OBEY, DAVID R. (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Addresses

University of Wisconsin Dept. of Political Science Centennial: by, E778-E780 [6MY]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5606 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4542 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4203 [16JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6849 [8SE], H6922 [9SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8651 [7OC]

———H.R. 4613, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H5552 [13JY]

———H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, H9699 [16NO]

———H.R. 4837, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H8851 [7OC]

———H.R. 4850, District of Columbia appropriations, H8043 [5OC]

Articles and editorials

Blind Into Baghdad, James Fallows, Atlantic Monthly (publication), E142-E151 [10FE]

Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices, Peter S. Goodman and Philip P. Pan, Washington (DC) Post, E158 [10FE]

Mr. Rumsfeld's Responsibility, Washington (DC) Post, H2669 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

Armed Forces: clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H3094 [17MY]

Committee To Investigate Detainee Abuses (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 690), H4893 [23JN]

Crime: provide reliable officers, technology, education, community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods (see H.R. 5277), H8858 [7OC]

Dept. of Defense: direct the Secretary of a military department to pay a monthly bonus to members whose retirement or separation is suspended as a result of a stop-loss order (see H.R. 4111), H2018 [1AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making supplemental appropriations for Federal Air Marshal Service (see H.R. 3991), H1484 [24MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4772), H6707 [22JY]

Depts. of Energy, HHS, and Homeland Security: making appropriations for homeland security programs (see H.R. 4462), H3439 (see H.R. 4462), H3539 [20MY]

Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 3990), H1229 [17MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4325), H2815 [11MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7138 [14SE]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 3619), H2658 [5MY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H89 [21JA]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP]

National Trails System Act: clarify Federal authority relative to land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of trails (see H.R. 3860), H699 [26FE]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689), H4893 [23JN] (see H. Res. 699, 700), H5150 [25JN]

Recreation: establish a permanent trust fund to provide access to parks and recreation areas, preserve historic places, promote healthy and active lifestyles, and provide hunting, angling, and wildlife viewing (see H.R. 4100), H2019 [1AP]

Republican Party: anniversary of first meeting in Ripon, WI (see H. Con. Res. 379), H871 [4MR]

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: tribute (see H.J. Res. 87), H304 [3FE]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 4249), H6706 [22JY]

Social Security: enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H1011 [10MR]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

U.S.-Thailand Free Trade Agreement: limit Thailand's access to U.S. automobile market to prevent backdoor access by third-country automobile producers to the U.S. market (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1011 [10MR]

Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 677), H5908 [15JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revise (see H. Con. Res. 401), H1739 (see H. Res. 583), H1740 [30MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (see H. Res. 685), H4765 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction and family housing (H.R. 4424), consideration (see H. Res. 789), H7442 [22SE]

Dept. of Education: making appropriations (see H.R. 4473), H3605 [1JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4473), consideration (see H. Res. 790), H7442 [22SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making appropriations (H.R. 4423), consideration (see H. Res. 788), H7442 [22SE]

Depts. of Agriculture, Education, HHS, and Transportation: making appropriations (see H.R. 4422), H3437 (see H.R. 4422), H3537 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4422), consideration (see H. Res. 787), H7442 [22SE]

EPA: making appropriations (see H.R. 4421), H3437 (see H.R. 4421), H3537 [20MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4421), consideration (see H. Res. 786), H7442 [22SE]

Foreign trade: require country-of-origin labeling of all forms of ginseng (see H.R. 4456), H3439 (see H.R. 4456), H3539 [20MY]

Social Security: provide modest adjustments necessary to restore the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program to long-term actuarial balance (see H.R. 5179), H7863 [29SE]

Lists

Objectionable provisions in H.R. 4818, omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10890 [24NO]

Omitted provisions from H.R. 4818, omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10890 [24NO]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 107), H7783 [29SE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), H6673 [22JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7349 [22SE]

Proposals

Affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, H1172 [17MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H8306, H8307 [6OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5579, H5601, H5607 [13JY]

Appropriations: clarify the treatment of supplemental appropriations in calculating the rate for operations applicable for continuing appropriations (H.R. 5202), H7978 [4OC]

———legislative process, H7143 [14SE], H7782 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 107), H7782 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 107), motion to recommit, H7784 [29SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H10890, H10893 [24NO]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H10189, H10193, H10195 [20NO], H10890, H10893 [24NO], H10901, H10902 [6DE]

———provide on-budget offsets for certain emergency supplemental appropriations, H8308 [6OC]

Armed Forces: increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing, H6665, H6667, H6673, H6674 [22JY]

———increase statutory cap on privatization of military housing (H.R. 4879), H6490, H6491, H6492, H6494 [21JY]

Budget: establish discretionary spending limits and pay-as-you-go requirement for mandatory spending (H.R. 4663), consideration (H. Res. 692), H4900 [24JN]

———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H9980 [18NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (H. Con. Res. 393), H1421 [24MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revising (H. Res. 685), H4685 [22JN], H4909, H4912, H4917, H4919 [24JN]

Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services: prohibit contracting out of work done by immigration information officers, contact representatives, and investigative assistants, H4533 [18JN]

Capitol Visitors Center: funding, H5344 [8JY]

Committee on Appropriations (House): tribute to staff, H10195 [20NO]

Congress: access to IRS facilities and tax returns by certain Members or their designees, H10890, H10893 [24NO], H10901, H10902 [6DE]

Cuba: prohibit use of funds to enforce restrictions on travel to visit relatives, H7286 [21SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: transfer of funds to office of the Chief Information Officer, H5579 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), H6490, H6491, H6492, H6494 [21JY], H6665, H6667, H6673, H6674 [22JY]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), conference report, H9122 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), H4697 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), consideration (H. Res. 683), H4676 [22JN]

———submit report on U.S. operations and reconstruction costs in Iraq, H4697 [22JN]

Dept. of Education: educational reform and improvement block grants funding through reductions in tax cuts, H6849 [8SE]

Dept. of HHS: Community Access Program funding, H6811, H6823 [8SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), H4471, H4473 [17JN], H4519, H4522, H4524, H4533, H4542, H4543 [18JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), conference report, H9162, H9171 [9OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), consideration (H. Res. 675), H4196 [16JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), motion to instruct conferees, H8647, H8648 [7OC]

———prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts, H4519, H4524 [18JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, H6922, H6923, H6925, H6931 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding through reductions in Smithsonian Institution and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H4261 [16JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4209, H4258, H4261 [16JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5285 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: across-the-board funding increase through tax cut reductions, H6812 [8SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6801, H6811, H6812, H6813, H6823, H6824, H6825, H6827, H6849, H6850 [8SE], H6922, H6923, H6925, H6931, H6933, H6938, H6943, H6965, H6966, H6976 [9SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5006), consideration (H. Res. 754), H6768 [8SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7140, H7184 [14SE], H7286 [21SE], H7344, H7345, H7346 [22SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), consideration (H. Res. 770), H7124, H7125 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5025), motion to recommit, H7349, H7350 [22SE]

———points of order against inclusion of unauthorized projects and programs in appropriations legislation, H7140 [14SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6727 [7SE]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8298, H8306, H8307, H8308 [6OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), consideration (H. Res. 819), H8281 [6OC]

———provide funds to make disaster assistance available for all customarily eligible agricultural producers as emergency spending and not funded by cuts in certain other agricultural legislation, H9122 [9OC]

Diseases: hepatitis C research funding, H6827 [8SE]

———lupus research and outreach funding, H6824, H6825 [8SE]

Earth Day: observance, H2350 [22AP]

Ecology and environment: national objectives priority assignments, H2350 [22AP]

Education: funding, H6813 [8SE]

Egypt: allocation of foreign aid, H5846 [15JY]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, E158 [10FE]

FAA: promote development of commercial human space flight industry (H.R. 5382), H10047 [19NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), H5846, H5861 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, H10189, H10193, H10195 [20NO], H10890, H10893 [24NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4818), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 528)—Senate amendment, H10901, H10902 [6DE]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding, H6825 [8SE]

House of Representatives: expansion of dental and vision care health insurance benefits for Members and employees, H5345 [8JY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1172 [17MR]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 870)—same-day consideration (H. Res. 868), H10994 [7DE]

International Court of Justice: condemn misuse by the U.N. General Assembly and the Court's opinion on the Israeli security fence (H. Res. 713), H5741, H5773 [14JY]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1120, H1172 [17MR]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, E142 [10FE]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), consideration (H. Res. 628), H2669 [6MY]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3399 [20MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4755), consideration (H. Res. 707), H5344 [8JY]

Mental health: prohibit funds to create or implement a new screening program, H6943 [9SE]

Mosquito Abatement for Safety and Health Act: funding, H6965 [9SE]

National forests: prohibit funding for implementing Forest Service rules revisions relative to National Forest System Planning for Land and Resource Management Plans, H4258 [16JN]

National security: Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in Disaster Relief Program, H4522 [18JN]

———reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8847 [7OC]

———war on terrorism and homeland security funding, H4542, H4543 [18JN]

Native Americans: ensure that any business owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on Indian lands is not considered an employer under the National Labor Relations Act, H6938 [9SE]

Public debt: ceiling, H4676 [22JN]

———ceiling (S. 2986), H9980 [18NO]

Schools: improvement programs funding through reductions in the Even Start Program, H6850 [8SE]

Taxation: rates, H4909, H4912, H4917, H4919 [24JN]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1027 [11MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, E778 [6MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S11742 [20NO]

Statements

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: by, H4197-H4201 [16JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations (H.R. 5006): Several Democratic Representatives, H6801-H6803 [8SE], H6966-H6968, H6975 [9SE]

Tables

Democratic and Republican budget priorities, H10194 [20NO]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5006): Democratic amendment, H6804-H6809 [8SE], H6969-H6974 [9SE]

Tributes

Lilly, Scott, E1250 [25JN]

Nelson, Gaylord A., H2350 [22AP]