WICKER, ROGER F. (a Senator from Mississippi)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (S. Con. Res. 70), S2083, S2170, S2173, S2174 [13MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7346 [24JY], S7631 [29JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8289, S8294 [10SE], S8546 [15SE]

Diseases: provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (H.R. 5265), S9731 [26SE]

Economy: provide stimulus through recovery rebates to individuals, incentives for business investment, and an increase in conforming and FHA loan limits (H.R. 5140), S797 [7FE], S817 [8FE]

EPA: establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5206 [5JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3723 [1MY]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3820 [6MY], S3850, S3910 [7MY]

Forest Service and Depts. of the Interior and Energy: authorize certain programs and activities (S. 2483), S1056 [14FE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2364 [2AP], S2423, S2497, S2498 [3AP], S2593 [4AP], S2810, S2819 [9AP], S6032 [24JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3168 [17AP]

Appointments

Open Leadership World Center Board of Trustees, S1085 [14FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 356), S1999 [12MR]

Agriculture: provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop losses (see S. 3644), S10004 [27SE]

Air Force: tribute to members killed in 1996 terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers U.S. military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (see S. Con. Res. 90), S5592 [12JN]

American Battlefield Protection Act: reauthorize (see S. 1921), S5524 [11JN]

Animals: establish competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see S. 746), S3080 [16AP]

Armed Forces: authorize commanders of wounded warrior battalions to accept charitable gifts on behalf of the wounded members assigned to such battalions (see S. 3407), S7905 [31JY]

———commend efforts, military leadership, and strategic success of troop surge in Iraq (see S. Res. 636), S7905 [31JY]

———improve educational assistance for members and veterans to enhance recruitment and retention for the Armed Forces (see S. 2938), S3507 [29AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 1390), S5205 [5JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see S. 2579), S4107 [13MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the U.S. Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center (see S. 3356), S8857 [16SE]

———tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 501), S2436 [3AP]

Aung San Suu Kyi: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2631), S1123 [25FE]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3070), S4793 [22MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]

Capitol Police: tribute (see S. Res. 621), S7149 [23JY]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5205 [5JN]

Congress: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. 3159), S5832 [19JN]

Congressional Club: anniversary (see S. Res. 555), S3975 [8MY] (see S. Res. 578), S4793 [22MY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 351), S3304 [23AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (see S. Res. 548), S3699 [1MY]

Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 2543), S2946 [10AP]

———protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks (see S. 2619), S3892 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: make a grant to the National World War II Museum Foundation for facilities and programs of America's National World War II Museum (see S. 2652), S2946 [10AP]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see S. 901), S3145 [17AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the Civil Rights Division (see S. 535), S7479 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 3683), S10743 [20NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans and their surviving spouses and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see S. 3167), S5832 [19JN]

———require forgiveness of certain debts of veterans who die from service-connected disabilities incurred on active duty in a combat zone (see S. 2550), S2975 [14AP]

Digital Television Transition Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 576), S4793 [22MY]

Disasters: support efforts by local television or radio broadcasters to provide essential public information programming in the event of natural disasters (see S. 1223), S2743 [8AP]

Diseases: advance medical research and treatments of pediatric cancers, ensure access to current treatments and information, establish a national childhood cancer database, and promote public awareness (see S. 911), S2231 [31MR]

———establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (see S. 1382), S1271 [27FE]

———provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 2618), S850 [11FE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see S. 1001), S329 [25JA]

English language: declare as national language of U.S. (see S. 2715), S3305 [23AP]

EPA: clarify circumstances under which permits for discharges from certain vessels may be required and conduct a study of discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels (see S. 3298), S7030 [22JY]

FBI: establish an Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit (see S. 535), S7479 [25JY]

FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see S. 1748), S6441 [8JY]

———require enforcement of regulations on the broadcast of indecent programming and maintain a policy that a single word or image may be considered indecent (see S. 1780), S3145 [17AP]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see S. 625), S8948 [17SE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see S. 388), S2945 [10AP]

Fish and fishing: establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties to enforce the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes (see S. 2907), S5524 [11JN]

Gasoline: stabilize prices (see S. 3202), S6285 [26JN]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see S. 1042), S2974 [14AP]

———provide revised standards for quality assurance in screening and evaluation of gynecologic cytology preparations (see S. 2510), S6363 [7JY]

———reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, sustain poison center funding, and enhance public health (see S. 2932), S4183 [14MY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see S. 1906), S5366 [6JN]

Health care facilities: allow community health centers to enroll employees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 2186), S2946 [10AP]

Health care professionals: provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 2485), S3027 [15AP]

Helms, Jesse: tribute (see S. Res. 608), S6362 [7JY]

Hurricanes: provide additional funding for affordable housing for low-income seniors, disabled persons, and others who lost their homes as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (see S. 2975), S3742 [2MY]

Insurance: provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating (see S. 2818), S3700 [1MY]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see S. 2477), S2975 [14AP]

Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see S. Res. 580), S6160 [25JN]

———strengthen economic sanctions on Iran and other countries supporting the development of a nuclear program (see S. 970), S3026 [15AP]

Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see S. Res. 522), S3145 [17AP]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: tribute (see S. Res. 571), S4487 [20MY]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 1301), S2945 [10AP]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see S. 2719), S3893 [7MY]

Lantos, Tom: tribute (see S. Res. 446), S849 [11FE]

Local Initiatives Support Corp.: funding (see S. 2955), S6159 [25JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see S. Con. Res. 82), S4029 [12MY]

Medicaid: ensure individuals eligible for medical assistance continue to have access to prescription drugs (see S. 1951), S2232 [31MR]

———include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see S. 399), S2974 [14AP]

Medicare: improve access to pharmacies under part D (see S. 1954), S2232 [31MR]

———make a technical correction in the definition of outpatient speech-language pathology services (see S. 45), S2945 [10AP]

———preserve access to physicians' services (see S. 2785), S3403 [24AP]

———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see S. 1750), S2232 [31MR]

———provide a temporary moratorium on enforcement of the cap amount on payments for hospice care (see S. 2727), S1703 [6MR]

———provide coverage for cardiac rehabilitation and pulmonary rehabilitation services (see S. 329), S2945 [10AP]

———provide coverage of kidney disease education services (see S. 432), S2945 [10AP]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see S. 2056), S2975 [14AP]

Metzenbaum, Howard M.: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S2133 [13MR]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 2504), S5366 [6JN]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see S. 1576), S1598 [5MR]

Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2512), S3402 [24AP]

Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 2254), S3402 [24AP]

NASA: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 2159), S2134 [13MR]

National and Community Service Act: expand and improve opportunities for service (see S. 3487), S9659 [26SE]

National First Responder Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 670), S9204 [22SE]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see S.J. Res. 29), S1999 [12MR] (see S. Con. Res. 73), S2436 [3AP]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S7279 [24JY]

National Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 567), S4282 [15MY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see S. 1312), S2945 [10AP]

———protect employer rights (see S. 1570), S2945 [10AP]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 661), S8528 [15SE]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S6363 [7JY]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see S. 1494), S2974 [14AP]

Paone, Martin P.: tribute (see S. Res. 420), S94 [22JA]

Power resources: promote energy security (see S. 2958), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 2973), S3742 [2MY]

Santa Fe, NM: mint coins in commemoration of quadricentennial (see S. 2498), S3509 [29AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 380), S2231 [31MR]

Ships and vessels: extend exemption for vessels operating within the Boundary Line from fire-retardent materials construction requirement (see S. 3498), S9206 [22SE]

Spencer Byrd Powers Jr., Post Office, Cary, MS: designate (see S. 3521), S9206 [22SE]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief, education deductions, State and local sales tax deduction, research and development credit, and renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (see S. 3098), S5391 [9JN]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 881), S4182 [14MY]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see S. 3399), S7904 [31JY]

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 2863), S3081 [16AP]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 638), S3026 [15AP]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see S. 1125), S5205 [5JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S4283 [15MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 777), S3790 [6MY]

———temporarily suspend excise tax on highway motor fuels (see S. 2890), S3306 [23AP]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 656), S8383 [11SE]

Tourist trade: initiate a nationally coordinated travel campaign to increase international travel to the U.S. (see S. 1661), S5040 [4JN]

TVA: anniversary (see S. Res. 592), S5592 [12JN]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 2119), S2946 [10AP]

Voting: improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters (see S. 3073), S4793 [22MY]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (see S. 2766), S3403 [24AP]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S4182 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 3111), S5523 [11JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 43), S6158 [25JN]

FCC: prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see S. 3156), S5753 [18JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico (see S. 3558), S9415 [24SE]

Floods: expand eligible premium refund opportunities for persons who, as a result of new mapping data do not reside in a special flood hazard area (see S. 3436), S8035 [1AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 3072), S4793 [22MY]

Labeling: prohibit distribution or sale of video games that do not have age-based content rating labels and prohibit sale or rental of video games with adult content ratings to minors (see S. 3315), S7148 [23JY]

Motor vehicles: waive requirements relating to recertification kits for conversion of vehicles into vehicles powered by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas (see S. 3562), S9415 [24SE]

Taxation: provide a credit for increased homeowners insurance premiums suffered by certain coastal homeowners resulting from hurricane events and for homeowner mitigation expenses for natural disasters (see S. 3427), S8035 [1AU]

Telecommunications: reserve certain proceeds from the auction of spectrum, including the auction of the D-block of spectrum, for use to provide interoperable devices to public safety personnel (see S. 3465), S8275 [10SE]

Certificates of appointment

Senate, S13 [22JA]

Cloture motions

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (H.R. 980), S4135 [14MY]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives: by, H3 [15JA]

Oaths of office

Senate, S13 [22JA]

Privilege of the floor

Jungbluth, Chad, S8454 [11SE]

Pate, Andrew, S8454 [11SE]

Remarks

Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, S3107-S3109 [17AP]

Commission on Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance: establish, S3782 [6MY], S3849, S3860, S3877 [7MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S7108, S7109 [23JY]

FEMA: provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods, S3782 [6MY], S3849, S3860, S3877 [7MY]

———provide for the National Flood Insurance Program to make available multiperil coverage for damage resulting from windstorms or floods (H.R. 920), S1680 [6MR]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3849, S3860, S3877 [7MY]

———restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), motion to proceed, S3782 [6MY]

Gasoline: stabilize prices (S. 3202), S7109 [23JY]

Housing: provide needed housing reform, S2594 [4AP]

Hurricanes: acknowledge the progress made and yet to be made to rebuild the Gulf Coast region after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, S1680 [6MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend expiring provisions to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, enhance low-income benefit programs, and maintain access to care in rural areas (H.R. 6331), motion to proceed, S6420 [8JY]

———prevent physician fee schedule reduction, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, maintain and improve care access in rural areas (S. 3118), unanimous-consent request, S6420 [8JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S7108 [23JY]

Power resources: national energy policy, S7108, S7109 [23JY]

———promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2594 [4AP]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3112 [17AP]

Taxation: allow amended returns to take into account receipt of certain hurricane-related casualty loss grants by disallowing previous deductions and waive deadline on GO Zone property construction for bonus depreciation, S2594 [4AP]

———temporarily suspend excise tax on highway motor fuels, S3112 [17AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S13, S15, S19, S21, S22 [22JA], S1681 [6MR]

Resignations

House of Representatives, H3 [15JA]

Tributes

Stevens, Senator, S10695 [20NO]