HOEFFEL, JOSEPH M. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Addresses

Tribute to Sherwood Baker: Dante Zappala, E1159 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AARP: decision to support Medicare reform legislation (see H. Res. 461), H37 [20JA]

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H1011 [10MR]

Airport Noise Curfew Commission: establish (see H.R. 5109), H7328 [21SE]

Argentina: anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires (see H. Con. Res. 469), H5195 [6JY]

Armed Forces: allow active duty personnel to withdraw an election not to participate in the program of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4468), H3606 [1JN]

———clarify requirements relative to predeployment and postdeployment medical exams of certain members (see H.R. 4346), H4287 [16JN]

———ensure that soldiers wounded in a combat zone continue to receive special pay allowances and tax benefits associated with combat pay (see H.R. 5296), H9047 [8OC]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program, provide TRICARE eligibility for the Ready Reserve, continue health insurance funding for mobilized reserve components, and increase educational aid to Selected Reserve members (see H.R. 3317), H5150 [25JN]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———provide compensation to members of the reserve components who suffer discrepancies between their military and nonmilitary compensation as a result of being called to active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 1345), H700 [26FE]

———reimburse members for cost of protective body armor purchased by or on behalf of the member (see H.R. 3615), H2549 [4MY]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H4766 [22JN]

———reinstate ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 5100), H7234 [15SE]

Brumidi, Constantino: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 264), H435 [10FE]

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]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see H.J. Res. 95), H2488 [29AP] (see H.J. Res. 97), H3780 [3JN]

Business and industry: implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (see H.R. 4177), H3606 [1JN]

———prevent excessive concentration of ownership of the nation's media outlets, restore fairness in broadcasting, and foster and promote localism, diversity, and competition in the media (see H.R. 4069), H5536 [12JY]

———prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 3888), H1072 [11MR]

Children and youth: ensure access to food and nutrition assistance, improve children's nutritional health, and simplify and restore integrity of child nutrition programs (see H.R. 3873), H1370 [23MR]

———establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2173), H89 [21JA]

———provide assistance for orphans and other vulnerable children in developing countries (see H.R. 4061), H2374 [22AP]

———recognize importance of distribution of food in schools to hungry or malnourished children around the world (see H. Con. Res. 422), H3015 [13MY]

China, Republic of: participation in WHO (see H.R. 3793), H927 [9MR]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Classified information: request Executive Office of the President and other executive departments to transmit documents relative to disclosure of identity and employment of Valerie Plame (see H. Res. 499), H245 [28JA]

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H4392 (see H.R. 4067), H4507 [17JN]

Commission for Assisting Democratic Parliaments: establish (see H. Res. 543), H1230 [17MR]

Committee on Homeland Security (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 837), H9051 [8OC]

Committee on Intelligence (House): establish as a standing committee (see H. Res. 837), H9051 [8OC]

Corporations: make expatriated corporations that do business with, or own foreign subsidiaries that do business with, state sponsors of terrorism, or terrorist organizations, ineligible for Federal contracts (see H.R. 4394), H5536 [12JY]

Courts: establish domestic violence court systems from amounts available for grants to combat violence against women (see H.R. 3424), H575 [24FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

———provide grants for public information campaigns to educate racial and ethnic minorities about domestic violence (see H.R. 3425), H434 [10FE]

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

Dept. of Defense: carry out a program to provide a support system for members of the Armed Forces who incur severe disabilities (see H.R. 5057), H7234 [15SE]

———provide for the arrest and commitment of contractor personnel who commit Federal offenses or war crimes while supporting overseas missions (see H.R. 4390), H5402 [8JY]

———request transmission to the House of Representatives any documentation produced in conjuction with investigations of abuse of Iraqi POW by U.S. military personnel or contractors (see H. Res. 640), H2918 [12MY]

Dept. of Education: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4769), H5654 [13JY]

———strengthen and expand the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to facilitate the transition of low-income high school students into post-secondary education (see H.R. 3988), H2374 [22AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify that prohibitions on contracts with corporate expatriates applies to contracting with subsidiaries of such entities (see H.R. 1355), H4287 [16JN]

———establish the Office of Wireless Public Safety Interoperable Communications (see H.R. 4400), H3391 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to improve ability of State and local governments to prevent abduction of children by family members (see H.R. 3965), H2658 [5MY]

Dept. of State: establish an Office To Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism and require annual reports on acts of anti-Semitism around the world (see H.R. 4230), H3017 [13MY]

Director of National Intelligence: establish position as head of entire intelligence community (see H.R. 4104), H2406 [27AP]

Diseases: fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention (see H.R. 4595), H4766 [22JN]

———increase awareness of and research on autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and fibromyalgia (see H.R. 3359), H434 [10FE]

———prohibit interference by certain education grant recipients with a student's treatment of his or her diabetes (see H.R. 3178), H245 [28JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H2483 [28AP]

Education: encourage partnerships between community colleges and four-year colleges and universities (see H.R. 1871), H2373 [22AP]

———prevent abuse of special allowance subsidies under the Federal Family Education Loan Program (see H.R. 5113), H7945 [30SE]

———provide access and assistance to increase college attendance and completion by part-time students (see H.R. 3968), H2200 [20AP]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 3881), H1484 [24MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see H.R. 3820), H1117 [16MR]

Endangered species: protect the remaining herd of wild and genetically pure American Buffalo (see H.R. 3446), H90 [21JA]

ERISA: improve disclosure of funding status of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 3005), H9051 [8OC]

European Union: recognize importance of relations with the U.S. (see H. Res. 577), H2729 [6MY]

FAA: repeal local participation in Essential Air Service Program (see H.R. 3721), H88 [21JA]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H1230 [17MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 2932), H2199 [20AP]

Fish and fishing: provide for stewardship of fishery resources (see H.R. 4706), H8859 [7OC]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5312), H9048 [8OC]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums (see H.R. 4357), H2918 [12MY]

———increase public awareness of eating disorders and expand research for treatment and cures (see H. Res. 531), H574 [24FE]

———increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H872 [4MR]

———modify the rules for redistribution and extended availability of funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4936), H7736 [28SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2402), H3016 [13MY]

———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 4628), H4766 [22JN]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H6557 [21JY]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 4182), H2265 [21AP]

———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 3658), H304 [3FE]

Health care facilities: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 4316), H2727 [6MY]

Housing: establish a program to assist homeowners experiencing temporary difficulty making mortgage payments under the National Housing Act (see H.R. 1357), H1370 [23MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H927 [9MR]

Intelligence services: reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the U.S. Government (see H.R. 5150), H7736 [28SE]

———strengthen protections of civil liberties in the exercise of foreign intelligence surveillance authorities (see H.R. 3352), H927 [9MR]

Iran: condemn development of means to produce nuclear weapons (see H. Con. Res. 398), H2550 [4MY]

———urge compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency resolutions on nuclear weapons program and call for international cooperation with such compliance (see H. Con. Res. 332), H1117 [16MR]

Israel: condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 390), H1594 [25MR]

———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), H1230 [17MR]

———support membership in the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) at the U.N. (see H. Res. 615), H4392 (see H. Res. 615), H4507 [17JN]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7234 [15SE]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1043), H5536 [12JY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3847), H698 [26FE]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 4937, 4938), H6702 [22JY]

March for Women's Lives: commend marchers and recognize individual rights relative to fertility, sexuality, and reproduction (see H. Res. 603), H2372 [22AP]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 3859), H699 [26FE]

Medicare: condition the payment of employer prescription drug subsidies on the maintenance of current prescription drug benefits (see H.R. 4978), H6756 [7SE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements for all individuals at clinical risk for osteoporosis (see H.R. 2151), H707 [1MR]

———deliver a meaningful benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 3767), H6557 [21JY]

———impose minimum nurse staffing in participating hospitals (see H.R. 3656), H701 [26FE]

———improve access to diabetes self-management training by designated certified diabetes educators (see H.R. 3194), H1230 [17MR]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H304 [3FE]

———preserve access to cancer care (see H.R. 5144), H7574 [23SE]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7575 [23SE]

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act: eliminate overpayments to health maintenance organizations and other private plans (see H.R. 4304), H2727 [6MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy and establish pilot programs to foster such screening (see H.R. 3458), H128 [27JA]

———require automatic fire sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities (see H.R. 4967), H7736 [28SE]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 3729), H1740 [30MR]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H3606 [1JN]

Millennium Challenge Act: extend authority to provide assistance to countries (see H.R. 4660), H4893 [23JN]

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

Mining and mineral resources: reauthorize collection of reclamation fees, revise abandoned mine reclamation program, promote remining, and authorize Office of Surface Mining to collect black lung excise tax (see H.R. 3778), H1323 [18MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 3459), H6756 [7SE]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 2735), H4894 [23JN]

NASA: tribute to Hubble Space Telescope for extraordinary contributions to scientific research and education and reconsideration of future service missions (see H. Res. 550), H3392 [19MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: extend operation to serve as a resource for the President and Congress (see H.R. 5125), H7442 [22SE]

———implement recommendations (see H.R. 5024), H6898 [8SE] (see H.R. 5040), H6996 [9SE]

National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Res. 646), H3781 [3JN]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 506), H701 [26FE]

National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 5358), H9184 [9OC]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 4355), H4171 [15JN]

———expedite development of medical countermeasures to treat or prevent disease caused by infectious disease agents or toxins that may pose a significant public health threat (see H.R. 4258), H3094 [17MY]

———provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see H.R. 4333), H2815 [11MY]

Nonprofit organizations: provide assistance to high-risk nonprofit organizations to protect against foreign terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4108), H2018 [1AP]

Pennsylvania State University: anniversary (see H. Res. 703), H5195 [6JY]

Pensions: limit availability of benefits under nonqualified deferred compensation plans subject to distress or termination resulting from bankruptcy reorganization or conversion to cash balance plan (see H.R. 5292), H9047 [8OC]

———provide additional protections for participants and beneficiaries under employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 2101), H7329 [21SE]

Pharmaceuticals: permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 2497), H633 [25FE]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 3956), H1791 [31MR] (see H. Res. 601), H2265 [21AP]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H. Res. 689, 699, 700), H5536 [12JY]

Privacy: provide penalties for accessing certain electronic communications in a manner that violates consumer privacy (see H.R. 4956), H7580 [24SE]

Public lands: provide a means of resolving claims regarding the continued existence of rights-of-way (see H.R. 1639), H3440 (see H.R. 1639), H3540 [20MY]

Railroads: increase rail transportation security (see H.R. 4476), H5654 [13JY] (see H.R. 4896), H6998 [9SE]

Russia: condemn series of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 760), H6998 [9SE]

Saudi Arabia: halt support for institutions that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism, and secure full cooperation in the investigation of terrorist incidents (see H.R. 3643), H1484 [24MR]

SBA: modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H6998 [9SE]

Schools: ensure safety of meals served under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 1551), H2728 [6MY]

Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 392), H1322 [18MR]

Small business: improve results and accountability of microenterprise development assistance programs (see H.R. 3818), H1740 [30MR]

Social Security: expand Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program to include parents of low-income families (see H.R. 4350), H2917 [12MY]

———permit States to cover certain low-income youth with an enhanced matching rate under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3192), H128 [27JA]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 4910), H7234 [15SE]

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

Spain: condemn terrorist bombing in Madrid and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 565), H1370 [23MR]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H7073 [13SE]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (see H. Con. Res. 467), H5984 [19JY]

———provide assistance for the crisis in the Darfur region and for the development of a comprehensive peace plan (see H.R. 5061), H7234 [15SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 462), H4928 (see H. Con. Res. 462), H5072 [24JN]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H36 [20JA]

Taxation: accelerate increase in refundability of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4207), H2371 [22AP]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H830 [3MR]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4655), H4928 (see H.R. 4655), H5072 [24JN]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain designated beneficiaries of employee's (see H.R. 935), H3719 [2JN]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H89 [21JA]

———provide for a refundable wage differential credit for activated military reservists (see H.R. 4435), H3606 [1JN]

———provide subsidies to encourage small employers to offer affordable health coverage to their employees through qualfied health pooling arrangements (see H.R. 4356), H2918 [12MY]

———reduce health insurance costs for family coverage of military reservists called to active duty (see H.R. 1466), H4928 (see H.R. 1466), H5071 [24JN]

Telecommunications: protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H7443 [22SE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H575 [24FE]

Tobacco products: combat illicit trafficking of tobacco products (see H.R. 4820), H5653 [13JY]

Transportation: provide for security of public transportation systems (see H.R. 4361), H3964 [14JN]

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), H1370 [23MR]

Ukraine: authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the Ukrainian famine-genocide of 1932-1933 (see H.R. 4450), H3606 [1JN]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 1919), H1740 [30MR] (see H.R. 2511), H1370 [23MR]

———improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 348), H2373 [22AP]

———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), H391 [4FE]

———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]

Women: increase awareness and education about heart disease among women (see H. Res. 522), H753 [2MR]

———reduce health care costs and promote improved health by providing supplemental grants for preventive health services (see H.R. 1470), H1322 [18MR]

World War II: anniversary of Allied landing at Normandy on D-Day (see H.J. Res. 93), H2488 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Benjamin Franklin National Memorial: restore (see H.R. 3753), H303 [3FE]

Medicare: prohibit operation of comparative cost adjustment (CCA) program in Pennsylvania (see H.R. 3836), H632 [25FE]

Remarks

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H2888 [12MY]

Chalabi, Ahmad: relationship with U.S. Government, H3699, H3700, H3701, H3702, H3703 [2JN]

———role on Iraqi Governing Council, H556, H557, H558, H559, H560, H561 [24FE]

China, Republic of: U.S. policy, E24 [21JA]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H4624, H4625, H4626 [21JN]

Glenside, PA: anniversary of Weldon Volunteer Fire Co. #3, E683 [28AP]

Hatfield, PA: tribute to Hatfield Volunteer Fire Co., E286 [3MR]

Intelligence services: appoint commission to assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq relative to possession of weapons of mass destruction, H291 [3FE]

———assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H66 [21JA], H118 [27JA], H291, H293, H295, H296 [3FE], H555 [24FE], H3077, H3078, H3079 [17MY], H3699, H3700, H3701 [2JN], H4624, H4625, H4626 [21JN], H9890, H9891 [17NO]

Iraq: alleged maltreatment and abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, H2888, H2914, H2915 [12MY], H3076 [17MY]

———assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H293, H295, H296 [3FE], H2888, H2914, H2915 [12MY], H3076, H3077, H3078, H3079 [17MY], H3699, H3700, H3701, H3702, H3703 [2JN], H5181, H5184 [6JY], H6892, H6894, H6895 [8SE], H9889, H9890, H9891, H9893, H9894 [17NO]

———assumption of sovereign authority by interim Government, H5181 [6JY]

———possession of weapons of mass destruction, H118 [27JA]

Jenkintown, PA: anniversary of Salem Baptist Church, E20 [21JA]

Kay, David: comments by former chief U.S. weapons inspector on Iraqi possession of weapons of mass destruction, H555 [24FE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Irwin Rose for chemistry, E2061 [18NO]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Chestnut Hill Hospital, E1769 [1OC]

———anniversary of Fox Chase Cancer Center, E123 [6FE]

Sudan: declare genocide in Darfur (H. Con. Res. 467), H6533 [21JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, E681 [28AP]

Votes: position on missed, E340 [11MR]

Whitemarsh Township, PA: anniversary, E2059 [18NO]

Willow Grove, PA: anniversary of Corporal William A. Sydnor VFW Post 3398, E909 [19MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H87 [21JA], H125 [27JA], H512 [11FE], H749 [2MR], H2915 [12MY]

Tributes

Baker, Sherwood, E1159 [18JN]

Del Soldo, Robert P., E1557 [8SE]

Heisler, Anthony F., E979 [2JN]

Kittredge, Paul, E1135 [16JN]

Leary, James P., E1248 [25JN]