THOMPSON, BENNIE G. (a Representative from Mississippi)

Addresses

Racial Equality: Medgar W. Evers, H5375 [16JN]

Appointments

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, H1875 [13MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (see H.R. 3242), H9688 [17OC]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2042), H9377 [8OC]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H4978 [4JN]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H7839 [3SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H12312 [21NO]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 103), H2270 [20MR]

Arms control: promote the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (see H. Res. 291), H9479 [15OC]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H3571 [30AP]

Aviation: improve air cargo security (see H.R. 2455), H5365 [12JN]

Baltimore, MD: authorize assistance for the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and Justice Learning Center (see H.R. 2424), H5265 [11JN]

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H. Res. 389), H10458 [5NO]

Blackwell, Lucien E.: tribute (see H. Res. 169), H2586 [1AP]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Bunche, Ralph: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 71), H6604 [10JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: revise women's suffrage statue located in the Capitol rotunda to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth (see H.R. 601), H5663 [19JN]

Children and youth: amend State grant eligibility for foster care agencies that have knowledge of missing foster children who are under the responsibility of the State (see H.R. 2582), H7618 [24JY]

———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H1954 [18MR]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H9819 [24OC]

———provide opportunities to improve the lives of all children and enable them to reach their fullest potential (see H.R. 936), H9982 [28OC]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington (see H. Res. 352), H7839 [3SE]

———provide equal access to opportunity in education, business, and employment and support affirmative action programs in securing such equal access (see H. Res. 32), H171 [27JA]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1613), H3858 [8MY]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H8491 [23SE]

Commission To Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans: establish (see H.R. 40), H53 [7JA]

Community development: correct certain inequities in the second round of designation of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 593), H2402 [26MR]

Contracts: require Federal contractors to possess a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics (see H.R. 1218), H7169 [18JY]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 1434), H11651 [19NO]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices (see H.R. 2407), H5173 [10JN]

———protect consumers from unfair and deceptive practices by organizations providing debt counseling, debt consolidation, or debt settlement services (see H.R. 3331), H9686 [17OC]

Credit cards: require issuers to mail monthly statements at least 30 days before the due date of the next payment (see H.R. 1573), H2703 [2AP]

Crime: amend laws relative to bail bond forfeitures (see H.R. 2134), H4204 [15MY]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Delta/Black Belt Regional Authority: establish to provide community and economic development in the distressed Southern Black Belt and Mississippi Delta region (see H.R. 678), H1467 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see H.R. 955), H1642 [5MR]

———provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve and authorize loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels (see H.R. 130), H4738 [22MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care (see H.R. 3588), H12307 [21NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and implement the Responsive Emergency Alert and Dissemination of Information Call (READICall) System (see H.R. 2250), H4736 [22MY]

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 1077), H1515 [4MR]

———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 1981), H3682 [6MY]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 1673), H7225 [21JY]

Dept. of State: establish position of Iraqi Reconstruction Coordinator (see H. Res. 404), H9614 [16OC]

Dept. of the Interior: 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. 1130), H4978 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase drug copayment for treatment of non-service-connected disabilities and increase pension rates for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 627), H1396 [26FE]

Diseases: authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 2553), H6604 [10JY]

———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 2986), H9215 [2OC]

———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H5713 [23JN]

———increase testing of pregnant women and newborn infants for HIV infection (see H.R. 2049), H3973 [9MY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 1916), H3635 [1MY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress (see H.R. 1285), H4788 [2JN]

Doby, Lawrence E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 235), H6707 [14JY]

Ecology and environment: constitutional amendment on the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment (see H.J. Res. 33), H7170 [18JY]

Economy: constitutional amendment on the right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 35), H7170 [18JY]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H1515 [4MR]

———extend student loan forgiveness to Head Start teachers (see H.R. 2291), H4786 [2JN]

———provide a grant program for gifted and talented students (see H.R. 1191), H2132 [19MR]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 236), H134 [8JA]

———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 1752), H6465 [9JY]

Employment: establish a living wage, and a policy providing jobs for everyone in the U.S. and its territories (see H.R. 1040), H2703 [2AP]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

ERISA: joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 323), H274 [4FE]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H8017 [5SE]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 1063), H3762 [7MY]

FCC: invalidate ruling on media ownership rules (see H.R. 2462), H6349 [8JY]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H6602 [10JY]

Federal aid programs: support programs to end homelessness in the U.S. (see H.R. 2897), H7781 [25JY]

Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3426), H10236 [30OC]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H6707 [14JY]

———health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see H.R. 3014), H7949 [4SE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to new animal drugs (see H.R. 2079), H4011 [13MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 962), H12311 [21NO]

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. 111), H2939 [8AP]

Fire prevention: authorize collaborative forest restoration and wildland mitigation projects on public and private lands, and improve implementation of the National Fire Plan (see H.R. 1042), H3453 [29AP]

———improve capacity to plan and conduct hazardous fuels reduction projects and enhance efforts to protect watersheds and address threats to forest and rangeland health (see H.R. 1904), H3634 [1MY]

Food: ensure that consumers receive information about the nutritional content of restaurant foods (see H.R. 3444), H10457 [5NO]

———include the imposition of civil monetary penalties for violations of meat and poultry inspection regulations (see H.R. 1003), H1463 [27FE]

Haiti: express need to reengage Congress and the Administration regarding social conditions and need for poverty reduction (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1813 [12MR]

———provide assistance to combat infectious diseases and establish a comprehensive health infrastructure (see H.R. 3386), H10129 [29OC]

Head Start Program: tribute (see H. Res. 238), H6465 [9JY]

Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H7170 [18JY]

———establish demonstration projects for States to provide universal, comprehensive, and cost-effective health care coverage with simplified administration (see H.R. 2979), H7784 [25JY]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research, coordinate efforts on transplantation, make transplantation a standard therapy, and provide Medicare coverage of certain transplantations (see H.R. 1068), H2132 [19MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H390 [11FE] (see H.R. 1200), H7454 [23JY] (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3684 [6MY]

———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 2157), H4529 [21MY]

———provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H1394 [26FE]

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. 1868), H3452 [29AP]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy (see H.R. 2239), H9614 [16OC]

Higher Education Act: improve opportunity for Federal student loan borrowers to consolidate their loans at reasonable interest rates (see H.R. 2504), H6465 [9JY]

———permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and increase Pell Grant maximum awards (see H.R. 2505), H6465 [9JY]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H1335 [25FE]

Hope, Bob: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H8016 [5SE]

Housing: combat unfair and deceptive practices in the high-cost mortgage market, establish a consumer mortgage protection board, and establish licensing and minimum standards for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 833), H4255 [19MY]

———constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 32), H7170 [18JY]

Immigration: adjust status of certain Montserrat nationals (see H.R. 603), H5664 [19JN]

Independent Commission on Intelligence About Iraq: establish (see H.R. 2625), H7787 [25JY]

Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies and lymph node removals relative to breast cancer (see H.R. 1886), H3570 [30AP]

———extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see H.R. 1110), H3637 [1MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 1910), H5089 [9JN]

———promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H7787 [25JY]

———treatment of fertility and impotence in health care coverage under group health plans, health insurance coverage, and health plans under the Federal employees' health benefits program (see H.R. 1852), H4788 [2JN]

Intelligence services: create an independent commission or select House committee to investigate U.S. intelligence relating to Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Res. 410), H9812 [21OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H9738 [20OC]

Iraq: require disclosure of noncompetitive contracting for post-conflict reconstruction (see H.R. 1901), H4131 [14MY]

Iron and steel industry: reinstate safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H.R. 3699), H12920 [8DE]

Jackson, Maynard H., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 303), H6263 [26JN]

Johnson, Shoshana N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 210), H5045 [5JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H320 [5FE]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H6464 [9JY]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9615 [16OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1955 [18MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H3052 [9AP]

Leland, Mickey: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

Major Henry A. Commiskey, Sr. Post Office Building, Hattiesburg, MS: designate (see H.R. 2438), H5266 [11JN]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 256), H7617 [24JY]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12311 [21NO]

Martin, Phillip: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1628), H6604 [10JY]

McCool, William C.: rename Guam South Elementary/Middle School of the Dept. of Defense Domestic Dependents Elementary and Secondary Schools System in honor (see H.R. 672), H1334 [25FE]

Medicaid: provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1214), H9478 [15OC]

Medicare: coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1477), H2471 [27MR]

———coverage of infertility treatment services for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 969), H4787 [2JN]

———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 1199), H1744 [11MR]

———reform payment method for covered drugs, drug administration services, and chemotherapy support services (see H.R. 1622), H4739 [22MY]

———remove inpatient limitation on the proportion of hospice care that certain rural hospice programs may provide (see H.R. 754), H5174 [10JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve payments to certain health care service providers (see H.R. 3549), H12312 [21NO]

———require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 3355), H9811 [21OC]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 953), H1812 [12MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H11360 [17NO]

Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 2689), H6464 [9JY]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8082 [9SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H6868 [15JY]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 1102), H1640 [5MR]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 371), H4011 [13MY]

National Epilepsy Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 194), H9738 [20OC]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 82), H705 [13FE]

National security: establish a task force to assess State and local capabilities in dealing with terrorism and make grants to such jurisdictions to achieve those capabilities (see H.R. 3158), H8904 [24SE]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 898), H5366 [12JN]

———clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 731), H460 [12FE]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H9214 [2OC]

NSF: provide grants for digital and wireless network technology programs at historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities (see H.R. 2801), H7788 [25JY]

Office of Technology Assessment: reestablish (see H.R. 125), H1902 [13MR]

Paderewski, Ignacy J.: tribute and anniversary of the return of his remains to Poland (see H. Res. 58), H5268 [11JN]

Patsy Takemoto Mink Post Office Building, Paia, HI: designate (see H.R. 2030), H3856 [8MY]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pensions: protect employee benefits in defined benefit plans and enforce age discrimination requirements that apply to conversion of pension plans to cash balance plans (see H.R. 1677), H2938 [8AP]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 2497), H7020 [16JY]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H5714 [23JN]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 919), H4131 [14MY]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (see H.R. 2826), H7453 [23JY]

Rudolph, Wilma G.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2833), H7454 [23JY]

Rumsfeld, Sec. of Defense: request resignation (see H. Con. Res. 323), H11133 [7NO]

Schools: provide a model for school districts based on experience of the District of Columbia in establishing fully accountable public alternatives to traditional public schools (see H.R. 2669), H6604 [10JY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2262), H4736 [22MY]

Sisulu, Walter: tribute (see H. Res. 237), H5089 [9JN]

Small business: establish a pilot program for lending to small, nonprofit child care businesses (see H.R. 3099), H8283 [16SE]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H3571 [30AP]

Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 2205), H4978 [4JN]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 97), H8016 [5SE]

Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act: extend the mortgage foreclosure protection period for members of the Armed Forces after release from active duty (see H.R. 1411), H7170 [18JY]

Solid Waste Disposal Act: require compliance with leak detection and prevention standards for underground storage tanks and provide funding for cleanup of sites contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) (see H.R. 2733), H8491 [23SE]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 2325), H4976 [4JN]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H3974 [9MY]

———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. 284), H1954 [18MR]

———constitutional amendment on progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 34), H7170 [18JY]

———creation of a new class of bonds for new school construction (see H.R. 740), H1516 [4MR]

———expand availability of the refundable tax credit for health insurance costs of certain displaced steelworkers and extend the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1999), H3760 [7MY]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 49), H6869 [15JY]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H12310 [21NO]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 1643), H3355 [11AP]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 1132), H2132 [19MR]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H9214 [2OC]

———provide a tax credit for property owners who remove lead-based paint hazards (see H.R. 3107), H8380 [17SE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 1279), H2823 [3AP]

———treatment of certain tax attributes for taxpayers who file consolidated returns (see H.R. 2706), H8017 [5SE]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H5367 [12JN]

———provide grants to train court reporters and other individuals to become real-time writers to meet requirements for closed captioning of video programming (see H.R. 970), H3641 [5MY]

Terrorism: ensure that the U.S. is prepared for an attack using hazardous chemicals (see H.R. 1861), H12311 [21NO]

Thad Cochran Southern Horticultural Laboratory, Poplarville, MS: designate (see H.R. 3372), H9811 [21OC]

Tobacco products: eliminate quotas and price supports, compensate quota holders and producers, establish Tobacco Quality Board, assess user fees, and grant FDA authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 140), H2864 [7AP]

———eliminate quotas and price supports, provide transition assistance for producers, protect markets, quality, and availability, and establish a trust fund to finance such actions (see H.R. 3160), H8904 [24SE]

Transportation: provide assistance for the construction of certain air traffic control towers (see H.R. 753), H462 [12FE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 17), H52 [7JA]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 2217), H11133 [7NO]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2822 [3AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H2515 [31MR]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H7170 [18JY]

———establish election day as a legal public holiday (see H.R. 1508), H2823 [3AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H1641 [5MR]

Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 31), H7170 [18JY]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1811 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: establish programs to promote increased consumption of milk in schools and to improve the nutrition and health of children (see H.R. 3250), H9281 [7OC]

Consumers: prohibit the use of credit history for insurance purposes and require disclosure of consumer reports and credit scoring procedures to prevent inaccuracies in consumer credit reports (see H.R. 2796), H7169 [18JY]

Education: assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to rural and high-poverty areas (see H.R. 2811), H7225 [21JY]

Medgar Evers National Week of Remembrance: support (see H. Con. Res. 220), H5366 [12JN]

National wildlife refuges: establish Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge and Holt Collier Wildlife Interpretation and Education Center (see H.R. 2894), H7617 [24JY]

Letters

Nomination of Thomas C. Dorr to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development: by, S14982 [18NO]

Remarks

Black History Month: observance, E277 [25FE], E314, E316, E317, E320, E322, E323 [27FE], E343, E344, E345, E346, E347 [3MR], E352 [4MR]

Children and youth: establish programs to promote increased consumption of milk in schools and to improve the nutrition and health of children (H.R. 3250), E2030 [10OC]

China, Republic of: democracy efforts, E1463 [14JY]

Medgar Evers National Week of Remembrance: support (H. Con. Res. 220), H5374, H5375, H5376 [16JN]

Votes: correction, E1502 [17JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5811 [24JN]

Tributes

Banks, Althea L.G., E1978 [7OC]

Blackwell, Unita, E343 [3MR]

Brown, Claudine, E346 [3MR]

Cheeks, Landres, E317 [27FE]

Chen Shui-bian, E1463 [14JY]

Clarke, Alyce Griffin, E344 [3MR]

Desai, Surenkumar S., E37 [8JA]

Graves, James E., Jr., E313 [27FE]

Green, Tomie, E316 [27FE]

Hogan, Beverly W., E343 [3MR]

Jones, Deloise, E277 [25FE], E347 [3MR]

Jordan, David, E322 [27FE]

Maniece, Robert, E311 [27FE]

Nichols, Shirley Hall, E323 [27FE]

Peterson, Mabel, E352 [4MR]

Rondenet, Leon E., E1977 [7OC]

Smith, Earnest A., E314 [27FE]

Wallace, Willie Bell (Miss Honey), E793 [29AP]

Washington, Aril, Sr., E345 [3MR]

Whittaker, Irvin, E312 [27FE]

Winfrey, Oprah, E320 [27FE]

Young, Leland, E1218 [11JN]