PRICE, TOM (a Representative from Georgia)
Amendments
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3373 [6JN]
Appointments
Committee To Escort Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Into the House Chamber, H3141 [24MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H2339 [9MY]
ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H4424 [21JN]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 5470), H3226 [24MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]
Cambodian-American Freedom Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 533), H5128 [12JY]
Capitol Police: tribute (see H. Res. 756), H1682 [6AP]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H4520 [22JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]
Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H2102 [3MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: require certain additional calculations to be included in the annual financial statement covering accounts and associated activities of the executive branch (see H.R. 5129), H1853 [26AP]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H1563 [5AP]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: provide for secure financial data (see H.R. 3997), H1320 [29MR]
Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H4521 [22JN]
Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]
Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4009 [14JN]
Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 3875), H2102 [3MY]
House Rules: curtail the growth of Government programs (see H. Res. 690), H389 [16FE]
Insurance: allow employees of federally-qualified health centers to obtain health coverage (see H.R. 4980), H1917 [27AP]
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System: revise certain boundaries (see H.R. 138), H1563 [5AP]
Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H1130 [16MR]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H2339 [9MY]
———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H155 [1FE]
———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]
———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), H4521 [22JN]
———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H3307 (see H.R. 5513), H3360 [25MY]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H2503 [10MY]
Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority unless the President certifies to Congress that the Palestinian Authority is not controlled by a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 4668), H274 [14FE]
———promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 4681), H226 [8FE]
National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 763), H2103 [3MY]
National Dam Safety Program Act: amend (see H.R. 4981), H1563 [5AP]
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), H3909 [13JN]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]
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), H3643 [8JN]
OSHA: update fire protection safety standard to incorporate the current consensus standard for fire protection for styrene cross-linked composites manufacturing (see H.R. 3255), H2706 (see H.R. 3255), H2758 [17MY]
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1453 [4AP]
Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (see H. Con. Res. 158), H156 [1FE]
Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and enact legislation allowing for investment of the Trust Fund in non-Federal obligations (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]
Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 3435), H4917 [29JN]
Taxation: clarify treatment of self-employment for purposes of the limitation on State taxation of retirement income (see H.R. 4019), H646 [7MR]
———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H566 [2MR]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H3309 (see H.R. 5114), H3361 [25MY]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H3016 [22MY]
———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H1979 [2MY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4725), H3643 [8JN]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H225 [8FE]
U.N.: sanction Iran for its noncompliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (see H. Res. 782), H1852 [26AP]
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H2175 [4MY]
Veterans: improve information security (see H.R. 5464), H3225 [24MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 902), H4916 [29JN]
Credit: provide clarification relating to credit monitoring services (see H.R. 5445), H3016 [22MY]
Education: support Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3308 (see H. Con. Res. 421), H3360 [25MY]
Financial institutions: encourage U.S. financial services industry to develop and implement plans to address challenges posed to national and international economies by pandemic or bioterrorism events (see H. Res. 909), H5047 [11JY]
Health: recognize rising cost of health care and encourage greater patient empowerment, choice, and responsibility in health care decisions (see H. Res. 876), H4189 [16JN]
House Rules: 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]
Medicare: suspend prescription drug late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 5336), H2501 [10MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H573 [7MR], H2965 [22MY], H4191 [19JN]
Letters
Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs: Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H3448 [7JN]
———Representative McKeon, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H3448 [7JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3021 [23MY]
Remarks
Appropriations: line-item veto (H.R. 4890), H4426 [22JN], H4676 [27JN]
Armed Forces: authorize members to assist the Dept. of Homeland Security in performance of border protection functions under certain circumstances, H4564 [27JN]
Atlanta Gas Light Inc.: anniversary, E442
Berlusconi, Silvio: U.S. visit, H488 [1MR]
Budget: allocation of funds, H164 [8FE], H307, H308, H309, H310 [15FE], H368 [16FE], H438 [28FE], H489 [1MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H969 [14MR]
———deficit, H435 [28FE], H3418 [6JN]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), H307 [15FE]
———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2343 [10MY]
———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H1178 [28MR]
Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (H.R. 5319), H2310 [9MY]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 902), H4893 [29JN]
Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3173 [24MY]
Credit: improve ratings quality through competition, transparency, and accountability in the credit rating agency industry (H.R. 2990), H5082 [12JY]
Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 629), H235 [14FE]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H1377 [30MR]
———national security policy, H1317 [29MR], H2886 [18MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: designate percentage of farmland protection program funds for grants to encourage the purchase of conservation easements by a State agency, county, or other eligible entity (H.R. 5313), H2314 [9MY]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (H.R. 4157), H2311 [9MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program funding through reduction in limousine and shuttle services funding, H3374 [6JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5441), H3374 [6JN]
Dept. of Justice: develop a national strategy to eliminate illegal operations of certain international drug gangs (H.R. 5291), H2313 [9MY]
Disabled: tribute to Javits-Wagner-O'Day Program services for the blind and disabled, E213
Economy: growth, H545, H546, H547 [2MR], H768, H770, H771, H773 [8MR], H1313 [29MR], H2106 [4MY], H3419 [6JN], H4676-H4678 [27JN]
———impact of tax cuts, H1313 [29MR], H1377 [30MR], H3419 [6JN]
———importance of job creation, H1377 [30MR], H4676-H4678 [27JN]
Education: funding, H1312 [29MR]
———protect students and teachers (H.R. 5295), H2314, H2315 [9MY]
———strengthen teaching of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of American History, H440, H441 [28FE]
———support Greater Opportunities for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (GO-STEM) programs (H. Con. Res. 421), H3445, H3446, H3448 [7JN]
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, E900
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H3173 [24MY]
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization): tribute to Robotic Competition Championship, H1952 [2MY]
Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H258 [14FE], H367, H368 [16FE], H1180, H1182 [28MR], H1317 [29MR], H3898, H3899, H3900, H3901 [13JN], H4176 [16JN]
Freedom of religion: protect and preserve, H441 [28FE]
Georgia: tribute to National Guard B-Company First Battalion, 108th Armor Regiment of the 48th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, H2945 [19MY]
———tribute to Youth Advisory Council, H2763 [18MY]
Gore, Albert, Jr.: statement on treatment of Arabs following terrorist attacks, H370 [16FE]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H794 [9MR]
Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice system, H514 [2MR]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1216, H1312 [29MR]
Home Depot, Inc.: tribute to efforts to provide relief for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H2967 [22MY]
House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H486 [1MR]
———legislative program, H2965 [22MY], H4893 [29JN]
Hurricanes: relief efforts for States impacted by Hurricane Katrina, H435 [28FE]
Immigration: reform (S. 2454), H1458 [5AP]
———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification, H1315 [29MR]
———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security, H2601 [16MY], H2886 [18MY]
———strengthen enforcement of immigration laws and enhance border security (H.R. 4437), H649 [8MR], H1179 [28MR], H1315 [29MR]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H490 [1MR], H3899, H3900, H3901 [13JN]
———formation of government, H3021 [23MY]
Marietta, GA: anniversary of Congregation Etz Chaim, E899
———tribute to Lassiter High School baseball team, H4333 [21JN]
Medicaid: funding, H1313 [29MR]
Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, H1312 [29MR], H2186 [9MY]
———prescription drug benefit coverage, H1136 [28MR], H1831 [26AP]
MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service: Cobb County, GA, Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year award recipient, H4224 [20JN]
National Disability Day: observance, E213
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H1377 [30MR]
———national objectives priority assignments, H365, H366 [16FE]
———proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H492 [1MR]
———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H543 [2MR], H773 [8MR]
National Security Agency: Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants, H488 [1MR]
New York (NY) Times: publication of story detailing classified program to track terrorist financing, H4688 [28JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), corrections in engrossment, H4893 [29JN]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1684, H1717, H1719, H1722 [25AP]
Political campaigns: increase transparency in activities of groups organized under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, H1378, H1379, H1380, H1381 [30MR]
Power resources: analysis of oil supplies and usage, H1717, H1719, H1722 [25AP]
———enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, H1723 [25AP]
Republican Party: national agenda, H306, H307, H308, H309, H310 [15FE]
Roswell, GA: tribute to Blessed Trinity Catholic High School baseball team, H4333 [21JN]
Slater, Kristina: Dept. of the Army Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service Award recipient, H1325 [30MR]
Suburban areas: national objectives priority assignments, H2311, H2313, H2314, H2315 [9MY]
Taxation: encourage charitable contributions of real property for conservation purposes (H.R. 5056), H2314 [9MY]
———impose windfall profit tax on crude oil and ease gas prices for consumers (H.R. 3752), H1719 [25AP]
———improve and expand education savings accounts (H.R. 5314), H2314 [9MY]
———repeal alternative minimum tax (H.R. 1186), H439 [28FE]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H4894 [29JN]
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), H4150 [16JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H970 [14MR], H4187 [16JN]
Tributes
Kraus, Kenneth, H3800 [13JN]
Long, Jacob, H3800 [13JN]
Matthews, Michael, H1203 [29MR], H3800 [13JN]
Watson, Daniel, H467 [1MR]