COLE, TOM (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2340 [9MY]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1198 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5363), H2962 [19MY]

American Council of Young Political Leaders: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 430), H4008 [14JN]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H791 [8MR]

Armed Forces: require the phased recovery of overpayments made to members and delay the start of overpayment recovery from members who are wounded, injured, or incur illness in a combat operation or zone (see H.R. 4730), H1981 [2MY]

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4134 [15JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]

Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]

Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]

Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H1742 [25AP]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1981 [2MY]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H387 [16FE]

———simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H4189 [16JN]

Crime: prohibit the sale and disclosure of customer information from telecommunications carriers obtained by false pretenses (see H.R. 4662), H160 [7FE]

Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H1917 [27AP]

Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H1853 [26AP]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H2833 (see H.R. 1227), H2890 [18MY]

Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Dahab and Northern Sinai (see H. Res. 795), H2340 [9MY]

Ernest Childers Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4744), H273 [14FE]

FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1743 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

FEMA: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 5316), H2337 [9MY]

———permit access to databases to comply with sex offender registry and notification laws (see H.R. 4381), H2502 [10MY]

Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 4547), H3309 (see H.R. 4547), H3361 [25MY]

———make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4328 [20JN]

Health: ensure the continued commercial availability of respirators and establish rules governing product liability actions against manufacturers and sellers of respirators (see H.R. 2357), H973 [14MR]

House Democracy Assistance Commission: welcome members and staff of the parliaments of East Timor, Republic of Georgia, Indonesia, and Macedonia as the first partner parliaments (see H. Res. 758), H1452 [4AP]

House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H2706 (see H. Res. 690), H2759 [17MY]

———prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]

———require that general appropriations bills contain a separate list of all earmarks in the accompanying report and the name of the sponsoring Member of each earmark (see H. Res. 662), H25 [31JA]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 5312), H2337 [9MY]

Insurance: implement a system of electronic health records under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4859), H1917 [27AP]

———remove month limitation on period of COBRA continuation coverage (see H.R. 5740), H4915 [29JN]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H973 [14MR]

Law enforcement officers: preserve and foster as one unit the Shadow Wolves located on Tohono O'odham lands (see H. Res. 829), H2962 [19MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3016 [22MY]

Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H1917 [27AP]

———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1853 [26AP]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H2962 [19MY]

———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H3788 [12JN]

Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H1197 [28MR]

National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 347), H1981 [2MY]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H4134 [15JN]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H1742 [25AP]

National security: require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H226 [8FE]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H869 [9MR]

Nicodemus, KS: recognize contributions to American history (see H. Res. 884), H4423 [21JN]

Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H3308 (see H.R. 5520), H3360 [25MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H451 [28FE]

Patriot Guard Riders (organization): commend the shielding of mourning military families from protesters and preserving the memory of fallen servicemembers at funerals (see H. Res. 731), H1682 [6AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: grant power to reduce budget authority (see H.R. 4889), H791 [8MR]

School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H3138 [23MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 1357), H450 [28FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H1742 [25AP]

Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H274 [14FE]

———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H4328 [20JN]

———encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 5056), H1917 [27AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H973 [14MR]

———expand expensing for small business (see H.R. 4790), H973 [14MR]

———improve and expand education savings accounts (see H.R. 5314), H2337 [9MY]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H3309 (see H.R. 5114), H3361 [25MY]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———permit military death gratuities to be contributed to certain tax-favored accounts (see H.R. 3478), H1059 [15MR]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H3138 [23MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H4958 [10JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H451 [28FE]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (see H. Res. 668), H154 [1FE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H565 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief (H.R. 4939), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 857), H3723 [9JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), consideration (see H. Res. 725), H971 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (see H. Res. 806), H2337 [9MY] (see H. Res. 811), H2501 [10MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), consideration (see H. Res. 877), H4219 [19JN]

Taxation: provide credits for the installation of certain wind energy property (see H.R. 4716), H223 [8FE]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), consideration (see H. Res. 868), H4008 [14JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: ensure regulatory equity between and among dairy farmers and handlers for sales of packaged fluid milk in federally regulated and non-federally regulated areas (S. 2120), H1154 [28MR]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief (H.R. 4939), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 857), H3743, H3744, H3745, H3746, H3748 [12JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), consideration (H. Res. 725), H980, H981, H982, H984, H985, H986 [15MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3241 [25MY]

Armed Forces: limit increase in the cost of TRICARE health care services, H2511, H2513 [11MY]

Committees of the House: establish select committee to investigate awarding and carrying out of contracts relative to the war on terrorism and hurricane relief, H985 [15MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (H. Res. 806), H2360, H2362, H2365, H2366 [10MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), consideration (H. Res. 811), H2508, H2511, H2513, H2514, H2515, H2516, H2517 [11MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), consideration (H. Res. 877), H4239, H4240, H4243 [20JN], E1294 [27JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3322 [25MY]

———Shadow Wolves border patrol program funding, H3322 [25MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2782 [18MY]

Dewey F. Bartlett Post Office, Tulsa, OK: designate (H.R. 4054), E357 [14MR]

Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), H2039 [3MY]

———provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (H.R. 4975), consideration (H. Res. 783), H1885 [27AP]

House Rules: prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives, H1885 [27AP]

Indian Health Service: funding, H2782 [18MY]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H3745, H3746 [12JN]

Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H984 [15MR]

Members of Congress: allow privately-funded travel during interim period whenever two-thirds members of the Committee on Ethics (House) vote to approve the proposed trip, H2039 [3MY]

National security: enhance effectiveness of the investigations of certain mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers for national security implications, H986 [15MR]

Oklahoma: tribute to Muslims, E744 [5MY]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), consideration (H. Res. 755), H1508 [5AP]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), consideration (H. Res. 835), H3241 [25MY]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), consideration (H. Res. 868), H4014, H4015, H4022 [15JN]

Votes: position on missed, H4588 [27JN], E508 [4AP], E929 [23MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4939, Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, War on Terror, and Hurricane Relief: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 857) (H. Rept. 109-496), H3723 [9JN]

Consideration of H. Res. 861, Commend Those Who Have Taken Part, and Declare That U.S. Will Prevail, in Global War on Terror and Complete Mission To Create a Sovereign Iraq: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 868) (H. Rept. 109-502), H4008 [14JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4939, Supplemental Appropriations for Military Operations and Reconstruction Efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, War on Terror, and Hurricane Relief: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 725) (H. Rept. 109-391), H971 [14MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5122, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 806) (H. Rept. 109-459), H2337 [9MY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 811) (H. Rept. 109-461), H2501 [10MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5631, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 877) (H. Rept. 109-507), H4219 [19JN]

Tributes

Reed, Eddie O., E680 [2MY]