MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (H.R. 3355), H13297 [7NO], H13351 [8NO]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6767 [20JN]
Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9857 [4AU]
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. 1964), H4210 [30AP]
Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (see H. Res. 726), H11549 [15OC]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 661), H7340 [27JN]
Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see H.R. 3195), H9657 [2AU]
Amistad (Freedom Schooner): tribute to transatlantic voyage to commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in the United Kingdom (see H. Res. 522), H7340 [27JN]
Animals: ensure that domestic dog and cat fur is prohibited from being imported, exported, manufactured, sold, or advertised in the U.S. and require the labeling of all fur products under the Fur Products Labeling Act (see H.R. 891), H16949 [19DE]
Arab League: urge acknowledgment of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and increase efforts to stop such genocide (see H. Con. Res. 7), H3696 [19AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H1564 [13FE]
Armed Forces: allow active member to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into prior to notice of transfer or deployment and penalize violations of interest rate limits (see H.R. 3298), H12104 [25OC]
———authorize a competitive grant program to assist former members in securing employment in the private sector (see H.R. 3429), H12156 [29OC]
———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1246), H4416 [2MY]
———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2702), H15317 [11DE]
———prohibit use of funds for an escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (see H.R. 353), H1896 [16FE]
———recognize performance in Iraq, begin redeployment of National Guard units, and ensure protection of the States (see H.R. 2539), H5925 [24MY]
———require congressional authorization prior to any use of military force against Iran (see H.J. Res. 14), H2122 [1MR]
———require continuation of pay to members who are retired or separated from service due to combat-related injuries of certain bonuses that they were entitled to before retirement or separation (see H.R. 3793), H12104 [25OC]
———transfer contact information for a member who is being medically separated or retired to the State department or agency for veterans affairs where the veteran intends to reside (see H.R. 3191), H8741 [26JY]
———tribute to 1st Battalion, 133d Infantry of the Iowa National Guard (see H. Res. 568), H8617 [25JY]
———urge collective judgment of both Congress and the President regarding the use of military force (see H. Res. 163), H13205 [6NO]
Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]
Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]
BLM: establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 2016), H13412 [8NO]
Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]
Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H14084 [15NO]
Bush, President: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 106), H5533 [21MY]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (see H.R. 507), H1153 [31JA]
———help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 4265), H15470 [13DE]
Children's Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H11935 [23OC]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1338), H6577 [15JN]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H2742 [20MR]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H11317 [4OC]
Construction industries: promote and enhance local building code enforcement administration by establishing a competitive matching grant program (see H.R. 4461), H15412 [12DE]
Consumer Product Safety Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3691), H11777 [18OC]
Contracts: prohibit delinquent Federal debtors from being eligible to enter into Federal contracts (see H.R. 1870), H3473 [17AP]
———require certain departments and agencies to provide to Congress copies and descriptions of contracts and task orders in excess of a certain amount for work to be performed in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 897), H12103 [25OC]
Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Summer of Service grant programs (see H.R. 1880), H3474 [17AP]
Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office, Suffield, CT: designate (see H.R. 3325), H9654 [2AU]
Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (see H.R. 3915), H11846 [22OC]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1592), H2743 [20MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend and enhance farm, nutrition, and community development programs (see H.R. 2144), H4484 [3MY]
———reauthorize conservation and energy programs and modify the operation and administration of these programs (see H.R. 1551), H3778 [23AP]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 1343), H4293 [1MY]
———award grants to urban communities to provide violence-prevention education, mentoring, counseling, and mental health services to children and adolescents in such communities (see H.R. 854), H2165 [5MR]
———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H10902 [25SE]
Dept. of Justice: express no confidence in performance of Attorney General Gonzales and urge the President to request his resignation (see H. Res. 417), H5725 [23MY]
Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 2758), H7434 [28JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish the National Affordable Housing Trust Fund (see H.R. 2895), H7430 [28JN]
———extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 2761), H6660 [18JN]
———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see H.R. 2942), H7491 [10JY]
———repeal authority to enter into private tax collection contracts (see H.R. 695), H2165 [5MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: condition payment of bonuses to certain officers pending reduction in unresolved disability compensation claims (see H.R. 2292), H5622 [22MY]
———establish an ombudsman (see H.R. 2192), H5928 [24MY]
———establish Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (see H.R. 2818), H8397 [24JY]
———provide for more equitable geographic allocation of funds (see H.R. 3455), H10016 [4AU]
———screen certain veterans for symptoms of traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1944), H3693 [19AP]
Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 2266), H13860 [13NO]
———provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the U.S. and international financial institutions by low-income countries (see H.R. 2634), H10757 [24SE]
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: amend relative to emergency child care services (see H.R. 2479), H7340 [27JN]
Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see H.R. 2295), H5622 [22MY]
———improve support and services for individuals with autism and their families (see H.R. 1881), H13205 [6NO]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H11316 [4OC]
———support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 81), H11492 [10OC]
Drugs: improve safety and oversight (see H.R. 1561), H5532 [21MY]
Education: celebrate accomplishments of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and recognize need to further the goal of educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 406), H5053 [15MY]
———establish task force to identify and disseminate evidence-based educational strategies and best practices to improve the quality of learning for individuals with autism in grades K-12 (see H.R. 2609), H14084 [15NO]
———reduce student loan interest rates (see H.R. 5), H512 [12JA]
Eightmile River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 986), H1470 [12FE]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 627), H2165 [5MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identitiy (see H.R. 2015), H4205 [26AP]
———provide for paid sick leave in order to address the health needs of individuals and family members (see H.R. 1542), H2620 [15MR]
Executive departments: reform operations (see H.R. 984), H1669 [14FE]
Favre, Brett: tribute (see H. Res. 697), H11070 [1OC]
FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H2166 [5MR]
Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 985), H1669 [14FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see H.R. 2421), H5620 [22MY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H10756 [24SE]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 1225), H13860 [13NO]
Foreign trade: provide that exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is a countervailable export subsidy and clarify the definition of manipulation with respect to currency (see H.R. 782), H4753 [9MY]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2516), H5924 [24MY]
Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 819), H12384 [31OC]
———facilitate development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other diseases (see H.R. 1420), H9656 [2AU]
———improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H13204 [6NO]
———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H5532 [21MY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 3), H110 [5JA]
———provide innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see H.R. 506), H1416 [8FE]
Help America Vote Act: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 811), H5292 [16MY]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H13860 [13NO]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 464), H11250 [3OC]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 526), H1055 [30JA] (see H.R. 627), H2165 [5MR]
Insurance: coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 758), H10901 [25SE]
———provide additional limitations on pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 2833), H9711 [3AU]
———provide coverage of screening mammography for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 2708), H6404 [13JN]
———streamline regulation of nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance (see H.R. 1065), H1788 [15FE]
International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15470 [13DE]
Iran: enhance diplomatic efforts by imposing additional economic sanctions (see H.R. 1400), H3724 [20AP]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 800), H1208 [5FE]
Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3440), H10320 [7SE]
Lebanon: express concern for democratic institutions and support for administration of justice upon those responsible for the assassination of Lebanese public figures opposing Syrian control (see H. Res. 548), H8619 [25JY]
Lobbyists: require registered lobbyists to file quarterly reports on contributions bundled for certain recipients (see H.R. 2317), H5473 [17MY]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H12384 [31OC]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 1647), H7011 [22JN]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1621), H4967 [14MY]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H13205 [6NO]
Medicare: expand and improve coverage of mental health services (see H.R. 1663), H5928 [24MY]
———improve prescription drug program (see H.R. 2056), H4203 [26AP]
———limit penalty for late enrollment under part B and exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty (see H.R. 2591), H6110 [6JN]
———provide a moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for advanced diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 1293), H12103 [25OC]
———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4), H343 [10JA]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 2053), H7434 [28JN]
Members of Congress: deny congressional retirement benefits if such individual is convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 476), H790 [19JA]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H3777 [23AP]
———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1367), H2300 [7MR] (see H.R. 1424), H2397 [9MR]
Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H7340 [27JN]
Middle East: call for release of Israeli soldiers held captive by Hamas and Hezbollah (see H. Res. 107), H2166 [5MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2), H109 [5JA]
Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards (see H.R. 1506), H4205 [26AP]
National Cemetery Administration: permit employees, volunteers, and veterans' service organizations that perform funeral honors to recite 13 steps for folding an U.S. flag if requested by family of the deceased (see H. Res. 783), H13297 [7NO]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1), H109 [5JA]
National Eosinophil Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 296), H4915 [10MY]
National Missing Persons Day: establish (see H. Res. 303), H8398 [24JY]
National School Lunch Act: permit simplified summer food programs to be carried out in all States and by all service institutions (see H.R. 1740), H4754 [9MY]
National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 770), H12156 [29OC]
Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H7777 [12JY]
New England National Scenic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1528), H2570 [14MR]
News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 2102), H6404 [13JN]
NLRB: modify definition of supervisor to clarify labor rights and protections of employees (see H.R. 1644), H4754 [9MY]
Nord, Nancy A.: express no confidence in performance of duties as Acting CPSC Chair and urge the President to request her resignation (see H. Res. 803), H13413 [8NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]
NSF: establish a laboratory science pilot program (see H.R. 524), H2341 [8MR]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see H.R. 1700), H4553 [7MY]
Pavlik, Kelly: tribute (see H. Res. 731), H12385 [31OC]
Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see H.R. 2264), H5533 [21MY]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of prescription drugs (see H.R. 380), H2165 [5MR]
Postal Service: discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 282), H4629 [8MY]
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (see H.R. 6), H513 [12JA]
———promote energy independence and security (see H.R. 3220), H9657 [2AU]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 1252), H5532 [21MY]
Product safety: establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and reauthorize and modernize the CPSC (see H.R. 4040), H16835 [18DE]
Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1919), H3560 [18AP]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 980), H4293 [1MY]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable energy portfolio standard for certain retail electric utilities (see H.R. 969), H6577 [15JN]
Pulaski, Casimir: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 39), H2165 [5MR]
Radio: nullify Copyright Royalty Board decision increasing royalty rates for webcasters and reform the royalty rate-setting standard that applies to commercial Internet radio royalty arbitrations (see H.R. 2060), H5725 [23MY]
Roads and highways: support goals and ideals of a world day of remembrance for road crash victims (see H. Con. Res. 87), H4554 [7MY]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 2560), H6006 [5JN]
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. 1783), H4629 [8MY]
Social Security: extend moratorium on implementation of a rule on Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program and finalization of graduate medical education rule (see H.R. 3533), H16950 [19DE]
———provide for treatment of disability rated and certified as total by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs as disability (see H.R. 2943), H13860 [13NO]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H2121 [1MR]
Springer, George C., Sr.: tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1054 [30JA]
States: support acquisition of hybrid motor vehicles to satisfy certain fleet requirements (see H.R. 3226), H8834 (see H.R. 3226), H9052 [30JY]
Sudan: identify companies that conduct business operations in Sudan and prohibit U.S. Government contracts with such companies (see H.R. 180), H3695 [19AP]
———prohibit importation of gum arabic from Sudan (see H.R. 3464), H14250 [5DE]
Surplus Government property: direct Federal agencies to donate excess and surplus Federal electronic equipment to qualifying small towns, counties, schools, nonprofit organizations, and libraries (see H.R. 752), H7340 [27JN]
Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1524), H5532 [21MY]
———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H12104 [25OC]
———double child tax credit for the first year, expand dependent care tax credit, and provide relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2902), H7430 [28JN]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 943), H1414 [8FE]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H4627 [8MY]
———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 1540), H5532 [21MY]
———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 2234), H13412 [8NO]
———extend rule treating combat pay as earned income for the earned income credit and increase standard deduction for persons in uniformed services on active duty for a certain period (see H.R. 3808), H11489 [10OC]
———make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 743), H7490 [10JY]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1576), H2671 [19MR]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1043), H4051 [24AP]
———permanently extend the research credit and strengthen the alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 2138), H5928 [24MY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1194), H9656 [2AU]
———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 1023), H5927 [24MY]
Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 741), H4204 [26AP]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat forced labor (see H.R. 3887), H13523 [9NO]
U.N. Security Council: charge Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide because of his call for the destruction of Israel (see H. Con. Res. 21), H1153 [31JA]
U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program: establish (see H.R. 1636), H3401 [16AP]
Veterans: expand and make permanent the benefit for governmental markers for marked graves of veterans at private cemeteries (see H.R. 358), H3399 [16AP]
———health care funding (see H.R. 2514), H5924 [24MY]
———improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see H.R. 2005), H6111 [6JN]
———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 3329), H13412 [8NO]
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1286), H16950 [19DE]
World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 265), H14156 [4DE]
Wright, Martha Coffin: tribute (see H. Res. 588), H10321 [7SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Business and industry: require certain large Government contractors to disclose the names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers (see H.R. 3928), H11933 [23OC]
Credit: establish transparency and accountability requirements for mortgage brokers (see H.R. 3296), H9467 (see H.R. 3296), H9544 [1AU]
———prohibit mortgage originators from receiving incentive compensation that varies with the terms of the loan and from steering consumers to mortgage loans not in their best interest (see H.R. 3813), H11490 [10OC]
FERC: conduct local hearings before issuing permits or other authorization for any action that may affect land use in any locality (see H.R. 3261), H9275 [31JY]
House Independent Commission on Standards: establish (see H.R. 4239), H14082 [15NO]
Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 2065), H4204 [26AP]
New Milford, CT: anniversary (see H. Res. 528), H7433 [28JN]
Tariff: cyclopropylaminonicotinic acid (see H.R. 4677), H15468 [13DE]
Taxation: make permanent the deductions for State and local sales tax, qualified tuition and related expenses, mortgage interest premiums, and modifications to the dependent care credit (see H.R. 3906), H11776 [18OC]
———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 3907), H11776 [18OC]
Remarks
Africa: respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in regions of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (H. Res. 726), E2324
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), H1138, H1139 [31JA], H1956 [27FE]
———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H16650 [18DE]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), H2725, H2726, H2727, H2728, H2730 [20MR], H2807, H2809, H2810, H2811 [21MR], H2985
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), veto, H4736, H4737, H4739 [9MY]
———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 2206), H5045, H5046 [15MY]
Armed Forces: oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq (H. Con. Res. 63), H1776 [15FE]
BLM: competitive grants to volunteer land trusts funding, H7097 [26JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1197, H1198, H1199, H1201 [5FE], H1319 [7FE], H2295 [7MR]
———deficit, H3072 [26MR], H6820, H6821, H6822, H6823, H6824, H6825 [20JN], H12370 [31OC], H13949 [14NO]
———pay-as-you-go requirement, H6820 [20JN], H12371 [31OC]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2669), H7651 [11JY]
———reinstate pay-as-you-go requirement, H652 [17JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (H. Con. Res. 99), H3072 [26MR]
Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H979 [29JA]
Business and industry: require certain large Government contractors to disclose the names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers (H.R. 3928), H11853 [23OC]
Cheshire, CT: tribute to Cheshire High School girls' swim team, H11758 [18OC]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide vision care (H.R. 507), H11530
Colleges and universities: make college more affordable by lowering interest rates and increasing financial aid opportunities through reductions in student loan industry subsidies (H.R. 2669), H7651 [11JY]
Committees of the House: importance of oversight hearings in exercising constitutional prerogatives of the legislative branch, H2725 [20MR]
Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H6376 [13JN], H16821, H16823 [18DE]
Contracts: reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government (H.R. 1362), H2585 [15MR]
Credit: prohibit mortgage originators from receiving incentive compensation that varies with the terms of the loan and from steering consumers to mortgage loans not in their best interest, H13984 [15NO]
———reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 3915), H13984 [15NO]
Danbury, CT: anniversary of Greater Danbury branch of NAACP, E2330
Democratic Party: national agenda, H649, H650, H652, H654, H655 [17JA], H873 [23JA], H924, H928, H929 [24JA], H979, H980, H982, H983 [29JA], H1138, H1142 [31JA], H1319, H1321 [7FE], H2024, H2025, H2026, H2027 [28FE], H2294 [7MR], H3071 [26MR], H4742 [9MY], H6104, H6105 [6JN], H7652 [11JY], H11245 [3OC], H16824, H16825 [18DE]
Dept. of Defense: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4156), H13952 [14NO]
———treatment of injured soldiers and living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, H2292, H2293 [7MR], H2811 [21MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), H6376 [13JN]
Dept. of Justice: investigate firing of U.S. attorneys, H2676 [20MR], H2812, H2813 [21MR]
———Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Program State formula grants funding, H8448, H8449 [25JY]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2764), Senate amendment, H16650 [18DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2643), H7097 [26JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: quality of health care administered at health care facilities, H2292, H2293, H2294, H2295 [7MR]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3043), veto, H13949 [14NO]
Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (H.R. 3355), H13351 [8NO]
———require State insurance programs to adopt internationally recognized building code standards and encourage development of comprehensive land use and zoning plans that include natural hazard mitigation, H13351 [8NO]
Economy: growth, H2025, H2026 [28FE]
———impact of tax cuts, H2811 [21MR]
Education: funding, H6824 [20JN]
———reduce student loan interest rates (H.R. 5), H650 [17JA]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2641), H6767 [20JN]
Falls Village, CT: Housatonic Valley Regional High School winner of Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection International Environthon competition, E2328
FERC: conduct local hearings before issuing permits or other authorization for any action that may affect land use in any locality, H9857, H9858 [4AU]
———prohibit funding for issuance of permits for projects that have not been subject to local public hearings, H6767 [20JN]
Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H2807 [21MR]
Foreign trade: enforce U.S. safety regulations on imported products, H12373, H12374, H12375 [31OC]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (H.R. 2316), H9055 [31JY]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H873, H874 [23JA], H928, H929 [24JA], H1217 [6FE]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 3), H258 [10JA], H357 [11JA]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 5), H6105, H6106 [6JN], H6133 [7JN]
House of Representatives: impact of partisanship, H655 [17JA], H1321 [7FE]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H979 [29JA], H4737 [9MY], H4970 [15MY], H7649 [11JY]
———impact of financial costs of war on U.S. domestic priorities, H7649 [11JY], H13949 [14NO]
———improve congressional oversight of Iraq war and reconstruction efforts, H2296, H2297 [7MR], H2809 [21MR]
———prevent withholding of information on corruption within the Iraqi Government (H. Res. 734), H11583 [16OC]
———provide for the redeployment of U.S. forces, H13952 [14NO]
———require the Dept. of Defense to commence reduction of the number of U.S. forces to a limited presence by a certain date (H.R. 2956), H7696 [12JY]
———require U.S. military disengagement and provide U.S. assistance for reconstruction and reconciliation, H924, H926 [24JA]
———withdrawal of foreign troops, H1957, H1958 [27FE]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), H2023, H2024, H2027 [28FE]
———establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (H.R. 800), consideration (H. Res. 203), H2047 [1MR]
Medicare: require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (H.R. 4), H468 [12JA]
National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 344), H4232 [1MY]
National security: military readiness of U.S. forces, H1956, H1957 [27FE], H2294 [7MR]
New Milford, CT: anniversary (H. Res. 528), H8237 [23JY]
NIST: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1868), H4454 [3MY]
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (H.R. 1700), H4990, H5044 [15MY]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H5698 [23MY], H6823 [20JN]
———year-end profits of oil companies, H4741 [9MY]
Power resources: invest in renewable and alternative energy resources, promote new technologies, improve efficiency, and create a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve (H.R. 6), H650 [17JA]
———national energy policy, H4740, H4743 [9MY]
———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), H9857, H9858 [4AU]
———protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 1252), H5708 [23MY]
Presidents of the U.S.: require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations (H.R. 1254), H2493, H2494, H2496 [14MR]
Public debt: debt held by foreigners, H12371, H12372 [31OC], H13949 [14NO]
Republican Party: national agenda, H1139 [31JA], H3072 [26MR]
Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 2560), H6039 [6JN]
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3093), H8448, H8449, H8479 [25JY]
Social Security: extend and improve children's health insurance program and improve beneficiary protections under Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3162), H9484 [1AU]
———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), veto, H15387 [12DE]
———reauthorize State Children's Health Insurance Program, H11210, H11242, H11243, H11245, H11246, H11247 [3OC], H11471, H11472, H11473, H11475 [10OC], H11554 [16OC], H11715, H11717, H11718 [17OC]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding, H7646 [11JY], H7844, H7847, H7848 [16JY]
———State Children's Health Insurance Program funding to reduce shortfalls in State allotments, H1201 [5FE]
Southbury, CT: anniversary of Heritage Village condominium complex, E1511
Taxation: provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, H1197 [5FE], H1319 [7FE], H12371 [31OC]
———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 976), veto, H11210, H11242, H11243, H11245, H11246, H11247 [3OC], H11471, H11472, H11473, H11475 [10OC], H11554 [16OC], H11715, H11717, H11718 [17OC]
U.S. attorneys: preserve independence, H3076 [26MR]
U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (H.R. 1851), H7753 [12JY]
———strike funding for new section 8 vouchers, H7753 [12JY]
U.S.-Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Program: establish (S. 377), H10087 [5SE]
Veterans: health care funding, H1955, H1956 [27FE], H2295 [7MR], H2810 [21MR]
Violence Against Women Act: Court Training and Improvements Program funding, H8479 [25JY]
Votes: position on missed, H3439
Washington, CT: resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush, E1677
Waterbury, CT: Rotella Interdistrict Magnet School recipient of Magnet Schools of America (organization) Ronald P. Simpson Distinguished Merit Award, H5337 [17MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H5051 [15MY], H11773 [18OC], H12382 [31OC], H12450 [1NO], H13956 [14NO]
Tributes
Meskill, Thomas, H12336 [31OC]
Neriani, Arthur C., E1244
Roraback, Catherine, H13947 [14NO]