TSONGAS, NIKI (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: 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), H15215 [10DE]

———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), H15738 [17DE]

Army Reserve: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 70), H15468 [13DE]

Assault weapons: reauthorize ban on production of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1022), H15738 [17DE]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4286), H14249 [5DE]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 782), H12237 [30OC]

Brumidi, Constantino: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1609), H16834 [18DE]

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), H14158 [4DE]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H13412 [8NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to provide mental health services to certain veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq (see H.R. 4231), H14082 [15NO]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1108), H14157 [4DE]

International Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 59), H15470 [13DE]

Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see H. Res. 356), H14158 [4DE]

Max Volterra Post Office Building, Attleboro, MA: designate (see H.R. 3952), H12020 [24OC]

Medicaid: restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H14158 [4DE]

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments: anniversary (see H. Res. 808), H13412 [8NO]

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), H13523 [9NO] (see H. Res. 819), H13859 [13NO]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H14250 [5DE]

Taunton River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 415), H12103 [25OC]

Letters

Election of Niki Tsongas to the House of Representatives: Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H11734 [18OC]

———William F. Galvin, Sec. of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, H11734 [18OC]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H11734, H11773 [18OC]

Remarks

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H11734 [18OC]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 3963), H12159 [30OC]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: permission to take oath of office prior to receipt of certificate of election, H11734 [18OC]

Tribute, H11734 [18OC]