THOMAS, CRAIG (a Senator from Wyoming)

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 20), S1810 [8FE]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), S3870, S3978 [27MR], S4065 [28MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3539, S3542 [21MR], S3575 [22MR], S3677 [23MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 1), S397 [10JA], S619 [16JA]

Immigration: reform (S. 1348), S6569 [23MY], S6606, S6848, S6904 [24MY], S7147 [6JN]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), S791, S863 [22JA], S958, S959 [23JA]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (S. 4), S2634 [5MR], S2653 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 254), S2230 [26FE]

Budget: establish a new process to create a comprehensive plan to rein in spending, reduce the deficit, and regain control of the Federal budget process (see S. 15), S6461 [22MY]

Corzine, Jon S.: extend best wishes and express hope for his speedy and complete recovery from auto accident (see S. Res. 157), S4676 [18AP]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see S. 721), S2560 [2MR]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 474), S3608 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: enhance fair and open competition in the production and sale of agricultual commodities (see S. 622), S2023 [15FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction and family housing projects (see S. 113), S39 [4JA]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program (see S. 962), S4601 [17AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize an Indian youth telemental health demonstration project (see S. 322), S1577 [5FE]

Dept. of Justice: authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne/JAG Grant Program) (see S. 231), S3517 [21MR]

———clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine (see S. 85), S1284 [29JA]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into cooperative agreements to protect National Park System natural resources through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside system units (see S. 241), S2356 [28FE]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 597), S1958 [14FE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1001), S3835 [27MR]

Eagleton, Thomas F.: tribute (see S. Res. 97), S2694 [6MR]

FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see S. 65), S2796 [7MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: allow private sector businesses to compete for Federal procurement contracts (see S. 705), S2355 [28FE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 126), S3835 [27MR]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see S. 388), S2230 [26FE]

Food Security Act: include pollinators in certain conservation programs (see S. 1496), S7005 [4JN]

Ford, Gerald R.: tribute (see S. Res. 19), S41 [4JA]

Forests: grant congressional consent and approval to an interstate forest fire protection compact between South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado (see S. 975), S3706 [23MR]

Gale W. McGee Post Office, Laramie, WY: designate (see S. 219), S282 [9JA]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 95), S2694 [6MR]

Hazardous substances: enhance management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste, protect public health and safety, and ensure territorial integrity and security of Yucca Mountain repository (see S. 37), S6549 [23MY]

Immigration: extend termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers (see S. 988), S3837 [27MR]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see S. 1200), S4917 [24AP]

Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act: amend (see S. 527), S2694 [6MR]

Medicare: treatment of certain physician pathology services (see S. 458), S1410 [31JA]

Military Order of the Purple Heart: extend eligibility for associate membership to the spouse and siblings of Purple Heart recipients (see S. 743), S2488 [1MR]

Millender-McDonald, Juanita: tribute (see S. Res. 165), S4841 [23AP]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 1312), S5655 [7MY]

National Museum of Wildlife Art of the U.S., Jackson, WY: designate (see S. 440), S1409 (see S. Con. Res. 6), S1411 [31JA]

Native Americans: protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of applicable criminal proceedings (see S. 1255), S5390 [1MY]

———provide for reporting and reduction of child abuse and family violence incidences on Indian reservations (see S. 398), S1189 [25JA]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 1017), S4047 [28MR]

Power resources: promote coal-to-liquid fuel activities (see S. 154, 155), S40 [4JA]

Public buildings: reduce emissions and use of taxpayer money through accelerated use of cost-efficient technologies and establish a grant program for local governments to improve building efficiency (see S. 992), S4810 [20AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see S. 1429), S6266 [17MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see S. 1036), S4160 [29MR]

Senate: tribute to U.S. Senate Youth Program participants (see S. Res. 90), S2355 [28FE]

Social Security: require Congress to approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect (see S. 43), S37 [4JA]

Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see S. 326), S671 [17JA]

———repeal sunset on certain tax rates and other incentives and repeal the individual alternative minimum tax (see S. 14), S4599 [17AP]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates (see S. 502), S3707 [23MR]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 747), S5929 [10MY]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 609), S3836 [27MR]

University of Wyoming: tribute to women's basketball team (see S. Res. 151), S4600 [17AP]

Virginia Tech University: express condolences to victims and the university community impacted by campus shootings (see S. Res. 149), S4478 [16AP]

Water: facilitate use of water produced in connection with development of energy resources for irrigation and other purposes (see S. 1116), S4478 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: implement a mandatory program for country of origin labeling for meat and produce (see S. 404), S1237 [26JA]

Coal: provide an alternate sulfur dioxide removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals (see S. 645), S2023 [15FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish new units of Customs Patrol Officers (see S. 1442), S6399 [21MY]

Endangered Species Act: improve process for listing, recovery planning, and delisting (see S. 658), S2164 [16FE]

Fuller, Ashley Ross: relief (see S. 603), S2022 [15FE]

Grand Teton National Park: modify boundaries to include land in the GT Park Subdivision (see S. 277), S508 [12JA]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see S. 921), S3352 [20MR]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 130), S4047 [28MR]

Power resources: provide standards for renewable fuels and coal-derived fuels (see S. 1443), S6399 [21MY]

Public lands: establish a program and criteria for national heritage areas (see S. 278), S508 [12JA]

Snake River: designate certain rivers and streams of the headwaters as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see S. 1281), S5561 [3MY]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [4JA]

Cloture motions

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), S791 [22JA], S1018 [24JA]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (S. 4), S2777 [7MR], S2957 [9MR]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 1495), S6122 [15MY], S6167 [16MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S4 [4JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: implement a mandatory program for country of origin labeling for meat and produce (S. 404), S1239 [26JA]

Appropriations: making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), S3782 [27MR], S4023 [28MR], S4233 [10AP], S4823 [23AP]

———making supplemental for troop readiness, veterans' health care, hurricane recovery, and domestic programs, and requiring Iraqi progress toward certain benchmarks (H.R. 1591), conference report, S5125 [26AP]

———prohibit addition of earmarked appropriations to legislation making supplemental appropriations for a war, S3677 [23MR], S4023 [28MR]

Armed Forces: support and protect those who have served, oppose escalation of U.S. forces in Iraq, and require the President to submit monthly reports on U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq (S. 574), motion to proceed, S2134 [16FE]

Artman, Carl J.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of the Interior for Indian Affairs, S1821 [12FE], S2587 [5MR]

Budget: prohibit reserve funds, S3575, S3586 [22MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2012 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3575, S3586 [22MR], S3677 [23MR]

Congress: provide greater transparency in the legislative process (S. 1), S420 [11JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop regulations for transport of high hazardous materials, S3015 [13MR]

———maintain current minimum allocation for States under the State Homeland Security Grant Program, S2676, S2685 [6MR]

———require grants for terrorism preparedness and prevention be awarded based on assessment of risk, threat, and vulnerability, S2676 [6MR]

———specify that the most populous urban areas are eligible for Urban Area Security Initiative grants, S3015 [13MR]

Economy: impact of tax cuts, S4553 [17AP]

———invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in the global economy (S. 761), S5124 [26AP]

House of Representatives: call for early return of Members from adjournment for completion of supplemental appropriations legislation, S4233 [10AP]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S4969 [24AP]

Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (S. 921), S3355 [20MR]

———provide for negotiation of fair prices for prescription drugs (S. 3), S4553 [17AP]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 2), S1372 [31JA]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: implement recommendations (S. 4), S2438 [1MR], S2676, S2685 [6MR], S3015 [13MR]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, S5757 [9MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S5757 [9MY]

Taxation: simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible, S1372 [31JA], S4553 [17AP]

Transportation Security Administration: extend certain employee rights and protections to airport screeners, S2438 [1MR], S3016 [13MR]

Texts of

S. 404, Country of Origin Labeling Act, S1239 [26JA]

S. 921, Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act, S3356 [20MR]

Tributes

Creger, Dan, S2485 [1MR]