EDWARDS, CHET (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5148 [24JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5385 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1268, supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief, H2520 [26AP]

———H.R. 2360, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H8406 [28SE]

———H.R. 2419, energy and water development appropriations, H9110 [26OC]

———H.R. 2528, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services, H9568 [3NO]

———H.R. 2863, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H11586 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Advertising: prohibit as indecent the broadcasting of any advertisement for a medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (see H.R. 1420), H2473 [21AP]

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see H.R. 2068), H3263 [12MY]

Armed Forces: commend medical personnel for care of combat casualties (see H. Con. Res. 309), H11035 [18NO]

———enhance protection of members and their spouses from unscrupulous financial services sales practices through increased consumer education (see H.R. 3472), H6933 [27JY]

———increase authorized weight allowances for the shipment of baggage and household effects of senior noncommissioned officers (see H.R. 1406), H2103 [14AP]

———increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]

———prevent the sale of abusive insurance and investment products to military personnel (see H.R. 458), H1025 [8MR] (see H.R. 461), H284 [1FE]

———provide a temporary increase in the minimum end strength levels for active duty personnel and Special Operation Forces (see H.R. 1666), H2101 [14AP]

———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad (see H.R. 923), H8734 [6OC]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H1372 [10MR]

———require States to charge in-State tuition rates to members and their dependents who are domiciled or stationed on active duty in that State (see H.R. 197), H3113 [10MY]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H353 [2FE]

———revise age and service requirements for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service and improve health care for reservists and their families by making TRICARE benefits permanent (see H.R. 558), H5603 [30JN]

Arms control: provide for counterproliferation measures (see H.R. 422), H287 [1FE]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 390), H7566 [28JY]

Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3695 [19MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H4188 [7JN] (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1365), H2395 [20AP]

China, People's Republic of: clarify actionability of exchange-rate manipulation under countervailing duty provisions and product-specific safeguard mechanisms of U.S. trade laws (see H.R. 1498), H8734 [6OC]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see H.R. 1445), H3113 [10MY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 29), H1264 [9MR]

CPSC: issue regulations mandating child-resistant closures on all portable gasoline containers (see H.R. 4023), H8807 [7OC]

Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H1969 [13AP]

Davis-Bacon Act: reinstate application of the wage requirements to Federal contracts in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 3763), H8249 [21SE]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1375), H2103 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1697 [17MR]

Dept. of Justice: provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H10039 [8NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 808), H628 [15FE]

Disney, Walt: tribute (see H. Res. 355), H5637 [11JY]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H1897 [12AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H790 [17FE]

Education: improve graduation rates by making grants to improve adolescent literacy (see H.R. 547), H349 [2FE]

———increase maximum Pell Grant amount (see H.R. 133), H524 [9FE]

Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 318), H4486 [14JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to employees whose spouse, child, or parent is a member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 1667), H4722 [17JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H5912 [14JY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see H.R. 2061), H4188 [7JN]

———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H4400 [13JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H1896 [12AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H989 [7MR]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H11879 [15DE]

Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H7673 [6SE]

Ho, Don: tribute (see H. Res. 597), H11503 [13DE]

House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (see H. Res. 131), H1417 [14MR]

Housing: modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program (see H.R. 2803), H7743 [7SE]

Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1417 [14MR]

Iron and steel industry: maintain and expand the steel import licensing and monitoring program (see H.R. 1068), H10910 [17NO]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see H. Res. 137), H2473 [21AP]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2551 [26AP]

Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office Building, Goliad, TX: designate (see H.R. 1072), H980 [3MR]

Kika de la Garza Federal Building, McAllen, TX: designate (see H.R. 2322), H3259 [12MY]

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 H.R. 1696), H3114 [10MY]

Laredo, TX: anniversary (see H. Res. 128), H847 [1MR]

Lillian McKay Post Office Building, Humble, TX: designate (see H.R. 2413), H7565 [28JY]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see H.R. 358), H942 [2MR]

Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 1302, 1304), H1507 [15MR]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4252), H10038 [8NO]

Medicare: permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 376), H413 [8FE]

———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H10503 [16NO]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H5604 [30JN]

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. 23), H8734 [6OC]

Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 708), H522 [9FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H5915 [14JY]

Native Americans: acknowledgment of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 21), H1509 [15MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: terminate effect of laws prohibiting spending of appropriated funds to conduct oil and natural gas leasing and preleasing activities (see H.R. 3918), H8387 [27SE] (see H.R. 4318), H12051 [16DE]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see H. Res. 186), H1848 [6AP]

Real estate: prohibit economic development assistance to States or localities that use eminent domain to obtain property for private commercial development or fail to pay relocation costs to displaced persons (see H.R. 3405), H8163 [20SE]

Rotary International: anniversary (see H. Res. 142), H1024 [8MR]

San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]

Securities: clarify the Permanent University Fund arbitrage exception and increase amount of securities and obligations benefiting from the exeption (see H.R. 2661), H8089 [15SE]

Sergeant Byron W. Norwood Post Office Building, Pflugerville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1001), H1510 [15MR]

Smith, Emmitt: tribute (see H. Res. 70), H412 [8FE]

Social Security: ensure that receipts and disbursements of the trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget (see H.R. 653), H411 [8FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 1714), H2393 [20AP]

Space policy: establish interagency aerospace revitalization task force to develop national strategy for aerospace workforce cultivation, training, and recruitment (see H.R. 758), H6651 [26JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H286 [1FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H7565 [28JY]

———allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 4092), H9696 [4NO]

———allow employers to claim a work opportunity credit for hiring military personnel returning from service in Iraq or Afghanistan and for hiring their dependents and dependents of deceased personnel (see H.R. 1352), H2395 [20AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H3695 [19MY]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2952), H9276 [26OC]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 519), H348 [2FE]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax and prevent manipulation of transfer prices by deflection of income to tax havens (see H.R. 1303), H1507 [15MR]

Terrorism: prevent access by terrorists to nuclear material, technology, and expertise and establish an Office of Nonproliferation Programs in the Executive Office of the President (see H.R. 665), H411 [8FE]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H12050 [16DE]

Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 885), H3894 [24MY]

Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H795 [17FE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 1366), H3199 [11MY]

———improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1588), H2551 [26AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H942 [2MR] (see H.R. 2076), H8735 [6OC]

———recognize positive effect of outreach activities known as Stand Down events on homeless veterans and commend organizers of such events (see H. Con. Res. 87), H988 [7MR]

Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2472 [21AP]

Walt Disney Co.: anniversary of Disneyland (see H. Con. Res. 142), H2743 [2MY]

White House Fellows Program: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9043 [20OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 37), H1508 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: improve benefits for members, veterans, and their dependents and survivors (see H.R. 2131), H3052 [5MY]

Baylor University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 205), H1895 [12AP]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize participation in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project (see H.R. 3418), H6431 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (see H.R. 3102), H5434 (see H.R. 3102), H5478 [29JN] (see H.R. 3136), H5599 [30JN]

———repeal the offset from surviving spouse annuities under the military Survivor Benefit Plan for amounts paid as dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 808), consideration (see H. Res. 271), H3198 [11MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: prohibit coverage of sex-enhancing drugs for individuals convicted of a sex offense (see H.R. 2626), H4072 [25MY]

Veterans: increase maximum coverage under the Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance programs (see H.R. 460), H284 [1FE]

Letters

Veterans health care funding: several veterans organizations, H1662 [17MR]

———Thomas P. Cadmus, American Legion, H1662 [17MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5743 [13JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1446 [15MR]

Azerbaijan: call for free and fair parliamentary elections (H. Res. 326), E1580 [22JY]

Baylor University: tribute to women's basketball team, H1826 [6AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H12235 [18DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4241), H9998 [8NO], H10627 [17NO]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 640), H12235 [18DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1562, H1564 [16MR], H1662, H1663, H1672 [17MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), conference report, H2709, H2710 [28AP]

Cleburne, TX: anniversary of Cleburne Lions Club, E1929 [22SE]

Congressional Record: redaction, H4114 [26MY]

Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3629 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3629, H3635 [19MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2361), motion to instruct conferees, H6459 [26JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), H5567, H5568, H5586 [30JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), H4090, H4093, H4111 [26MY]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), conference report, H10922, H10924 [18NO]

———making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), consideration (H. Res. 298), H4081 [26MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5148 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 337), H4996 [23JN]

Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5385, H5386 [29JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), consideration (H. Res. 341), H5270 [28JN]

Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8258, H8262, H8317 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8317 [22SE]

———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), consideration (H. Res. 455), H8258, H8262 [22SE]

House of Representatives: express commitment to achieving victory in Iraq (H. Res. 612), H11914 [16DE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 345), H5567, H5568 [30JN]

Hurricanes: express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (H. Res. 425), H7688 [7SE]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H11914 [16DE]

———call for immediate withdrawal of Armed Forces (H. Res. 571), consideration (H. Res. 572), H10999 [18NO]

Outer Continental Shelf: allow oil and gas exploration if crude oil imports account for more than two-thirds of U.S. consumption, H3635 [19MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5385 [29JN], H10994 [18NO]

Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance: enhance program (H.R. 3200), H6456 [26JY]

Veterans: benefits funding, H181 [25JA], H1564 [16MR]

———health care funding, H1662 [17MR], H2710 [28AP], H4081, H4093 [26MY], H5148 [24JN], H5270 [28JN], H5385 [29JN], H5646 [12JY], H5745 [13JY], H5884 [14JY], H6459 [26JY], H10922, H10924 [18NO]

Waco, TX: tribute to Midway Middle School boys' choir, E2519 [14DE]

Workforce Investment Act: prohibit faith-based organizations receiving Federal funds from discriminating in hiring practices, H911 [2MR]

———strengthen career centers, provide effective governance arrangements, promote access to employment, training, and youth services, and improve performance accountability (H.R. 27), H911 [2MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H188 [25JA], H1838 [6AP], H5736 [12JY], H5910 [14JY]

Statements

Reconciliation of the Concurrent Budget Resolution, H9605 [3NO]

Tributes

Andrews, Leta, E2521 [14DE]

Kunz, Gretchen, E1005 [18MY]

Lynn, Alan R., E1011 [19MY], E1034 [20MY]

Marti, George W., E1853 [15SE]

Pickle, J.J., H5718 [12JY], E1542 [20JY]

Soler, Lawrence, E1854 [15SE]

Teague, Olin E., H4093 [26MY]