WEXLER, ROBERT (a Representative from Florida)
Addresses
Friends Indeed: Chen Wu Sue-jen, E1728
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6304 [17SE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H1088 [20MR]
———prohibit use of polar bears in circuses (see H.R. 3932), H832 [12MR]
Armed Forces: extend the deadline for granting posthumous citizenship to members who die while on active-duty service (see H.R. 2623), H36 [23JA]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3230 [5JN]
Arthur (Pappy) Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 628), H1154 [9AP]
Aviation: crash of Transporte Aereo Militar Ecuatoriano (TAME) Flight 120 (see H. Con. Res. 313), H141 [5FE]
———develop technologies that will enable future aircraft with significantly lower noise, emissions, and fuel consumption and reinvigorate basic and applied research in aeronautics and aviation (see H.R. 4653), H4069 [26JN]
Baumel, Zachary: anniversary of capture, and calling on Syria and Lebanon to locate and secure return along with other Israeli soldiers missing in action (see H. Con. Res. 417), H3563 [13JN]
Beaches: assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as hurricane, storm damage, and environmental restoration benefits (see H.R. 3842), H1284 [11AP]
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 (see H.R. 5070), H4606 [15JY]
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers to establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 4947), H4554 [11JY]
Campanella, Roy: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 127), H4606 [15JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———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]
Center for International Human Rights: establish (see H.R. 5528), H7172 [7OC]
Chen Wu Sue-jen: visit to U.S. (see H. Res. 533), H6560 [24SE]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H5195 [23JY]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———ensure health coverage, promote parental support and family stability, improve early education and child care, reduce poverty, create youth development programs, and provide a safe environment (see H.R. 1990), H3229 [5JN]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H907 [13MR]
———tribute to ``Code Adam'' child safety program and commend and encourage implementation of abduction prevention programs in retail business establishments (see H. Res. 556), H6693 [25SE]
Computers: limit liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks (see H.R. 5211), H5789 [25JY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H833 [12MR]
Correctional institutions: analyze the incidence and effects of prison rape and provide information, resources, recommendations, and funding to protect individuals from such offenses (see H.R. 4943), H4554 [11JY]
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 1488), H1410 [17AP]
Crime: require purchases of firearms, ammunition, and explosives be made in person and keep records on the means of purchase (see H.R. 4101), H1153 [9AP]
Croatia: anniversary of U.S. recognition (see H. Res. 454), H6061 [4SE]
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 H.R. 5060), H4554 [11JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 5703), H8044 [28OC]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2946 [22MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish an office to monitor acts of international terrorism alleged to have been committed by Palestinian individuals or organizations (see H.R. 2098), H6060 [4SE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (see H.R. 3630), H5998 [26JY]
———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H8035 [21OC]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1533 [23AP]
Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 5458), H9025 [14NO]
Disasters: reduce impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related natural hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer (see H.R. 3592), H4498 [10JY]
Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H6783 [30SE]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 629), H1154 [9AP]
Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 3912), H1156 [9AP]
———establish a pilot program to encourage certification of teachers in low-income, low-performing public elementary and secondary schools by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (see H.R. 4599), H6060 [4SE]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H8051 [31OC]
———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H4873 [17JY]
———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs, and to staff such programs (see H.R. 5036), H6061 [4SE]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H1410 [17AP]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3038 [23MY]
Families and domestic relations: improve collection of child support arrears in interstate cases (see H.R. 5061), H6926 [1OC]
———increase U.S. commitment to the health of the world's mothers and children (see H. Con. Res. 404), H2946 [22MY]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H105 [29JA]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H2019 [1MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H1620 [24AP]
———provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5272), H6304 [17SE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H4425 [9JY]
———improve enforcement and compliance programs (see H.R. 5079), H4424 [9JY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H142 [5FE]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6927 [1OC]
Firearms: ensure greater accountability by licensed dealers (see H.R. 4193), H1282 [11AP]
———expand Dept. of the Treasury regulation of manufacture, distribution, and sale of weapons and ammunition (see H.R. 671), H366 [13FE]
———improve the national instant criminal background check system (see H.R. 4757), H2607 [16MY]
———regulate certain sniper weapons in the same manner as machine guns and other firearms (see H.R. 3182), H105 [29JA]
———regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H79 [24JA]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 355), H2356 [9MY]
Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 329), H634 [27FE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H6230 [11SE]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
———require insurance coverage of bone mass measurements and inform women concerning reproductive and post-menopausal health care choices (see H.R. 1683), H1003 [19MR]
Health care facilities: establish a program to provide screenings and treatment for cancer to minority and other populations served by health centers (see H.R. 3336), H1003 [19MR]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
History: recognize historical significance of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 297), H5998 [26JY]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H2662 [20MY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6304 [17SE]
Indonesia: condemn bombings in Bali and urge renewed effort to the international war on terrorism (see H. Res. 589), H8546 [12NO]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H833 [12MR]
———establish a Federal program to provide reinsurance to improve the availability of homeowners' insurance (see H.R. 4025), H1620 [24AP]
———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 5471), H9036 [19NO]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H2662 [20MY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6230 [11SE]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H1483 [18AP]
Johnson, Henry: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 3890), H1091 [20MR]
Joseph W. Westmoreland Post Office Building, Jay, FL: designate (see H.R. 3960), H906 [13MR]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4425 [9JY]
Korean Americans: mint coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Korean immigration to the U.S. (see H.R. 5476), H6983 [2OC]
Law enforcement: establish a national database of firearms ballistics information and require firearms manufacturers to provide ballistics information about new firearms (see H.R. 408), H8041 [24OC]
———provide forensic and investigative support of missing and exploited children (see H.R. 5389), H8023 [16OC]
———require ballistics testing of all firearms manufactured and all firearms in custody of Federal agencies (see H.R. 5663), H8051 [31OC]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H561 [26FE]
Legislative branch of the Government: establish program to reimburse employees for costs of graduate school tuition and fees (see H.R. 4554), H5453 [24JY]
Mederos, Eriberto: posthumously revoke naturalization (see H.R. 5737), H9023 [14NO]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H5997 [26JY]
———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H2945 [22MY]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H36 [23JA]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1522), H1533 [23AP]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H9025 [14NO]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H1090 [20MR]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H1155 [9AP]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H1003 [19MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H1090 [20MR]
———provide for continuous open enrollment and disenrollment in Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3267), H8546 [12NO]
———reduce work hours and increase supervision of resident-physicians to ensure the safety of both patients and resident-physicians (see H.R. 3236), H785 [11MR]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2735 [21MY]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H6926 [1OC]
———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H8035 [21OC]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1338 [16AP]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2735 [21MY]
National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 2349), H36 [23JA]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H5998 [26JY]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3514 [12JN]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H2607 [16MY]
National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4932 [18JY]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5195 [23JY]
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), H3161 [4JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1091 [20MR]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 3437), H1284 [11AP]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H3454 [11JN]
NATO: affirm importance, support continued U.S. participation, and ensure that enlargement proceeds in a manner consistent with U.S. interests (see H. Res. 468), H6085 [5SE]
NIH: establish Office of Rare Diseases (see H.R. 4013), H1620 [24AP]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H833 [12MR]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H8023 [16OC]
Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H4931 [18JY]
PLO: impose certain travel and diplomatic sanctions on officials in the U.S., seize assets in the U.S., and require a report on any acts of terrorism until a peace plan is implemented (see H.R. 4693), H3562 [13JN]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 1861), H4605 [15JY]
Public Health Service Act: amend to provide services for the prevention of family violence (see H.R. 4916), H3513 [12JN]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6304 [17SE]
———reauthorize and reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3625), H1484 [18AP]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5791 [25JY]
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), H8023 [16OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 5541), H7304 [8OC]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H833 [12MR]
Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: ensure coverage of National Guard troops mobilized for support services in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4017), H1769 [30AP]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H1770 [30AP]
Tariff: provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H3859 [24JN]
Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H6250 [12SE]
———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H1200 [10AP]
———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), H4872 [17JY]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H5998 [26JY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1090 [20MR]
———treatment of expenses in connection with services as a member of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 968), H201 [6FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———compensate victims of bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa on the same basis as compensation is provided to victims of attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3375), H367 [13FE]
Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H8035 [21OC]
Tibet: recognize authorities who are currently exiled in Dharamsala, India, as the legitimate representatives of Tibet (see H. Res. 357), H687 [5MR]
Turkey: commend cooperation in the war against terrorism, economic reforms, and economic partnership meetings (see H. Con. Res. 334), H561 [26FE] (see H. Con. Res. 437), H4425 [9JY]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6251 [12SE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 5491), H8051 [31OC]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———issue commemorative postage stamp honoring Purple Heart recipients (see H. Con. Res. 104), H6061 [4SE]
———recognize the importance of veterans to the U.S. and express support for the goals of Veterans Educate Today's Students (VETS) Day (see H. Con. Res. 20), H5998 [26JY]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3792), H834 [12MR]
Water Resources Development Act: limit the non-Federal share of the cost of shore protection projects (see H.R. 3749), H651 [28FE]
William C. Cramer Post Office Building, St. Petersburg, FL: designate (see H.R. 5145), H4766 [16JY]
Women: increase financial and programmatic contributions to advancing the status of women and girls in low-income countries around the world (see H.R. 4114), H1289 [15AP]
Wood: prohibit use of arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment, children's products, fences, walkways, decks, and other residential purposes (see H.R. 4707), H2355 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: freeze and repeal portions of the tax reduction and apply savings to a comprehensive Medicare outpatient prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 3757), H366 [13FE]
Foreign policy: commend continued political, economic, cultural, and strategic partnerships and support of war on terrorism by Turkey and Israel (see H. Con. Res. 327), H284 [12FE]
Seminole Tribe of Florida: allow lands not held in trust to be mortgaged, leased, or transferred without further approval by the U.S. (see H.R. 4853), H3037 [23MY]
Turkey: membership in European Union (see H. Res. 594), H8023 [16OC]
Remarks
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7219 [8OC]
Boca Raton, FL: effects of anthrax contamination and related clean-up costs, H5245 [23JY]
Chen Wu Sue-jen: visit to U.S., E1728
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5245 [23JY]
Foundation Fighting Blindness: tribute, E677
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H582 [27FE]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), H2086 [2MY]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4293
Saudia Arabia: U.S. policy relative to war on terrorism, E1166
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6190 [11SE]
Turkey: tribute to documentary film ``Desperate Hours'' recounting assistance to Jews during World War II, E888