MUSGRAVE, MARILYN N. (a Representative from Colorado)

Addresses

U.S. Needs Space-Based Missile Defense: Bob Schaffer, E136-E138 [10FE]

Articles and editorials

Dutch Debate—Despite a Challenge, the Evidence Stands—Marriage Is in Decline in the Netherlands, Stanley Kurtz, National Review (publication), E1912-E1914 [11OC]

Wind Farm Construction an Economic Boon for County, Virgil Cochran, Lamar (CO) Daily News, E820 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H4928 (see H.R. 4420), H5072 [24JN]

———protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 3069), H37 [20JA]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4170 [15JN]

———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5203), H8168 [5OC] (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

American Dental Association: commend Give Kids a Smile program, emphasize need to improve access to dental care for children, and thank dentists for volunteering time to provide needed dental care (see H. Res. 567), H2267 [21AP]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 3388), H434 [10FE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H2019 [1AP]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H575 [24FE]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H5654 [13JY]

Ben Nighthorse Campbell Post Office Building, Durango, CO: designate (see H.R. 5052), H6996 [9SE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2155 [2AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1116 [16MR]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

———require the President to include estimated unfunded liabilities of all Federal programs in annual budget submissions (see H.R. 4074), H1739 [30MR]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H2154 [2AP]

CERCLA: modify provisions on liability associated with a release or threatened release of recycled oil (see H.R. 3543), H3441 (see H.R. 3543), H3540 [20MY]

Colmery, Harry W.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 257), H3606 [1JN]

Colorado: provide for an additional place of holding district court (see H.R. 112), H244 [28JA]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

———ensure that courts interpret the Constitution in the manner that the Framers intended (see H.R. 4118), H2018 [1AP]

———provide greater fairness in legal fees payable in civil diversity litigation after an offer of settlement (see H.R. 4430), H3438 (see H.R. 4430), H3538 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 3476), H2484 [28AP]

Dept. of State: require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4214), H2919 [12MY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance through States to eligible weed management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds (see H.R. 119), H1116 [16MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow claimants for benefits to pay fees for attorney services during any stage of the claims process (see H.R. 3492), H37 [20JA]

———enter into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3777), H392 [4FE]

Donald G. Brotzman Post Office Building, Boulder, CO: designate (see H.R. 5370), H9745 [16NO]

Education: strengthen high school teaching of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of Western civilization (see H. Con. Res. 377), H2406 [27AP]

Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain construction engineering and design professionals (see H.R. 4396), H3391 [19MY]

FDA: conduct oversight of any entity engaged in the recovery, testing, or handling of human tissue or human tissue-based products (see H.R. 4151), H2152 [2AP]

———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1230 [17MR]

Foreign policy: prohibit U.S. contributions to the U.N. or Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development relative to proposals to impose taxes or fees on U.S. citizens (see H.R. 1206), H2918 [12MY]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H245 [28JA]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H90 [21JA]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H6128 [20JY]

Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 501), H1594 [25MR]

———urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H393 [4FE]

Israel: support accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (see H. Res. 617), H4392 (see H. Res. 617), H4507 [17JN]

———support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H699 [26FE]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H4392 (see H. Res. 615), H4507 [17JN]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: extend the 50-percent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2895), H5150 [25JN]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Kazakhstan: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 3708), H1117 [16MR]

Korean War: revise requirements for award of the Combat Infantryman Badge and the Combat Medical Badge relative to certain service in Korea (see H.R. 4039), H2406 [27AP]

Leonard C. Burch Post Office Building, Ignacio, CO: designate (see H.R. 5051), H6996 [9SE]

Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 2959), H3016 [13MY]

Medicare: contain costs of prescription drug program (see H.R. 3854), H699 [26FE]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H3963 [14JN]

———coverage of respiratory therapists under home health service plans (see H.R. 2905), H1643 [29MR]

———remove the sunset and numerical limitation on participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings account plans (see H.R. 617), H244 [28JA]

Members of Congress: prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 3791), H576 [24FE]

———render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 1098), H1643 [29MR]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 600), H2265 [21AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 3807), H514 [11FE]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

———prevent Government agencies from requiring or prohibiting construction industry employers to enter into agreements with labor organizations (see H.R. 2293), H2549 [4MY]

———protect employer rights (see H.R. 1793), H2549 [4MY]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H514 [11FE]

Railroads: enhance competition by improving regulation of rates, service, and access to certain information (see H.R. 2924), H1230 [17MR]

Roads and highways: permit States to carry out surface transportation program projects on local roads to improve safety concerns (see H.R. 3757), H1593 [25MR]

Rwanda: remember the victims of genocide and pledge to work to ensure that such an atrocity does not take place again (see H. Con. Res. 406), H2378 [26AP]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H4287 [16JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H1593 [25MR]

———prohibit approval of certain waivers to provide coverage of childless adults under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4142), H2374 [22AP]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Sudan: condemn attacks against civilians in the Darfur region (see H. Con. Res. 403), H2406 [27AP]

———declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5984 [19JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———allow credits for teacher classroom supply expenses, elementary and secondary education improvements, and contributions for scholarships to attend elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4034), H1592 [25MR]

———allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 2509), H700 [26FE]

———expand incentives for education (see H.R. 3412), H1593 [25MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 4091), H1790 [31MR]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H1740 [30MR]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H4646 [21JN]

———permit the deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals to be allowed in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 1873), H752 [2MR]

———provide for refunds to taxpayers of the budget surplus for each year of surplus (see H.R. 3784), H1072 [11MR]

———provide that distributions from certain retirement plans are not included in gross income if used to pay long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 4502), H6756 [7SE]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H1011 [10MR]

———repeal the medicine and drugs limitation on the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 3596), H1230 [17MR]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H1370 [23MR]

———treatment of foods and supplements for dietary use, and medical foods as medical expenses (see H.R. 2627), H3391 [19MY]

———treatment of Social Security and certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 2346), H872 [4MR]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway programs and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3113), H700 [26FE]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see H.R. 871), H752 [2MR]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H2657 [5MY]

University of Denver: tribute to men's hockey team (see H. Con. Res. 408), H2265 [21AP]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H2918 [12MY]

———increase maximum amount of available home loan guaranty (see H.R. 4065), H2919 [12MY]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Women: recognize survivors of cervical cancer and the importance of good cervical health, preventing human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and of detecting cervical cancer during its earliest stages (see H. Con. Res. 348), H90 [21JA]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3606 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7574 [23SE]

National Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month: support goals (see H. Res. 614), H2491 [30AP]

Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 4562), H3963 [14JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Worthman, Megan N., E955 [21MY]

Letters

Constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage: Edwin Meese III, Heritage Foundation, H7896 [30SE]

Dept. of Labor proposal to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Gene Overstreet, Non-Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A., E172 [12FE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2551 [5MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H8306 [6OC]

Bent County, CO: tribute to Bent County World War II Memorial Committee, E1183 [18JN]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H7825 [29SE]

Dept. of Education: educational reform and improvement block grants funding through reductions in the Even Start Program, H6850 [8SE]

Dept. of HUD: real estate settlement costs final rule, E6 [20JA]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6850 [8SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8306 [6OC]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7763 [29SE]

Drought: disaster assistance to Colorado, H7868 [30SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7895 [30SE], E1911, E1912 [11OC]

Kit Carson, CO: Kit Carson Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1678 [22SE]

Lamar, CO: dedication of Colorado Green Wind Farm, E820 [12MY]

Longs Peak Council Boy Scouts of America: tribute, E87 [3FE]

Loveland, CO: tribute to Valentine Card Remailing Program, E88 [3FE]

National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.: tribute, E764 [5MY]

Peterson AFB, CO: tribute to 21st Space Wing participants in the Air Force Command Guardian Challenge, E845 [14MY]

Votes: position on missed, E2102 [20NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9959 [17NO]

Special order: granted, H4644 [21JN]

Testimonies

Constitutional Amendment Relative to Definition of Marriage: Daniel de Leon, Sr., Alianza de Ministerios Evangelica Nacionales (AMEN), H7897 [30SE]

———Richard Richardson, Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston, H7897 [30SE]

Tributes

Albertus, Alan, E877 [17MY]

Faria, Thomas, H2553 [5MY], E764 [5MY]

Jabaily, Joseph A., E1557 [8SE]

Kennedy, D. James, E1911 [11OC]

Korthius, Bob and Ellen, E1427 [20JY]

Love, John A. (Andy), E819 [12MY], E848 [14MY]

Lynch, Joan, E1652 [17SE], E1679 [22SE]

Murray, Jason, H4621 [21JN]

Olivas, John R., Jr., E1680 [22SE]

Penley, Larry E., E647 [26AP]

Swanson Wesley, E1380 [15JY]