN]
Pakistan: welcome President Pervez Musharraf upon U.S. visit and commend leadership and friendship (see S. Con. Res. 96), S660 [12FE]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see S. 2667), S9117 [24SE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see S. 2244), S3303 [24AP]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 292), S6127 [26JN]
Poverty: increase foreign assistance to combat global poverty (see S. Res. 182), S33 [23JA]
Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determining limits on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2070), S5773 [19JN]
———improve access to adequate and affordable housing under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2116), S3844 [2MY]
———improve provision of education and job training under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2548), S4703 [22MY]
———promote secure and healthy families under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2876), S7900 [1AU]
Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see S. 1991), S6014 [25JN]
Russia: condition any bilateral trade agreements on the protection of religious freedoms and emigration, within the context of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment (see S. Res. 234), S2485 [10AP]
SBA: establish the Office of Native American Affairs and create the Native American Small Business Development Program (see S. 2335), S3435 [25AP]
Senate Rules: prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation (see S. Res. 294), S6250 [27JN]
Small business: recognize role in national defense and encourage government purchase of innovative technologies and services from small businesses to help in homeland defense and the fight against terrorism (see S. Res. 264), S5773 [19JN]
Social Security: computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see S. 611), S7164 [22JY]
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), S8754 [18SE]
Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S5366 [11JN]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see S. 2596), S7309 [24JY]
———limit manufacturers' deduction for advertising of FDA approved prescription drugs to the level of research and development expenditures (see S. 2486), S4064 [8MY]
———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 654), S8754 [18SE]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 917), S8754 [18SE]
———treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such entities (see S. 2119), S5367 [11JN]
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), S4330 [14MY]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see S. 1917), S1252 [27FE]
U.S. Consensus Council: establish (see S. 1651), S9230 [25SE]
Unemployment: extend and improve unemployment benefits program and expand to include part-time and low-wage workers (see S. 2892), S8674 [17SE]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (see S. Res. 237), S2578 [11AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (see S. Res. 236), S2578 [11AP]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see S. 786), S7034 [18JY]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2051), S4891 [3JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Afghanistan: protection of Afghan refugees (see S. Res. 235), S2485 [10AP]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (see S.J. Res. 37), S4330 [14MY]
Children and youth: meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see S. 1965), S1208 [26FE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (see S. Res. 252), S3435 [25AP]
Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association: establish (see S. 3143), S10676 [17OC]
Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (see S. 2236), S3303 [24AP]
ERISA: increase the maximum levels of guaranteed single-employer plan benefits (see S. 2875), S7900 [1AU]
———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see S. 2904), S8300 [5SE]
———provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see S. 1919), S487 [7FE]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (see S. 2002), S1705 [8MR]
Medicaid: require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to State drug discount programs to participate in Medicaid drug rebate agreements and increase rebate payments to State Medicaid programs (see S. 3142), S10676 [17OC]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see S. 2617), S5535 [13JN]
NTSB: require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (see S. 2580), S5041 [5JN]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 2610), S5366 [11JN]
Russia: condemn human rights violations in Chechnya and urge a political solution to the conflict (see S. Res. 213), S1351 [28FE]
Taxation: treat nominally foreign corporations created through inversion transactions as domestic corporations (see S. 2050), S2260 [21MR]
Telephones: require written consent by the consumer for disclosure of customer proprietary network information (see S. 1928), S586 [11FE]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (see S. 2900), S8092 [3SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 3009), S9426 [26SE]
University of Minnesota: tribute to wrestling team (see S. Res. 238), S2578 [11AP]
Voting: require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see S. 2226), S3165 [23AP]
Cloture motions
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S4519 [17MY], S4590 [21MY]
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]
Carmona, Richard H.: nomination to be Surgeon General, S7019 [18JY], S7189 [23JY]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S2352 [8AP], S2429 [10AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8652 [17SE], S8889 [19SE]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8589 [13SE], S8662 [17SE], S9025 [23SE]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S7299 [24JY], S7462 [29JY]
Letters
Veterans health care funding: several Senators, S4949 [4JN]
———several veterans organizations, S4949 [4JN]
Lists
Corporate runaways and fiscal year 2001 Federal contracts, S7692 [31JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
Senate, S3111 [23AP]
Privilege of the floor
Balsky, Tanya, S2857 [17AP]
Boehland, Nicolette, S5388 [11JN]
Buoen, Justin, S673 [12FE]
Denk, William, S8229 [4SE]
Hanley, Brian, S5878 [20JN]
Hertel, Amy, S5558 [13JN]
Kerr, Bob, S8472 [10SE]
Kerr, Robert, S9177
Kockler, Rebecca, S5878 [20JN]
Marcott, Lauren, S4509 [16MY]
McKein, Britt G., S6872 [16JY]
McKeon, Richard, S6873 [16JY]
Misterek, Michael, S1376 [28FE]
Scholder, Jeffrey, S9177
Sjue, Bjorn, S8472 [10SE]
Trenda, Erin, S3967 [7MY]
Wasserman, Cheryl, S569 [8FE]
Wright, Fiona, S3575 [30AP], S6592 [10JY]
Remarks
Afghanistan: protection of Afghan refugees (S. Res. 235), S2490 [10AP]
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, S3917 [7MY], S4019 [8MY]
———continue certain programs (S. 1731), S413, S415, S417, S421 [6FE], S514, S515 [8FE], S613, S615, S624, S625, S626, S651 [12FE], S688 [13FE]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance, S8148 [4SE], S8237 [5SE], S8394, S8402 [10SE]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), S3816, S3817 [2MY], S4112 [9MY], S4320 [14MY], S4346, S4350, S4352 [15MY], S4462, S4466, S4467, S4470, S4471, S4472 [16MY], S4583, S4584, S4585, S4588, S4589 [21MY], S4676, S4678, S4681 [22MY], S4798 [23MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, S7786 [1AU]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), motion to proceed, S3532 [30AP]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), S4948 [4JN], S5026, S5027 [5JN], S5126, S5153, S5158, S5166 [6JN]
———making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), conference report, S7266 [24JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, S2780 [17AP]
———use oil and gas revenues to sustain and consolidate domestic steel producers, provide health insurance to retired steelworkers, and increase steel production to build natural gas pipeline, S2780 [17AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (S.J. Res. 45), S9865 [3OC], S10089 [8OC]
Army: allow reallocation of funding from Crusader artillery system program to other indirect fire or future combat systems and clarify decisionmaking process, S5731 [19JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, S334 [5FE], S1149 [26FE]
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), S6524, S6526 [10JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, S7361, S7363 [25JY]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule that lowers the Medicaid upper payment limit for non-State owned or operated hospitals (S.J. Res. 37), S4333 [14MY]
Chemicals: improve Federal safety regulations relative to processing of reactive chemicals, S10665 [17OC]
Children and youth: meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (S. 1965), S1210 [26FE]
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations in Tibet (S. Res. 252), S3448
Colombia: support democratically elected Government and efforts to counter threats from terrorist organizations, S5126-S5129, S5166 [6JN]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (S. 625), S5331 [11JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish pilot programs to assist in the development of a carbon sequestration inventory and accounting system, S3398 [25AP]
———expand the value-added agricultural product market development grant program, S4019 [8MY]
———nutrition programs funding, S651 [12FE]
———restrict commodity and crop insurance payments to land that has a cropping history, and restore food stamp benefits to certain legal immigrants, S421 [6FE]
———restrict use of Environmental Quality Incentive Program funds for confined livestock feeding operations, S413, S415, S417 [6FE], S615, S624, S625, S626 [12FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2514), S5731 [19JN], S6220 [27JN]
———domestic violence prevention and victims advocacy programs funding, S7718, S7719 [31JY], S7805 [1AU]
———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 5011), S6974 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), S7686, S7687, S7689, S7690, S7691, S7692, S7693, S7694, S7695, S7698, S7699, S7700, S7718, S7719, S7723 [31JY], S7805 [1AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5010), conference report, S10521, S10523 [16OC]
———muscular dystrophy research funding, S7723 [31JY]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S7686, S7687, S7689, S7690, S7691, S7692, S7693, S7694, S7695, S7698, S7699, S7700 [31JY], S7805 [1AU]
Dept. of Energy: enhance national laboratory mission areas through technology transfer and partnerships (S. 517), S1842 [13MR], S1907, S1908 [14MR], S2057, S2058 [19MR], S2437, S2464 [10AP], S2780 [17AP], S3137 [23AP]
Dept. of HHS: certify safety and cost savings relative to commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6925 [17JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), S8155, S8183, S8185 [4SE], S8257, S8259, S8261 [5SE], S9057 [24SE]
———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, S8154, S8155, S8183, S8185 [4SE], S8257, S8259, S8261 [5SE]
Dept. of Labor: reissuance of a rule relative to ergonomics (S. 2184), S2838
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), S8148 [4SE], S8237 [5SE], S8394, S8402 [10SE], S9025 [23SE]
Diseases: expand assistance to countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, S5153, S5158 [6JN]
Domestic violence: provide coverage for screening and treatment, improve response of health care systems, and train health care providers and facilities on screening, identification, and treatment for families (S. 2236), S3304 [24AP]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction to fund certain Federal programs, S1850 [13MR]
Education: funding, S3587 [1MY]
———improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness (S. 2566), S4860 [23MY]
———reduce dropout rate of Hispanic high school students, S6051 [26JN]
———require use of variable interest rates to consolidate student loans to fund shortfall in Pell Grant Program, S3539 [30AP], S3587 [1MY]
Electric power: establish Federal renewable electric energy generation standards, S1907, S1908 [14MR]
———establish State renewable electric energy generation standards, S2058 [19MR]
———provide consumer protections and reliability in the provision of electric power, S2437 [10AP]
Employment: workforce training programs funding, S7266 [24JY]
ERISA: increase the maximum levels of guaranteed single-employer plan benefits (S. 2875), S7940 [1AU]
———provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (S. 1919), S491 [7FE]
Families and domestic relations: enable domestic violence hotline operators to access an Internet site to immediately direct callers to an available shelter (S. 2002), S1706 [8MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), S6895, S6896, S6897, S6898, S6925 [17JY], S7197 [23JY], S7289 [24JY], S7540 [30JY]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (S. 812), motion to proceed, S6819, S6842 [16JY]
FERC: require additional findings for approval of an electric utility merger, S2464 [10AP]
Floods: disaster assistance to Minnesota, S6178 [27JN], S7243, S7266 [24JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary, S657
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (S.J. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S6451, S6453 [9JY]
Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (S. 2600), S5490 [13JN]
———restrict rate increases for terrorism risks, S5490 [13JN]
Iron and steel industry: make certain steelworker retirees eligible for temporary health benefits under trade adjustment assistance programs, S4112 [9MY], S4462, S4466, S4467, S4470, S4471, S4472 [16MY], S4584, S4585, S4588, S4589 [21MY]
———remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (S. 2189), S3159
———respond to the surge of steel imports, S1332 [28FE]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism, S3816, S3817 [2MY]
Lancaster, Joan E.: nomination to be district judge, S3418 [25AP]
Law enforcement: improve security at U.S. borders (H.R. 3525), S2925 [18AP]
Medicaid: increase Federal Medical Assistance Percentage to States, S7289 [24JY]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S7197 [23JY], S7540 [30JY]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (S. 2625), S6181 [27JN]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure, S7197 [23JY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), S5823 [20JN]
———improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (S. 2615), S5460 [12JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (H.R. 4066), S5129 [6JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (S. 543), S3586, S3587 [1MY], S8425-S8427 [10SE]
Middle East: hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians, S2479 [10AP], S3114 [23AP], S3531 [30AP], S3816, S3817 [2MY], S5767 [19JN], S6051 [26JN], S7303 [24JY]
———Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S1850 [13MR]
Minnesota: importance of State Fair, S8154 [4SE]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (S. 2617), S5536 [13JN]
———renewable fuel content requirements, S3137 [23AP]
NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, S3534-S3539 [30AP], S4346 [15MY]
National forests: implement an emergency hazardous fuels reduction plan, S9025 [23SE]
NTSB: require investigation of all fatal railroad grade crossing accidents (S. 2580), S5044 [5JN]
Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S514, S515 [8FE]
———study proposal to prohibit packers from owning, feeding, or controlling livestock intended for slaughter, S514, S515 [8FE]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada, S6895, S6897, S6898, S6925 [17JY]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (S. 2244), S3318 [24AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), S2097 [20MR]
Power resources: national energy policy, S1842 [13MR], S1907, S1908 [14MR], S2057, S2058 [19MR], S2437, S2464 [10AP], S2780 [17AP], S3137 [23AP]
Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S3418 [25AP]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (S. 2610), S5371 [11JN]
Russia: condemn human rights violations in Chechnya and urge a political solution to the conflict (S. Res. 213), S1366-S1369 [28FE]
Senate: executive session, unanimous-consent request, S3418 [25AP]
Smith, D. Brooks: nomination to be circuit judge, S7652 [31JY]
Smith, Lavenski R.: confirmation as circuit judge, S6943 [17JY]
Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, S5434 [12JN]
———make repeal of estate and gift taxes permanent, S333, S334 [5FE], S688 [13FE]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent, S5351 [11JN], S5425, S5434 [12JN]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S5351 [11JN], S5425, S5434 [12JN]
———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax, S1150 [26FE]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, S59 [24JA], S197 [29JA], S333, S334 [5FE], S393 [6FE]
———treat nominally foreign corporations created through inversion transactions as domestic corporations (S. 2050), S2272 [21MR]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), S59 [24JA], S197 [29JA], S333, S334 [5FE], S393 [6FE]
———treatment of interest on student loans, S3587 [1MY]
Telecommunications: application of antitrust policy, S3586 [1MY]
Telephones: require written consent by the consumer for disclosure of customer proprietary network information (S. 1928), S587
Terrorism: improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, S4781 [23MY]
Thomas E. Burnett, Jr. Post Office Building, Bloomington, MN: designate (S. 2900), S8100 [3SE], S8194 [4SE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, S4112 [9MY], S4462, S4466, S4467, S4470, S4471, S4472 [16MY], S4584, S4585, S4588, S4589 [21MY]
Treaties and agreements: establish additional criteria for reviewing the impact of trade agreements on employment, S4346, S4350, S4352 [15MY]
———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, S3532 [30AP], S4320 [14MY], S4346, S4350, S4352 [15MY], S4676, S4678, S4681 [22MY], S4798 [23MY], S7786 [1AU]
———limit application of trade authority procedures, S4320 [14MY]
———require participants in trade agreements to protect human rights and democracy, S4676, S4678, S4681 [22MY], S4798 [23MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S197 [29JA], S333, S334 [5FE], S393 [6FE]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), S9429 [26SE], S9662 [1OC], S10137, S10138 [9OC]
———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 3009), unanimous-consent request, S9662, S9663 [1OC], S10484, S10485, S10486 [16OC]
University of Minnesota: tribute to men's hockey team (S. Res. 237), S2480 [10AP]
———tribute to wrestling team (S. Res. 238), S2480 [10AP]
University of Minnesota Duluth: tribute to women's hockey team (S. Res. 236), S2480 [10AP]
Veterans: health care funding, S4948 [4JN], S7266 [24JY]
———honor and commend the Lao Veterans of America, Inc., Laotian and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War, and their families, for their historic contributions to the U.S. (H. Con. Res. 406), S10777 [17OC]
Votes: position on missed, S279
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (H.R. 3295), conference report, S10499 [16OC]
White Bear Lake, MN: tribute to students participating in National History Day exhibition, S5450
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S3919 [7MY], S4472 [16MY]
Summaries
Domestic Violence Screening and Services Act (S. 2236), S3305 [24AP]
Retirement Security Protection Act (S. 1919), S492 [7FE]
Texts of
S. 2580, Fatal Grade Crossing Accident Investigations Act, S5045 [5JN]
Tributes
Arons, Bernard S., S9227
Dart, Justin W., Jr., S6051 [26JN]
Helms, Senator, S9791 [2OC]
Inouye, Senator, S7684 [31JY]
Johannsen, Walter (Bud), S1672