BYRD, ROBERT C. (a Senator from West Virginia)

Addresses

Prince of Peace: William Jennings Bryan, S4002 [8AP]

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2498, S2567, S2579 [10MR], S2626, S2674, S2719, S2736, S2749 [11MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10664, S10750 [7OC]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), S7843 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S5787, S5833 [19MY], S6508, S6528, S6571, S6572, S6573, S6575, S6576, S6577 [7JN], S6714 [14JN], S7086, S7106 [21JN], S7175, S7176 [22JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7373 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S8968, S8969 [8SE], S8987, S9040 [9SE], S9053, S9056, S9082 [10SE], S9119 [13SE], S9196, S9235 [14SE]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), S1684 [26FE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), S9589, S9649 [23SE]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10099, S10100, S10102 [30SE], S10201 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3368 [30MR], S3457 [31MR]

Taxation: repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S4770 [3MY]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1031, S1131, S1132, S1133, S1134, S1135, S1136, S1137 [11FE], S1315, S1316, S1317, S1318, S1319, S1320, S1321 [12FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7503 [24JN]

———H.R. 4567, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S9213 [14SE]

———H.R. 4613, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S7392 [24JN]

———H.R. 4818, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S9594 [23SE]

———H.R. 4837, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, S9377 [20SE]

Articles and editorials

How the White House Embraced Disputed Arms Intelligence, David Barstow, William J. Broad, and Jeff Gerth, New York (NY) Times, S10302-S10308 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: establish separate campaign medals to recognize service by members in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (see S. 2262), S5536 [17MY]

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 S. 2889), S10847 [8OC]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a memorial to commemorate the heroism of the passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 (see S. Con. Res. 136), S9723 [27SE]

Civil Rights Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 385), S7104 [21JN]

Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see S. Res. 221), S6883 [16JN]

Families and domestic relations: recognize the importance of mothers to a healthy society (see S. Res. 348), S4767 [3MY]

Foreign trade: application of countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see S. 2212), S3367 [30MR]

Health: conduct vaccine awareness campaign, ensure sufficient vaccine supply, prepare for pandemic or epidemic, and encourage vaccine production capacity relative to influenza (see S. 2038), S11378 [16NO]

Iraq: 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 (see S. Res. 356), S5078 [10MY]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see S. 2722), S10569 [6OC]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1368), S7581 [6JY]

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 S. 1925), S7055 [18JN]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see S. Res. 317), S5536 [17MY]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP]

Protecting Older Americans From Fraud Month: designate (see S. Res. 424), S9526 [22SE]

Public utilities: improve reliability of electric transmission system (see S. 2236), S4025 [8AP]

Roth, William V., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 284), S52 [20JA]

Shipping industry: suspend temporarily new shipper bonding privileges (see S. 2991), S11429 [17NO]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see S. 545), S5078 [10MY]

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 319), S2717 [11MR]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see S. Con. Res. 133), S8689 [22JY]

Tariff Act: amend to allow for improved administration of new shipper administrative reviews (see S. 2425), S5499 [14MY]

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 S. Con. Res. 90), S6804 [15JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 2006), S109 [21JA]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 387), S7582 [6JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Constitution—U.S.: make the date of signing a legal public holiday (see S. 2808), S9287 [15SE]

National Guard Challenge Program: rename and revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see S. 2321), S4158 [20AP]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (see S. Res. 286), S108 [21JA]

Excerpts

``Again Rejoicing Nature Sees,'' Robert Burns, S3082 [24MR]

``Buttercups and Daisies,'' Mary Howitt, S3082 [24MR]

``In the Bleak Mid-winter,'' Christina Rossetti, S3082 [24MR]

``Spring Violets Under the Snow,'' Robert H. Newell, S3082 [24MR]

Letters

Dept. of Commerce Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program funding: Anthony H. Gamboa, GAO, S144-S146 [22JA]

———by, S144 [22JA]

Omnibus consolidated appropriations: by, S148 [22JA]

Motions

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S8993 [9SE], S9201 [14SE]

Poems

``Character of the Happy Warrior,'' William Wordsworth, S4652 [29AP], S11459 [18NO]

``Charge of the Light Brigade,'' Alfred Lord Tennyson, S3884, S3885 [7AP]

``Dulce et Decorum Est,'' Joyce Kilmer, S6074 [21MY]

``Flag Day,'' Henry Holcomb, S6728 [14JN]

``Intimations of Immortality,'' William Wordsworth, S4652 [29AP]

``Lady of the Lake,'' Walter Scott, S4651 [29AP]

``Little Chap That Follows Me,'' Claude W. White, Sr., S7045 [18JN]

``Right To Labor in Joy,'' Edwin Markham, S164 [22JA]

``Rock Me To Sleep,'' Elizabeth Akers Allen, S5041 [7MY]

``Sunset Fancy'', S6669 [9JN]

``Through the Year,'' Julian S. Cutler, S4002 [8AP]

``West Virginia, How I Love You!'', S7046 [18JN]

``Who Loves a Garden,'' Louise Seymour Jones, S3082 [24MR]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), conference report, S76 [21JA], S143, S144 [22JA]

Appropriations: legislative process, S8528 [21JY], S11033 [10OC], S11732, S11733, S11740 [20NO]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S76 [21JA], S143, S144 [22JA], S8528 [21JY], S11732, S11733, S11740 [20NO]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, S6337 [2JN]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, S11606 [19NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1873 [27FE]

———deficit, S1873 [27FE]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S1873 [27FE]

———increase funding for education, veterans, homeland security and other domestic priorities by closing tax loopholes, improving tax enforcement, and reducing levels of tax cuts, S2627, S2629, S2646 [11MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2498, S2500, S2502, S2516, S2517 [10MR], S2627, S2629, S2646, S2674 [11MR]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (S.J. Res. 39), S7392 [24JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S10803 [8OC], S11287 [11OC]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations and amending various laws administered by the Coast Guard (H.R. 2443), conference report, S8626 [22JY]

Colombia: limit participation of U.S. personnel in Plan Colombia counterdrug and counterterrorism activities, S7214, S7225 [23JN]

Commission on the Future of the National Technology and Industrial Base: study current and future shortages of critical technologies and raw materials and make recommendations to address these shortages, S6789 [15JN]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10641 [7OC]

———grant appropriations authority, S10641 [7OC]

Congress: impact of partisanship, S4474, S4475 [28AP]

Constitution Day: observance, S9371-S9373 [20SE]

Constitution—U.S.: make the date of signing a legal public holiday (S. 2808), S9373 [20SE]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), S7797 [8JY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes, S6775 [15JN]

Dept. of Commerce: Emergency Steel Loan Guarantee Program funding, S143, S144 [22JA], S11286 [11OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S5769, S5787 [19MY], S6337 [2JN], S6775, S6789 [15JN], S7214, S7225 [23JN]

———funding, S2517 [10MR]

———include overseas military operations funding in the budget, S7373, S7374 [24JN]

———making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure (H.R. 4837), conference report, S11225 [11OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7357, S7358, S7373, S7374 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), conference report, S8615, S8617 [22JY]

———require an increase in the size of the acquisition and support workforce, S5787 [19MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: border and transportation security funding, S8988, S8990, S8991, S8993 [9SE]

———establish and operate air bases in certain States and permit fees for certain customs services to be collected, S9053 [10SE], S9669 [24SE]

———Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Federal Air Marshals Program, and Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness funding, S9669 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S8530 [21JY], S8935 [8SE], S8988, S8990, S8991, S8993 [9SE], S9053 [10SE], S9196 [14SE], S9669 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), conference report, S11229 [11OC]

———making appropriations (S. 2537), S8617 [22JY]

———security alert relative to upcoming Presidential election, S8617 [22JY]

———transfer Nebraska Avenue Naval Complex in the District of Columbia to serve as headquarters and facilitate acquisition by the Navy of suitable replacement facilities (H.R. 4322), S7115 [21JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S162, S164 [22JA]

Dept. of Transportation: extend Federal Aid Highway Program, S1884 [27FE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations, technical corrections, S1884 [27FE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms, S11225 [11OC]

Dorchester (U.S.S): tribute to chaplains who were killed in action during World War II, S6074 [21MY]

Easter: observance, S4001 [8AP]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, S11416 [17NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify provisions relating to overtime pay, S4799 [4MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S8084 [14JY]

Father's Day: observance, S7044 [18JN]

Flag Day: observance, S6727 [14JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, S11732, S11733, S11740 [20NO]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S9088 [10SE], S10803 [8OC]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 1047), conference report, S11555 [19NO]

French and Indian War: anniversary, S7223 [23JN]

Health: improve access to health care services by reducing the burden the liability system places in the delivery of emergency, trauma, and obstetrical services (S. 2207), motion to proceed, S3968 [8AP]

———provide compensation for injuries resulting from smallpox countermeasures, provide protection against chemical or radiological agents, increase distribution of vaccines, and improve vaccine injury compensation (S. 15), S5766 [19MY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S2072 [3MR]

———enhance congressional oversight of intelligence and intelligence-related activities, S10202, S10204, S10207, S10208 [1OC], S10298, S10313, S10328 [4OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10202, S10204, S10207, S10208 [1OC], S10298, S10313, S10328 [4OC], S10512 [6OC]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), conference report, S11959, S11960, S11963, S11964 [8DE]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, S4824 [4MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, S3884, S3886 [7AP], S4198 [21AP], S4628 [29AP], S9421 [21SE], S10015 [30SE]

———possession of weapons of mass destruction, S10803 [8OC]

Memorial Day: observance, S6074 [21MY]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives (S. Res. 393), S7396, S7408 [24JN]

Mother's Day: observance, S5040 [7MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: evaluation of findings, S8617 [22JY]

National security: war on terrorism and homeland security funding, S7797 [8JY]

NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants, S6668 [9JN]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, S11287 [11OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, S2518 [10MR]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), S162, S164 [22JA]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S5769 [19MY]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (S. 2844), unanimous-consent request, S11460 [18NO]

Power resources: national energy policy, S5769 [19MY]

Project BioShield: correct budget scoring, S2674 [11MR]

Public debt: ceiling, S7358 [24JN]

———ceiling (S. 2986), S11416 [17NO]

Russia: condemn terrorist attack at school in Beslan, S9421 [21SE]

———impact of changes in governmental powers relative to terrorist attack at school in Beslan, S9421 [21SE]

Senate: appreciation for tribute, S1875 [27FE]

———appreciation for tributes, S3539, S3543 [1AP], S4475 [28AP]

———holding of session on Sunday, S10925 [9OC], S11031 [10OC]

———legislative process, S4474 [28AP]

Social Security: solvency, S1873 [27FE]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, S9575 [23SE]

———rates, S2498, S2500, S2502, S2516 [10MR]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S11031 [10OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S3888 [7AP], S4799 [4MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, S9088 [10SE]

Thanksgiving Day: observance, S11606 [19NO]

Transportation: Appalachian Development Highway System funding, S11285 [11OC]

———Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3550), S11285 [11OC]

U.S. Antidumping Act: repeal of trade law relative to World Trade Organization ruling, S11555 [19NO]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: annual report, S6792 [15JN]

Veterans: benefits funding, S10403 [5OC]

Weather: beginning of spring, S3082 [24MR]

West Virginia: Republican National Committee claims relative to efforts to ban the Bible, S10014 [30SE]

West Virginia Day: observance, S7045, S7046 [18JN]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (S. Res. 387), S9775 [28SE]

Women: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the delivery of obstetrical and gynecological services (S. 2061), motion to proceed, S1499 [24FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Senate: tribute for casting 17,000th vote, E512 [2AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Families and domestic relations: tribute to birth of great-grandchildren, S1495 [24FE]

Senate: tribute for casting 17,000th vote, S3538-S3543, S3597 [1AP]

Senate Legal Counsel: authorize representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi (S. Res. 286), S122 [21JA]

Tribute, S1875 [27FE], S4475 [28AP], S11555, S11563 [19NO], S11742 [20NO]

Reports

Recommendations to Congress on the People's Republic of China: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, S6792-S6795 [15JN]

Summaries

Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations (H.R. 4567): Byrd Amendment on Border and Transportation Security Funding, S8991 [9SE]

Texts of

S. Res. 286, Senate Legal Counsel representation in U.S. v. Parviz Karim-Panahi, S121, S122 [21JA]

Tributes

Breaux, Senator, S11283 [11OC]

Daschle, Senator, S11460 [18NO]

Fitzgerald, Senator, S11283 [11OC]

Graham, Senator Bob, S11284 [11OC]

Hollings, Senator, S11458 [18NO]

Inouye, Senator, S2211 [4MR]

Landrieu, Senator, S10804 [8OC]

Levin, Senator, S5768 [19MY]

Nickles, Senator, S11285 [11OC]

Nunn, Sam, S5768 [19MY]

Reagan, Ronald, S6668 [9JN]

Russell, Richard B., S5768 [19MY]

Stack, Michael B., S4651 [29AP]

Warner, Senator, S5768 [19MY]