COLE, TOM (a Representative from Oklahoma)

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), H7735 [28SE]

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), H4647 [21JN]

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 3984, 3985, 3986), H6128 [20JY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

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), H2266 [21AP]

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]

Courts: 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]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2549 [4MY]

Education: increase student loan forgiveness to highly-qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education, and for reading specialists (see H.R. 4410), H3437 (see H.R. 4410), H3537 [20MY]

———recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (see H. Res. 598), H2550 [4MY]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend Impact Aid Program relative to delivery of payments to local educational agencies (see H.R. 566), H752 [2MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H435 [10FE] (see H.J. Res. 106), H7864 [29SE]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 1227), H304 [3FE]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (see H. Res. 581), H1643 [29MR]

Francis C. Goodpaster Post Office Building, Vinita, OK: designate (see H.R. 4782), H7864 [29SE]

``God Bless America'': designate as the national hymn of the U.S. (see H.R. 99), H5402 [8JY]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H1323 [18MR]

Help America Vote Act: require voting systems to provide a verifiable paper record of each vote cast and ensure the security of electronic data (see H.R. 4187), H2265 [21AP]

Higher Education Act: ensure graduate opportunities in postsecondary education (see H.R. 4411), H3437 (see H.R. 4411), H3537 [20MY]

House Rules: establish a discretionary spending ledger and a mandatory spending ledger (see H. Res. 133), H128 [27JA]

Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4662), H6998 [9SE]

Israel: 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), H753 [2MR]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: promote human rights and freedom (see H.R. 4011), H2549 [4MY]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H7138 [14SE]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H2657 [5MY]

Members of Congress: render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 1098), H3963 [14JN]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 4906), H6998 [9SE]

———eligibility of Indian tribal organizations for grants to establish veterans cemeteries on trust lands (see H.R. 2983), H5471 [9JY]

———reaffirm inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government (see H.R. 2912), H2019 [1AP]

———regulate Indian tribal governments under the same rules and procedures that apply to Federal, State, and local government employers relative to establishment and maintenance of employee benefit plans (see H.R. 3605), H90 [21JA]

Northern Mariana Islands: provide for a nonvoting delegate to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 5135), H7574 [23SE]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 4026), H7138 [14SE]

Reagan, Ronald: redesign the half-dollar coin in commemoration (see H.R. 4525), H4287 [16JN]

———tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H35 [20JA]

Sitter, Inez: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 511), H8858 [7OC]

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

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H1322 [18MR]

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

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

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 4359), H3392 [19MY]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2406 [27AP]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H575 [24FE]

———treatment of ground rent paid on land on which a qualified residence is located and which is allotted or Indian-owned land (see H.R. 1426), H89 [21JA]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 808), H7945 [30SE]

———waive early withdrawal penalty for distributions from qualified retirement plans to individuals called to active duty for an extended period (see H.R. 1779), H2199 [20AP]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H576 [24FE]

Veterans: 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), H1643 [29MR]

VFW: tribute (see H.J. Res. 108), H7735 [28SE]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 485), H4928 (see H. Res. 485), H5072 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Oklahoma: conveyance of certain land to the U.S. and revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area (see H.R. 4066), H1739 [30MR]

Taxation: provide that the credit for producing fuel from a nonconventional source shall apply to gas produced onshore from certain formations (see H.R. 5090), H7233 [15SE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H873 [8MR], H6999 [13SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H873 [8MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H7715 [28SE]

Budget: combat waste, fraud, and abuse, E232 [25FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): report on assessing validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H5953 [19JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H897 [9MR]

Federal employees: ensure parity between the compensation of members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees (H. Res. 581), H1754 [31MR]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H5953 [19JY]

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), H1158 [17MR]

———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), H2687 [6MY]

———democracy efforts, H5167 [6JY]

———U.N. Oil for Food Program, H2785 [11MY]

Native Americans: tribute to veterans (H. Con. Res. 306), H8115, H8116 [5OC]

Oklahoma: conveyance of certain land to the U.S. and revise the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area (H.R. 4066), H7662 [28SE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H4121 [15JN]

———gasoline price levels, H3609 [2JN]

———provide incentives to increase refinery capacity in the U.S. (H.R. 4517), H4188 [16JN]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4503), H4121 [15JN]

———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H3609 [2JN]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3842 [9JN]

Votes: correction, E1500 [22JY]

———position on missed, H3414 [20MY], E329 [9MR]

World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 417), H3549, H3550, H3551 [1JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H925 [9MR], H2812 [11MY], H5192 [6JY], H5979 [19JY], H7326 [21SE], H7732 [28SE], H8034 [4OC], H9720 [16NO]