MASSACHUSETTS

Amendments

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (H. Res. 854), H9991 [18NO]

Articles and editorials

Angel in the Outfield Sends Heavenly Miracle From Above, H9989 [18NO]

Artery Tunnel Springs Leak, Traffic Snarled; Big Dig Closes Lanes, Seeks Cause, Aims for Full Reopening, S11680 [20NO]

Bench vs. People—Can a Judge's Will Become a Law?, S6070 [21MY]

Big Dig Officials—Taxpayers Won't Pay To Repair Leaks, S11682 [20NO]

Health Care's Brewing Storm, E654 [27AP]

How They Uncovered the Truth, S688 [6FE]

List of Tunnel Troubles Grows Longer, More Leaks, Damage Found, S11681 [20NO]

Ray Rourke, 1917-2004, E1004 [2JN]

SpongeBob Tunnel Simply Leaving Taxpayers All Wet, S11681 [20NO]

Two-Time Boston Marathon Champ Johnny Kelley Dead at 97, E1874 [11OC]

With Tunnel All Wet, Builder Drains State, S11680 [20NO]

Bills and resolutions

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see S. Res. 482), S11800 [20NO] (see H. Res. 854), H9745 [16NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in the Minute Man National Historical Park (see H.R. 4291), H2657 [5MY]

Lowell National Historical Park: adjust boundaries (see S. 2890), S10436 [5OC] (see H.R. 5209), H8038 [4OC]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Massachusetts (see S. 2124), S1586 [25FE]

National Park Service: report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission (see S. 2646), S8030 [13JY] (see H.R. 5014), H6755 [7SE]

Native Americans: Federal recognition of Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (see H.R. 4933), H6702 [22JY]

Eulogies

Mavroules, Nicholas: by Rudy DeLeon, E25 [21JA]

Letters

Constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage: Elsie Frank, E346 [11MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security regulations concerning the shipping of extremely hazardous materials: Joseph C. Carter, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police, E1366 [14JY]

Mutual Fund Reform Act: William F. Galvin, Sec. of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, S794 [10FE]

Poems

``Curse Has Struck Out,'' Representative Markey, E2174 [7DE]

Remarks in House

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (H. Res. 854), H9987-H9991 [18NO], E2139 [24NO]

Bristol Community College: tribute, E651 [27AP]

Coast Guard: land sale to Nahant, MA, H7276, H7277 [21SE]

Congressional Conference on Civic Education: convene, E1933 [11OC]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage, E346 [11MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, E654 [27AP]

Homosexuality: Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriages, H845 [4MR]

Kerry, Senator: selection as Democratic Presidential candidate, H5518-H5524 [12JY], H5989 [20JY]

Kolodny, Edwin H.: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1616 [14SE]

Morgenthau, Henry, III and Ruth S.: Harvard University Hillel Tribute to Excellence honorees, E683 [28AP]

Murphy, Majorie: Cohasset (MA) Mariner Citizen of the Year Award recipient, E253 [26FE]

Northampton, MA: anniversary, E804 [11MY]

O'Toole, Larry: SBA Massachusetts Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E681 [28AP]

Phelan, Patrick: Gatorade National High School Boys Soccer Player of the Year award recipient, E231 [25FE]

Smith College: tribute to first all-female graduating class of Picker Engineering School, E354 [11MR]

Springfield, MA: anniversary of Melha Shrine Circus, E270 [2MR]

Sutton, MA: anniversary, E1644 [15SE]

Wyner, Daniel M.: ROFEH International (nonprofit organization) and New England Chassidic Center honoree, E1616 [14SE]

Remarks in Senate

Bell, Robert: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education Outstanding Baccalaureate Colleges Professor of the Year award recipient, S11487 [18NO]

Boston, MA: cost overruns, delays, and construction and engineering errors relative to completion of Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel Project, S11679-S11683 [20NO]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (S. Res. 482), S11835, S11836 [20NO]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage, S2835 [22MR]

Freedom of information: importance of State and Federal laws, S687 [6FE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system, S6912 [17JN]

Homosexuality: Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriages, S632 [5FE], S682 [6FE], S1414 [12FE], S5489 [14MY], S5893 [20MY], S6070-S6072 [21MY]

Kerry, Senator: selection as Democratic Presidential candidate, S8847 [7SE]

National Park Service: report on the sustainability of the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Commission (S. 2646), S8037 [13JY]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute, S350 [2FE]

Saylor, F. Dennis, IV: nomination to be district judge, S6263 [1JN]

Tinberg, Howard: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Council for Advancement and Support of Education Outstanding Community Colleges Professor of the Year award recipient, S11487 [18NO]

Reports filed

Nomination of F. Dennis Saylor IV To Be District Judge: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2222 [4MR]

Statements

ABA Confers Highest Honor on Former Congressman, the Rev. Robert F. Drinan, Georgetown Law Professor: ABA, E1410 [19JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 854, tribute to Boston Red Sox (baseball team), H9991 [18NO]

S. 2646, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Sustainability Report Act, S8038 [13JY]

S. Res. 482, tribute to Boston Red Sox (baseball team), S11805, S11836 [20NO]

Tributes

Drinan, Robert F., E1409 [19JY]

Kennedy, Senator, S8979 [9SE], S11563 [19NO]

Kerry, Senator, S7148 [22JN], S11563, S11564 [19NO]

Mavroules, Nicholas, E25 [21JA]