HINOJOSA, RUBEN (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Increasing Economic Opportunity—Challenges and Strategies: Ben S. Bernanke, Federal Reserve Board Chair, H4559-H4561 [27JN]

Amendments

Appropriations: 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), H974 [14MR], H1024 [15MR]

Articles and editorials

10 Tips To Make Your Children Money-Wise, Brigitte Yuille, Bankrate.com (Internet site), E670 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses (see H.R. 5099), H1562 [5AP]

———provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of natural disasters and unforseen production costs (see H. Res. 706), H565 [2MR]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H1981 [2MY]

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. 3195), H225 [8FE]

———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1681 [6AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H1321 [29MR]

Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

Children and youth: improve outcomes for vulnerable children by investing in families, improving accountability in the child welfare system, and finding safe, stable, and permanent homes for foster children (see H.R. 3576), H1742 [25AP]

———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1681 [6AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1687), H1853 [26AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1697), H1917 [27AP]

Committee on Financial Services (House): require annual testimony by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, on efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting (see H.R. 5024), H5128 [12JY]

Communications Act: reform universal service provisions (see H.R. 5072), H2102 [3MY]

Congressional Teacher Award Task Force: establish (see H.R. 5140), H1678 [6AP]

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), H4795 [28JN]

Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: augment efforts of State and local governments to conduct early detection and surveillance to prevent the establishment or spread of plant pests that endanger agriculture, environment, and the economy (see H.R. 4049), H1681 [6AP]

———reauthorize the Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program and increase CCC funding for the program (see H.R. 4897), H1743 [25AP]

Dept. of Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H1678 [6AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2586 [11MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate the deductible and change the method of determining the mileage reimbursement rate for the beneficiary travel program (see H.R. 4025), H1743 [25AP]

———provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3309 (see H.R. 5455), H3362 [25MY]

———take certain actions to mitigate effects of the breach of data security (see H.R. 5487), H3306 (see H.R. 5487), H3359 [25MY]

Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]

———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]

Drugs: encourage the President to convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with growing threat of methamphetamine and synthetic drug precursor chemicals (see H. Res. 566), H3425 [6JN]

Education: establish a comprehensive program to bolster economic competitiveness and national security by promoting science, engineering, and math education careers and foreign language acquisition (see H.R. 4734), H3138 [23MY]

———expand quality programs of early childhood home visitation (see H.R. 3628), H2339 [9MY]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5519), H3724 [9JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 5442), H3724 [9JN]

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]

Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see H.R. 3997), H3309 (see H.R. 3997), H3361 [25MY]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1196 [28MR]

Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]

Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]

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), H1742 [25AP]

———establish grant programs to improve the health of residents and for bioterrorism preparedness in the U.S.-Mexico border area (see H.R. 5412), H3309 (see H.R. 5412), H3362 [25MY]

Health care facilities: extend exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals (see H.R. 4912), H973 [14MR]

Higher Education Act: extend programs (see H.R. 4911), H866 [9MR] (see H.R. 5603), H4008 [14JN]

———reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H2833 (see H.R. 5150), H2891 [18MY]

House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]

Housing: establish a program to revitalize rural multifamily housing assisted under the Housing Act (see H.R. 5039), H1319 [29MR]

———modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H2180 [8MY]

Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H3788 [12JN]

Hurricanes: recover, reclaim, restore and reconstruct lives and communities and reunite families devastated by Hurricane Katrina and address issues of poverty exposed by Hurricane Katrina (see H.R. 4197), H4795 [28JN]

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (nonprofit organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 844), H3308 (see H. Res. 844), H3361 [25MY]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H4917 [29JN]

Iraq: disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 442), H4916 [29JN]

King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H3309 (see H.R. 5328), H3362 [25MY]

Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4189 [16JN]

Math and Science Teaching Corps: establish (see H.R. 4705), H274 [14FE]

Medicare: extend certain payment methodologies provided for rural health care providers (see H.R. 5118), H1677 [6AP]

———improve voluntary prescription drug benefit and provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 4395), H26 [31JA]

———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), H2706 (see H.R. 5182), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H1743 [25AP]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3016 [22MY]

Minimum wage: calculate based on Federal poverty guidelines published by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5731), H4915 [29JN]

Minorities: recognize and take active measures to increase the low presence of minorities and women in upper level positions of management in the financial services industry (see H. Con. Res. 429), H3908 [13JN]

Money: reform certain requirements for reporting cash transactions (see H.R. 5341), H2502 [10MY]

National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1744 [25AP]

National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H3496 [7JN]

National security: ensure while promoting foreign investment and job creation, reform examination process for such investments, and establish Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (see H.R. 5337), H3788 [12JN]

NOAA: establish a National Integrated Drought Information System (see H.R. 5136), H1744 [25AP]

NSF: establish scholarship program to increase number of mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 5141), H1678 [6AP]

———establish scholarship program to increase number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate students (see H.R. 5142), H1678 [6AP]

———establish summer science and mathematics camps for middle and high school students (see H.R. 5458), H3497 [7JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H2173 [4MY]

Power resources: increase utilization of domestically produced renewable, biobased motor fuels and the manufacture of flexible-fuel vehicles (see H.R. 5372), H3309 (see H.R. 5372), H3362 [25MY]

Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]

Reeve, Christopher and Dana: tribute (see H. Res. 785), H2586 [11MY]

Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]

Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 4993), H5128 [12JY]

———establish the Silver Scholarship program to provide transferable educational awards to older individuals who have performed certain volunteer services (see H.R. 5275), H1980 [2MY]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Social Security: continuation of benefit payment through the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 5189), H3425 [6JN]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H868 [9MR]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 450), H333 [15FE]

———expand exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to dependents of employees (see H.R. 1518), H25 [31JA]

———extend deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses and expand such deduction for certain science, technology, engineering, and math professionals who become certified teachers (see H.R. 4622), H2102 [3MY]

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]

Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H1980 [2MY]

Veterans: expand and enhance educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 4361), H26 [31JA]

———expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 5499), H3425 [6JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1951), H1563 [5AP]

Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 5602), H3908 [13JN]

Women's Museum—An Institute for the Future: tribute (see H. Res. 730), H1129 [16MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bentsen, Lloyd: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 413), H3137 [23MY]

NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H1562 [5AP]

Rural areas: promote the development of affordable, quality rental housing for low-income households (see H.R. 5373), H2585 [11MY]

Letters

Support Financial Literacy Month goals and ideals: Alessandro Iuppa and Catherine J. Weatherford, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, E659 [27AP]

———Christopher L. Williston, Independent Bankers Association of Texas, H1488 [5AP]

———Daniel A. Mica, Credit Union National Association, H1488 [5AP], E625 [26AP]

———Daniel B. Moisand, Financial Planning Association, H1488 [5AP]

———Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas State Securities Board, E625 [26AP]

———Derick Rill, FTC, E659 [27AP]

———Dick Ensweiler, Texas Credit Union League, E625 [26AP]

———Ed Shovar, Securities Industry Association, E670 [1MY]

———Jim Nabors II, National Association of Mortgage Brokers, E625 [26AP]

———Joshua Peirez, MasterCard International, Inc., H1488 [5AP]

———Liz Coit, Networks Financial Institute, Indiana State University, H1487 [5AP]

———Patricia D. Struck, North American Securities Adminstrators Association, Inc., H1487 [5AP]

———President Bush, E659 [27AP]

———Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, E659 [27AP]

———Robert F. Duvall, National Council on Economic Education, E670 [1MY]

Press releases

Support Financial Literacy Month Goals and Ideals: Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H1488 [5AP]

Remarks

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, H3092 [23MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3092 [23MY]

Appropriations: 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), H1024 [15MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit funding for salaries and expenses of personnel who make high interest loans to sugar processors, H3092 [23MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5647), H4332 [21JN]

Economy: support financial education and literacy, H4559, H4561 [27JN]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 737), H1487 [5AP], E625 [26AP], E658 [27AP], E670 [1MY]

Lower Rio Grande Flood Control Project: funding, H1024 [15MR]

Mercedes, TX: Science Academy of South Texas inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of nation's top high schools, H2156 [4MY]

———South Texas High School for Health Professions inclusion in Newsweek (publication) list of nation's top high schools, H2156 [4MY]

Minimum wage: level, H4332 [21JN]

National Flood Insurance Program: require GAO study on potential methods, practices and incentives that would increase the degree to which low-income property owners living in high-risk locations participate, H4606 [27JN]

———restore financial solvency (H.R. 4973), H4606 [27JN]

National Homeownership Month: observance (H. Res. 854), H4586 [27JN]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5293), H4352, H4354, H4356 [21JN]

Senior citizens: give preference, when making grants for multidisciplinary centers of gerontology and gerontology centers of special emphasis, to centers located at institutions of higher education in urban areas (H.R. 5277), H2764 [18MY]

Texas: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr region inclusion in INC.com (publication) list of nation's hottest mid-sized cities, H2506 [11MY]

Texas Western University: commend anniversary and recognize historic impact of basketball title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights (H. Res. 668), H400 [28FE]

Votes: correction, H1068 [16MR], H5079 [12JY]

———position on missed, H353 [16FE], H2077 [3MY], H2702 [17MY], H2773, H2843 [18MY], H2989 [22MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H561 [2MR], H627 [7MR], H4955 [10JY]

Reports

Final Results of the 2006 Stock Market Game Capitol Hill Challenge: Securities Industry Association, E670 [1MY]

Statements

Support Financial Literacy Month Goals and Ideals: Southeast Regional Financial Education Center, E659 [27AP]

Tributes

Bernanke, Ben S., H4559 [27JN]

Fisher, Richard W., H4561 [27JN]

Kirkpatrick, Amy Bryant, E1026 [6JN]