WOOLSEY, LYNN C. (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Conferee: S. 250, Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, H5080 [12JY]
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), H2175 [4MY]
Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 5185), H3425 [6JN]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H2175 [4MY]
Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H2174 [4MY]
Arab League: disapprove decision to hold summit in Khartoum, Sudan, and call on all involved parties and the world community to work to end genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan (see H. Res. 675), H869 [9MR]
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H3424 [6JN]
Arts Presenters (organization): tribute to global cultural exchange efforts (see H. Con. Res. 314), H791 [8MR]
Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H1917 [27AP]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Cameron, James: tribute (see H. Res. 867), H4008 [14JN]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]
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), H868 [9MR]
———reauthorize permanently the use of penalty and franked mail in efforts to locate and recover missing children (see H.R. 4416), H1320 [29MR]
Classified information: request Executive Office of the President to transmit documents relative to electronic surveillance without search warrants on individuals in the U.S. (see H. Res. 641), H390 [16FE]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]
Computers: promote open broadband networks and innovation, foster electronic commerce, and safeguard consumer access to online content and services (see H.R. 5273), H3425 [6JN]
Congress: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 4600), H2706 (see H.R. 4600), H2758 [17MY]
Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 3037), H868 [9MR]
Corps of Engineers: carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (see H.R. 4650), H2102 [3MY]
Credit cards: protect consumers from unfair practices of issuers (see H.R. 3492), H26 [31JA]
Cyprus: support removal of Turkish occupation troops (see H. Res. 603), H566 [2MR]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H2833 (see H.R. 4562), H2890 [18MY]
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]
———transmit to the House of Representatives a copy of a workforce globalization final draft report produced by the Technology Administration (see H. Res. 717), H867 [9MR]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 559), H2705 (see H.R. 559), H2758 [17MY]
Dept. of Energy: establish the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4435), H3227 [24MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H1851 [26AP]
Dept. of Labor: prescribe additional coal mine safety standards and require additional penalties for habitual or flagrant violators (see H.R. 4695), H1743 [25AP]
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), H3643 [8JN] (see H.R. 5588), H4958 [10JY]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1453 [4AP]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]
———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]
———improve preparation for an influenza pandemic, including an avian influenza pandemic (see H.R. 4603), H155 [1FE]
———prevent and cure diabetes and promote and improve the care of diabetic individuals within minority populations (see H.R. 5225), H4917 [29JN]
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), H333 [15FE]
Election Assistance Commission: make grants to States to restore and replace election administration supplies, materials, and equipment which were damaged as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 4140), H155 [1FE]
Europe: request Executive Office of the President and direct Dept. of State to transmit documents relative to trip to Europe by Condoleezza Rice (see H. Res. 642), H226 [8FE]
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), H1853 [26AP]
Families and domestic relations: provide for mandatory revocation of passports of individuals whose arrears in child support payments have reached a certain level (see H.R. 4956), H1321 [29MR]
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), H3907 [13JN]
Federal employees: ensure that at least one-half of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 5148), H2339 [9MY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: establish recall authority for drugs and increase criminal penalties for sale or trade of knowingly adulterated or misbranded prescription drugs (see H.R. 2345), H274 [14FE]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H2503 [10MY]
Food: extend food labeling requirements to enable customers to make informed choices about nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants (see H.R. 5563), H3788 [12JN]
———require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 5269), H2962 [19MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit U.S. assistance to develop any rail connections or railway-related connections through certain cities in Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, and Turkey that exclude cities in Armenia (see H.R. 3361), H509 [1MR]
Foreign Assistance Act: provide contraceptives in developing countries in order to prevent unintended pregnancies, abortions, and the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 4736), H1197 [28MR]
Foreign policy: request the President and direct the Dept. of State to transmit documents relating to strategies and plans either designed to cause regime change in or for use of military force against Iran (see H. Res. 846), H4220 [19JN]
Fry, Varian: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 434), H5128 [12JY]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting fraudulent advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 5052), H1389 [30MR]
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]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H1059 [15MR]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3227 [24MY]
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]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: amend relative to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (see H.R. 5000), H1321 [29MR]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H4521 [22JN]
Iran: require the President to obtain congressional authorization before initiating any military action against Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Con. Res. 391), H4958 [10JY]
Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H2103 [3MY]
Jordan, I. King: tribute (see H. Res. 680), H332 [15FE]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
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), H4009 [14JN]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1582), H1197 [28MR]
———eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H3227 [24MY]
———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grants programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 5465), H4134 [15JN]
———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 1298), H2502 [10MY]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]
———improve voluntary prescription drug benefit and provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 4395), H160 [7FE]
———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 2869), H4917 [29JN]
———prohibit removal of covered drugs from prescription drug plan formularies during the plan year (see H.R. 5102), H1853 [26AP]
———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H224 [8FE]
———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received an organ transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 2051), H274 [14FE]
———repeal income-related increase in part B premiums (see H.R. 5147), H2706 (see H.R. 5147), H2758 [17MY]
———replace the prescription drug benefit with a revised and simplified program for all beneficiaries (see H.R. 4697), H154 [1FE]
Medicare/Medicaid: reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA] (see H.R. 4675), H274 [14FE]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2833 (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2891 [18MY]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: develop research centers focusing on women's health and disease prevention, and conduct and coordinate a research program on hormone disruption (see H.R. 3313), H155 [1FE]
National objectives: ensure that the U.S. leads the world in next generation energy technologies, grow the economy, create high-skill American jobs, eliminate overdependence on foreign oil, and address global warming (see H.R. 2828), H2586 [11MY]
National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports (see H.R. 478), H868 [9MR]
———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]
National Security Agency: request President and direct certain Depts. to transmit documents on investigation of involvement by personnel in creation of warrantless surveillance program and security clearance denials (see H. Res. 845), H3308 (see H. Res. 845), H3361 [25MY]
National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3497 [7JN]
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), H3909 [13JN]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H566 [2MR]
Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations for nutrition services (see H.R. 1792), H1197 [28MR]
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]
Posse Comitatus Act: reaffirm continued importance and applicability (see H. Con. Res. 274), H1854 [26AP]
Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty (see H. Con. Res. 234), H1744 [25AP]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H2641 [16MY]
———restore fairness in the provision of incentives for oil and gas production (see H.R. 5300), H2173 [4MY]
Public Health Service Act: expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H3909 [13JN]
Salvadoran-American Day (El Dia del Salvadoreno): support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 721), H1454 [4AP]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]
Social Security: make all uninsured children eligible for the State Children's Health Insurance Program and simplify enrollment and renewal procedures for Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4760), H4220 [19JN]
———provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]
Sudan: condemn attacks on civilians, call on all parties to abide by the ceasefire agreement, approve peacekeeping forces, and urge the U.S. to help improve security in the Darfur region (see H. Res. 723), H2586 [11MY]
Taxation: extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H2706 (see H.R. 3584), H2758 [17MY]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H1853 [26AP]
———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), H1060 [15MR]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 3427), H155 [1FE]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H1060 [15MR]
U.N.: call for a commission that will build an abolitionists movement to end slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation around the world (see H. Res. 490), H156 [1FE]
Voting: permit individuals to use a national write-in absentee ballot to cast votes in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4141), H155 [1FE]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2585 [11MY]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 4747), H2706 (see H.R. 4747), H2758 [17MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H790 [8MR]
Children and youth: update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 5167), H1679 [6AP]
Dept. of Education: 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]
Pehle, John: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5011), H1129 [16MR]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5384), H3052 [23MY]
al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab: killing of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) leader by U.S. forces in Iraq, H3708 [9JN]
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), H1109 [16MR]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3254 [25MY]
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities, H1589 [6AP]
———reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (H.R. 4898), H1365 [30MR], H2556 [11MY]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H54
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1457 [5AP], H1589 [6AP]
CIA: closure of special unit charged with tracking down and capturing Osama Bin Laden, H5097 [12JY]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (H.R. 1712), H2782 [18MY]
Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by salmon fishery restrictions along the California and Oregon coast, H4687, H4700 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2556 [11MY]
———discrimination against homosexuals, H604 [7MR]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5631), H4376 [21JN]
———prohibit use of funds to establish a military base agreement with Iraq, H1109 [16MR], H1628 [6AP]
Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing State laws authorizing use of medical marijuana, H4738 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2782 [18MY]
Education: student financial aid programs, H1215 [29MR]
Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H944 [14MR], H2306 [9MY]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (H.R. 1712), H2782 [18MY]
Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 609), H1215 [29MR]
India: U.S. policy, H541 [2MR]
Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H3123 [23MY], H4498 [22JN]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H423 [28FE], H1124 [16MR], H1296 [29MR], H1820 [26AP], H3484 [7JN], H4203 [19JN], H5012 [11JY]
———commend visit of Iraqi women's delegation to the U.S., H943 [14MR]
———democracy promotion funding, H1712 [25AP]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H1891 [27AP], H1954 [2MY], H3708 [9JN], H4376 [21JN], H4897 [29JN], H4934 [10JY]
———provide a strategy for stabilizing Iraq and withdrawing U.S. troops, H2556 [11MY]
Jordan, I. King: tribute (H. Res. 680), H1147 [28MR]
KBBF-Radio (Santa Rosa, CA): anniversary, E339
Lowitz, Robin: Sonoma County, CA, Jewish Community Center Tikkun Olam Award recipient, E896
Macpherson, Robert A.: Federal Highway Administration Excellence in Right of Way Award recipient, E1292
Marin County, CA: anniversary of Marin Youth Symphony Orchestra, E847
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), consideration (H. Res. 897), H4814 [29JN]
Peace Corps: anniversary, E270
Petaluma, CA: anniversary of chamber of commerce, E778
Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3254 [25MY]
Public welfare programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H54
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4687, H4700, H4738 [28JN]
Seiderman, Ethel: Marin Community Foundation Beryl H. Buck Award for Achievement recipient, E307
Sensible, Multilateral American Response to Terrorism (SMART) Security Platform for the 21st Century: call for adoption (H. Con. Res. 158), H541 [2MR], H1167 [28MR], H1712 [25AP], H2306 [9MY], H3123 [23MY], H4376 [21JN], H4498 [22JN]
Sheehan, Cindy: removal from Presidential State of the Union Address and arrest by Capitol Police due to allegation that message on shirt amounted to protesting, H129 [1FE]
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), H3978 [14JN], H4050 [15JN], H4175 [16JN]
U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve, H1167 [28MR]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunsets and lone wolf provisions of Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 4659), H65 [1FE]
Veterans: improve treatment of post-deployment mental health conditions, including post-traumatic stress disorder, for veterans and members of the Armed Forces, H472 [1MR]
Vocational and Technical Education Act: ensure that students in job training programs are being prepared for jobs with wages above the minimum wage level, H5076 [12JY]
———strengthen and improve programs (S. 250), motion to instruct conferees, H5076 [12JY]
Votes: position on missed, E137
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H221 [8FE], H270 [14FE], H3420 [6JN]
Special order: granted, H152 [1FE], H446 [28FE], H506 [1MR], H561 [2MR], H628 [7MR], H787 [8MR], H864 [9MR], H970 [14MR], H1126 [16MR], H1193 [28MR], H1318 [29MR], H1387 [30MR], H1676 [6AP], H1737 [25AP], H1849 [26AP], H1912 [27AP], H1977 [2MY], H2099 [3MY], H2171 [4MY], H2335 [9MY], H2581 [11MY], H2639 [16MY], H2703, H2755 [17MY], H2831, H2889 [18MY], H2960 [19MY], H3136 [23MY], H3224 [24MY], H3302, H3354 [25MY], H3493 [7JN], H3639 [8JN], H3722 [9JN], H3906 [13JN], H4005 [14JN], H4132 [15JN], H4187 [16JN], H4218 [19JN], H4326 [20JN], H4403 [21JN], H4517 [22JN], H4678 [27JN], H4912 [29JN], H4955 [10JY], H5044 [11JY], H5125 [12JY]
Tribute, H3485 [7JN]
Tributes
Ashley, Beth, E1069
Benedetti, Gene, E44
Byck-Hoenselaars, Marijke, E42
Egger, Frank, E238
Eva, Marinell, E849
Gray, Alice, E237
Grossman, Roger, E73
Kahane, Jeffrey, E530
Mitchell, David, E416
Organ, Don, E1319
Pfeiffer, James E., E74
Verdu, Joseph, E1070