TALENT, JAMES M. (a Senator from Missouri)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2313 [8MR], S2568 [10MR], S2668, S2674, S2736, S2745, S2747, S2748 [11MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S6014 [20MY], S6291 [1JN], S6434 [3JN], S6543, S6544, S6580, S6581, S6584, S6587 [7JN], S6717 [14JN], S6779 [15JN], S6966, S6967 [17JN], S7057 [18JN], S7106 [21JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4613), S7381, S7491, S7492 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9209, S9235, S9236 [14SE]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10063, S10111 [30SE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8863 [7SE]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3467, S3468, S3485 [31MR], S3590 [1AP]

Taxation: repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), S3032 [23MR], S3921 [7AP]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S1076, S1079, S1081, S1156, S1184, S1186 [11FE], S1238 [12FE]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

Bench vs. People—Can a Judge's Will Become a Law? by, Washington (DC) Times, S6070 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 2466), S5949 [20MY]

Armed Forces: improve medical readiness (see S. 2430), S5607 [18MY]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see S. 955), S4373 [26AP]

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), S11641 [19NO]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 3026), S12068 [8DE]

Brown, Oliver L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 2179), S2861 [22MR]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see S. 1890), S5950 [20MY]

Colleges and universities: recognize contributions of historically Black colleges and universities (see S. Res. 221), S6452 [3JN]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (see S. 2470), S5949 [20MY]

Courts: convert certain temporary Federal district judgeships to permanent judgeships (see S. 2011), S2778 [12MR]

———prohibit civil liability actions against the food industry for damages or injunctive relief for claims of injury resulting from a person's weight gain, obesity, or any related health conditions (see S. 1428), S9525 [22SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 2526), S7751 [7JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal Flight Desk Officer Program (see S. 2268), S8963 [8SE]

Dept. of Justice: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (see S. Con. Res. 150), S11640 [19NO]

Dept. of the Interior: study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French Colonial Heritage Area in Ste. Genevieve, MO, as a unit of the National Park System (see S. 1105), S53 [20JA]

Disabled: provide assistance to Special Olympics to support expansion and development of education programs and a Healthy Athletes Program (see S. 2852), S9812 [28SE]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see S. 2533), S6881 [16JN]

Drugs: eliminate safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in manufacturing methamphetamine (see S. 1784), S10366 [4OC]

Education: expand Parents as Teachers programs and other programs of early childhood home visitation (see S. 2412), S5371 [12MY]

———reduce special allowance for loans from the proceeds of tax-exempt issues and provide additional loan forgiveness for teachers who teach mathematics, science, or special education (see S. 2877), S10704 [7OC]

Elementary and Secondary Act: ensure consistent funding of programs for disadvantaged children (see S. 2365), S5800 [19MY]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation program (see S. 2047), S722 [9FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 30), S4025 [8AP] (see S.J. Res. 40), S7750 [7JY]

———recognize the importance of fathers to a healthy society and consider how society can better respect and support fatherhood (see S. Res. 379), S6734 [14JN]

———recognize the importance of mothers to a healthy society (see S. Res. 348), S4912 [5MY]

General John J. Pershing Post Office, Laclede, MO: designate (see S. 2441), S5799 [19MY]

Health: improve health care for minority and underserved populations (see S. 2091), S1286 [12FE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see S. 2158), S10703 [7OC]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see S. 2338), S8964 [8SE]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see S.J. Res. 33), S4225 [21AP]

Immigration: extend deadline on use of biometric technology standards for passports of visa waiver participants (see S. 2324), S4158 [20AP]

Iran: urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see S. Con. Res. 81), S1520 [24FE]

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]

Israel: support construction of security fence, condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence, and oppose efforts to prevent construction (see S. Res. 408), S8550 [21JY]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see S. Res. 447), S10436 [5OC]

Mining and mineral resources: reduce amounts of reclamation fees and modify requirements relating to transfers from the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (see S. 2208), S3920 [7AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 461), S11090 [10OC]

National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 457), S11090 [10OC]

National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Network: establish to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-reviewed research (see S. 1717), S7750 [7JY]

National Health Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 357), S5372 [12MY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 422), S9075 [10SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see S. 983), S11640 [19NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (see S. Res. 407), S8229 [15JY]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 401), S7828 [8JY]

National Veterans Business Development Corp.: clarify status as a private entity (see S. 2724), S8687 [22JY]

National World War II Memorial: celebrate completion and recognize veterans who served during World War II (see S. Res. 362), S5472 [13MY]

Richard G. Wilson Processing and Distribution Facility, Cape Girardeau, MO: designate (see S. 2442), S5799 [19MY]

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

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see S. 979), S5607 [18MY]

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

Taxation: modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see S. 1180), S1587 [25FE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see S. 1703), S6088 [21MY]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 1379), S9525 [22SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation: authorize appropriations and improve operations (see S. 2469), S5949 [20MY]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see S. 2869), S10061 [30SE]

Harry S Truman National Historic Site: adjust boundaries (see S. 2499), S6450 [3JN]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, to be illuminated by pink lights in commemoration (see S. 2895), S10436 [5OC]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (see S. 3001), S11496 [18NO]

Wilson's Creek Battlefield National Park: expand boundaries (see S. 2432), S5607 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions relative to

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

Cloture motions

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): eliminate certain restrictions on service of Senators (S. Res. 445), S10550, S10551 [6OC], S10764 [8OC]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), S7743 [7JY], S7818 [8JY]

———amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), motion to proceed, S6250 [21MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S7931 [12JY], S8090 [14JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 1805), motion to proceed, S1448 [23FE], S1538 [25FE]

Foreign trade: temporarily modify certain rates of duty and make other technical amendments to the trade laws (H.R. 1047), conference report, S11435 [17NO], S11520 [19NO]

Griffin, Richard A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8536 [21JY], S8593 [22JY]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10254 [1OC], S10391 [5OC]

McKeague, David W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8536 [21JY], S8595 [22JY]

Saad, Henry W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S8468 [20JY], S8592 [22JY]

Taxation: make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (S. 150), motion to proceed, S4333 [22AP], S4361 [26AP]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S10764 [8OC], S11038 [10OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers (S. 1637), motion to recommit, S3628 [5AP], S3894 [7AP]

Letters

Improve access to Federal contracts by minority contractors: Cici Rojas and Carlos Orta, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Greater Kansas City, S11724 [20NO]

———George Herrera, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, S11723 [20NO]

———Harry C. Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, S11723 [20NO]

———James B. Webb, Minority Business Council, S11724 [20NO]

———Rafael N. Marin, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, S11724 [20NO]

Privilege of the floor

Aguayo, Lore, S10378 [4OC]

Aquayo, Lore, S6809 [15JN]

Lovelace, Telly, S1529 [24FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, S9193 [14SE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S11723 [20NO]

Armed Forces: improve medical readiness, S6979 [17JN]

Black History Month: observance, S1508 [24FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), S2505 [10MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S10775, S10776 [8OC]

Corps of Engineers: enhance navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restoration plan for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System (S. 2470), S6005 [20MY]

Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (S. 2062), S7789 [8JY]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), S3133 [25MR]

———provide additional penalties for certain crimes against women that cause an interruption in the normal course of their pregnancy, S3133 [25MR]

Danforth, John C.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S7354 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2400), S6779 [15JN], S6914, S6979 [17JN], S7131 [22JN], S7220 [23JN]

———funding, S2505 [10MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authority to approve State requests to reprogram Federal homeland security funding relative to specific security requirements based on credible threat assessments, S9193 [14SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4567), S9193 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: require report to Congress on investigation into murder of Emmett Till (S. Con. Res. 150), S11713 [20NO]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit funding to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements, S11187 [10OC]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: include certain former nuclear weapons program workers in the Special Exposure Cohort under the compensation program, S6914 [17JN], S7220 [23JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (S.J. Res. 40), motion to proceed, S7959 [13JY]

FCC: consider size of market or viewing or listening audience in issuance of indecency penalties, S7131 [22JN]

Federal contracts: improve access by minority contractors, S11723 [20NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4818), conference report, S11723 [20NO]

Gift of Time Foundation: tribute, S6085 [21MY]

Gruender, Raymond W.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5927 [20MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S5246 [12MY], S9544 [23SE]

Herrera, Judith C.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6384 [2JN]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S9544 [23SE]

———reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (S. 2845), S10315, S10316, S10318, S10319 [4OC]

Iraq: response to remarks by Kofi A. Annan on the legality of war in Iraq, S9543 [23SE]

Kansas City, MO: recognize the Liberty Memorial Museum as ``America's National World War I Museum'', S6779 [15JN]

Karas, Kenneth M.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6384 [2JN]

Medicaid: coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease, S11054 [10OC]

———coverage of primary and secondary preventative medical strategies for children and adults with sickle cell disease (S. 874), S1508 [24FE]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, S4680 [29AP], S5246 [12MY]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, S4680 [29AP]

Moberly, MO: tribute to 1139th Military Police Co., S4153 [20AP]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: authorize the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, MO, to be illuminated by pink lights in commemoration (S. 2895), S10467 [5OC]

National security: provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification, S10315 [4OC]

Native Americans: provide for probate reform relative to trust or restricted lands (S. 1721), S6367, S6384 [2JN]

Political campaigns: comparison of President Bush and Senator Kerry relative to health care reform, S9544 [23SE]

Project Management Institute: anniversary of Metro St. Louis, MO, Chapter, S11491 [18NO]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), S3440 [31MR]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (S. Res. 374), unanimous-consent agreement, S6645 [9JN]

Roads and highways: use of high occupancy vehicle lanes by hybrid electric vehicles (S. 3001), S11498 [18NO]

Russia: condemn terrorist attack at school in Beslan and express condolences to victims' families (S. Res. 421), S9017 [9SE]

Schopp, Michael: Eagle Scout Award recipient, S4297 [22AP]

Senate: legislative program, S6384 [2JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, S5505 [17MY]

Taxation: provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualified health pooling arrangements, S9544 [23SE]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, S11054 [10OC]

Townes, Sandra L.: nomination to be district judge, unanimous-consent agreement, S6384 [2JN]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (S. 1072), S978, S980, S981 [11FE], S1221, S1222, S1235, S1238 [12FE]

———improve consumer protection regulation of the household goods moving industry, S1235 [12FE]

———provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation, S978, S980, S981 [11FE]

Votes: position on missed, S8957 [8SE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

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

Texts of

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

Tributes

Allawi, Iyad, S9544 [23SE]

Barreto, Hector, Sr., S6343 [2JN]

Chatman, Charles, S3918 [7AP]

Comlish, Donald, S9521 [22SE]

Greenblatt, William, S6270 [1JN]

Hoskins, Ronald W., S2775 [12MR]

Jones, Michael, S1930 [1MR]

Martin, Dennis, S6085 [21MY]

Reagan, Ronald, S6645 [9JN]

Robinson, Hugh, S5043 [7MY]

Rupp, William S., S10694 [7OC]