SOLIS, HILDA L. (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H2187 [9MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H1678 [6AP]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]
Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]
Armed Forces: reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 5212), H1917 [27AP]
Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H1918 [27AP]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H1390 [30MR]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]
Clothing industry: provide access to information about sweatshop conditions (see H.R. 4613), H1563 [5AP]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]
Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H2103 [3MY]
Crime: prohibit the unauthorized sale or acquisition of confidential telephone records (see H.R. 4943), H972 [14MR]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Dallas, TX: eliminate certain restrictions on air transportation to and from Love Field (see H.R. 2646), H3497 [7JN]
Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and develop a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon (see H.R. 5213), H1852 [26AP]
Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H1742 [25AP]
———urge withdrawal of changes contained in the ``Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy—Three-Part Test-Part Three'' that harm Title IX (see H. Res. 735), H1130 [16MR]
Dept. of Energy: ensure equitable provision of pension and medical benefits to contractor employees (see H.R. 5362), H2833 (see H.R. 5362), H2891 [18MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2339 [9MY]
Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H226 [8FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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] (see H.R. 5588), H4134 [15JN]
Diseases: establish comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy emphasizing the needs of women and girls in countries for which assistance is provided to combat HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 5674), H4520 [22JN]
———improve Parkinson's disease research (see H.R. 3550), H868 [9MR]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H1915 [27AP]
Education: ensure Pell Grant eligibility for any student whose parent or guardian died as a result of military service in Iraq or Afghanistan after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5733), H4915 [29JN]
———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]
———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2833 (see H.R. 2178), H2890 [18MY]
Energy Policy Act: repeal provisions (see H.R. 4479), H1743 [25AP]
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]
Family and Medical Leave Act: eliminate an hours of service requirement for benefits (see H.R. 5364), H2962 [19MY]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H4328 [20JN]
Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H1130 [16MR]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1853 [26AP]
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: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———provide for uterine fibroid research and education (see H.R. 3034), H4220 [19JN]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3909 [13JN]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Hudson-Fulton-Champlain 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 5501), H4134 [15JN]
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), H451 [28FE]
Immigration: provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 5035), H2175 [4MY]
Independent Commission To Prevent Fraud and Abuse in the Response to Hurricane Katrina: establish (see H.R. 3838), H868 [9MR]
Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H1916 [27AP]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H1918 [27AP]
———disapprove granting of amnesty to persons known to have attacked, kidnapped, wounded, or killed members of the U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. citizens (see H.J. Res. 90), H4520 [22JN]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 759), H4555 [26JN]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H1916 [27AP]
Mahoney, Mary E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1679 [6AP]
Medicaid: repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see H.R. 5023), H1195 [28MR]
Medicare: 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), H4958 [10JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H153 [1FE]
———eliminate cost-sharing for dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4722), H274 [14FE]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
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]
Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, and repair their motor vehicles, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2048), H3909 [13JN]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H26 [31JA]
National HIV Testing Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 433), H4520 [22JN]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: provide funding for the study and prevention of breast cancer in younger women (see H.R. 987), H1059 [15MR]
National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]
Northern Mariana Islands: provide certain requirements for labeling textile fiber products and for duty-free and quota-free treatment of products and implement minimum wage and immigration requirements (see H.R. 5550), H3496 [7JN]
NSF: authorize grants for Partnerships for Access to Laboratory Science (PALS) (see H.R. 5106), H2706 (see H.R. 5106), H2758 [17MY]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H4220 [19JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Public Health Service Act: provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3909 [13JN]
Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 4963), H1059 [15MR]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]
Taxation: provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 5699), H4794 [28JN]
———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 282), H1197 [28MR]
———simplify and provide greater uniformity for child-related tax benefits and eliminate potential for abuse created by the uniform definition of a child (see H.R. 5123), H1677 [6AP]
Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H333 [15FE]
Voting: encourage Louisiana and the Dept. of Justice to establish satellite voting outside of Louisiana for scheduled New Orleans elections (see H. Con. Res. 385), H1679 [6AP]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H451 [28FE]
———issue of a semipostal in order to afford a convenient means by which members of the public may contribute towards the acquisition of works of art to honor female pioneers in Government service (see H.R. 5065), H1389 [30MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers and establish the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest (see H.R. 5006), H1129 [16MR]
Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H1679 [6AP]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (see H.R. 5047), H1319 [29MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5007), H1129 [16MR]
Friedan, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 695), H389 [16FE]
Hazardous substances: implement certain conventions dealing with organic pollutants, chemicals, and pesticides (see H.R. 4800), H388 [16FE]
Health: require Federal agencies to support health impact assessments and take other actions to improve health and the environmental quality of communities (see H.R. 5088), H1452 [4AP]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H1916 [27AP]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H867 [9MR]
Motions
Telecommunications: promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3583 [8JN]
Remarks
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), conference report, E1188
Armed Forces: assist members in obtaining U.S. citizenship, H3232 [25MY]
Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E598
Azusa, CA: anniversary of St. Frances of Rome Church, E349
Black History Month: observance, E153
Budget: allocation of funds, H162, H201 [8FE], H228 [14FE], H1307, H1309 [29MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H50 [1FE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1460 [5AP], H1566 [6AP], H2645 [17MY]
Chinese New Year: observance, E33
Colleges and universities: consolidation of student loans, H3802 [13JN]
———permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, E538
Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H1986 [3MY]
Crime: increase in hate crimes relative to debate on immigration reform, E1135
Dept. of Agriculture: WIC Program funding, H228 [14FE]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (H.R. 5573), H4363 [21JN]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of sites associated with Cesar E. Chavez and the farm labor movement to determine appropriate methods for their preservation and interpretation (H.R. 5047), E458
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2850
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide mental health services in languages other than English, as needed, for veterans and family members with limited English proficiency (H.R. 5007), H3146 [24MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5647), H4223 [20JN]
Education: funding, H1307 [29MR], H1460 [5AP]
———student financial aid programs, H1307 [29MR]
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: observance, E435
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H3432 [7JN]
Immigration: reform, H1134 [28MR], H4968 [11JY]
———reform (S. 2454), E538
International Women's Day: observance, H650 [8MR]
Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4058 [15JN]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (H. Res. 655), H13
Medicaid: funding, H228 [14FE], H1309 [29MR]
Medicare: extend implementation of prescription drug program, H1064 [16MR], H1310 [29MR], H2186 [9MY]
———reform the prescription drug program, H279 [15FE]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (H. Con. Res. 90), H1945 [2MY]
Minimum wage: level, H4223 [20JN], H4563 [27JN]
———level (H.R. 2429), H4013 [15JN]
Minorities: reduce hate crimes and encourage tolerance, E1059
National Park Service: exclude certain cities from study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, H2850
Petroleum: set schedules for consideration of permits for refineries (H.R. 5254), H2002 [3MY], H2345 [10MY], H3476 [7JN]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (H. Res. 721), E338
Social Security: privatization proposals, H1309 [29MR]
South El Monte Emergency Resources Association: anniversary, E1356
Sudan: impose sanctions on those responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, support protection of civilians and humanitarian operations, and support peace in the Darfur region (H.R. 3127), H1473
Telecommunications: establish phased-in, market-based buildout of services to enable cable operators to serve all households in a franchise area, H3584 [8JN]
———prevent companies from deleting certain areas out of existing franchises, H3584 [8JN]
———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), H3556 [8JN]
———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), consideration (H. Res. 850), H3515 [8JN]
———promote deployment of broadband networks and services (H.R. 5252), motion to recommit, H3583, H3584 [8JN]
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), H4058 [15JN]
U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 5684), H4798 [29JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H221 [8FE], H330 [15FE], H1450 [4AP]
Tributes
Atrian, Mario, Jr., E250
Braude, Marvin, E49
Durazo, Elvira, E1357
Felix, Blanche, E674
Firebaugh, Marco A., E421
Freeman, Anela, E678
Miranda, Patricio and Mercy, E350
Perea, Dave, E351
Roark, Lonnie E., E583
Rodriguez, Arturo S., E1002
Solis, Juana Sequeira, E1010
Willner, Irving, E1015