MURKOWSKI, LISA (a Senator from Alaska)

Addresses

Principles of the Declaration of Independence: Abraham Lincoln, S6375 [8JY]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other domestic needs, and imposing certain Iraq policy restrictions (H.R. 2642), S6170 [25JN]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7332, S7335, S7375, S7387 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), S8282 [10SE], S8421 [11SE], S8550, S8558 [15SE]

Diseases: establish an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis registry (S. 1382), S9323 [23SE]

FAA: authorizing appropriations for aviation safety and capacity improvement and to provide stable cost-based funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 2881), S3604 [30AP]

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3911 [7MY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S111 [22JA], S1025, S1080 [14FE]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: promote respect for fundamental human rights (H.R. 5834), S9216, S9219 [22SE]

Power resources: promote energy independence and security (H.R. 3221), S2613, S2617 [4AP], S6021 [24JN]

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: technical corrections (H.R. 1195), S3165, S3166 [17AP]

U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act: reauthorize (S. 2731), S6809, S6870, S6876 [16JY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S3646 [30AP]

Conferee: H.R. 4137, Higher Education Act amendment and extension, S7591 [29JY]

Articles and editorials

Gas Prices We Deserve, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, S5495 [11JN]

Start Drilling, Robert J. Samuelson, Washington (DC) Post, S4002 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see S. 394), S1201 [26FE]

Alaska: establish a grant program to encourage retooling of entities in the timber industry (see S. 3696), S10659 [19NO]

Americans With Disabilities Act: restore intent and protections (see S. 3406), S7905 [31JY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see S. 22), S2974 [14AP]

———improve and enhance mental health benefits available to veterans and members and enhance counseling and other benefits available to survivors of veterans and members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2963), S3698 [1MY] (see S. 3008), S4028 [12MY]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see S. 1390), S493 [30JA]

———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), S4488 [20MY]

———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), S970 [13FE]

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

Burma: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of cyclone (see S. Res. 554), S3891 [7MY]

Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act: approve renewal of import restrictions (see S.J. Res. 41), S5592 [12JN]

Business and industry: prohibit recipients of emergency Federal assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve transparency, accountability, and corporate governance (see S. 3698), S10812 [8DE]

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]

China, People's Republic of: express sympathy and pledge support to victims of earthquake (see S. Res. 569), S4375 [19MY]

Civil Rights Act: clarify filing period applicable to discrimination charges (see S. 3209), S6285 [26JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see S. 1437), S5754 [18JN]

Coast Guard: conduct evaluation and review of certain vessel discharges (see S. 2645), S4107 [13MY]

———tribute to efforts relative to life saving (see S. Res. 433), S445 [29JA]

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: protect innocent Americans from violent crime in national parks (see S. 2619), S3402 [24AP]

Dept. of Commerce: ensure Native Alaskan rights to engage in subsistence whaling through issuance of bowhead whale catch limits (see S. 3333), S7279 [24JY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (see S. 3215), S6285 [26JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: waive the transportation worker identification credential (TWIC card) requirement for certain small business merchant mariners (see S. 3377), S8180 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish a pilot program to promote fairness in the criminal justice system through identifying and eliminating unjustified disparities in the administration of justice (see S. 3245), S6723 [15JY]

———establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and improve investigation and prosecution of predators (see S. 1738), S1122 [25FE]

———make annual grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children (see S. 2667), S8036 [1AU]

———provide grants for Internet crime prevention education programs (see S. 3016), S4182 [14MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a coordinated avalanche protection program (see S. 3042), S4487 [20MY]

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), S6287 [26JN]

———expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. 2799), S2346 [2AP]

———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see S. 3527), S9025 [18SE]

———remove certain limitations on the transfer of entitlement to basic educational assistance under Montgomery GI Bill (see S. 2575), S492 [30JA]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 935), S3791 [6MY]

Ecology and environment: facilitate development, demonstration, and implementation of technology for use in removing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere (see S. 2614), S1386 [28FE]

Federal agencies and departments: require development of initiatives to reduce daily consumption of gasoline and other fuels (see S. Res. 577), S4793 [22MY]

Federal employees: improve access to workers' compensation programs for injured Federal employees (see S. 1795), S6504 [9JY]

———provide retirement equity for Federal employees in nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of Columbia (see S. 3013), S4106 [13MY]

Fish and fishing: establish a Federal grant program to provide increased health care coverage to and access for uninsured and underinsured workers and families in the commercial fishing industry (see S. 2630), S970 [13FE]

———establish a program to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the public is fit for human consumption (see S. 2688), S1819 [10MR]

———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]

Food: require chain restaurants and grocery stores to disclose nutritional information on prepared foods (see S. 3575), S9492 [25SE]

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

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 3539), S9494 [25SE]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 476), S1741 [7MR]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program (see S. 843), S2636 [7AP]

Health: 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), S8132 [8SE]

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

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis (see S. 2734), S1741 [7MR]

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]

Kenya: call for a peaceful resolution to current electoral crisis (see S. Res. 431), S396 [28JA]

Korea, Republic of: improve defense cooperation with the U.S. (see S. 1846), S7031 [22JY]

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

Law enforcement officers: establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 2565), S1468 [3MR]

Lee Myung-bak: congratulate on election as President of the Republic of Korea (see S. Res. 444), S733 [6FE]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 3186), S6561 [10JY]

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

Medicare: modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (see S. 2729), S2437 [3AP]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1605), S3145 [17AP]

———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see S. 1842), S6286 [26JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: prevent reduction in physician fee schedule, advance value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and maintain and improve access to care in rural areas (see S. 3118), S5594 [12JN]

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

Military Kids Day: designate (see S. Res. 565), S4182 [14MY]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see S. 2504), S4029 [12MY]

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

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 625), S7631 [29JY]

National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 719), S10743 [20NO]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 694), S10004 [27SE]

National Day of the American Cowboy: designate (see S. Res. 482), S3306 [23AP]

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

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 430), S329 [25JA]

National MPS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 559), S4108 [13MY]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: designate (see S. Res. 710), S10743 [20NO]

National Youth Court Month: designate (see S. Res. 696), S10176 [30SE]

Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see S. 2681), S6020 [24JN]

———improve prosecution of, and response to, crimes in Indian country (see S. 3320), S7148 [23JY]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see S. 3608), S9657 [26SE]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: establish veteran's treatment courts (see S. 3379), S7904 [31JY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program (see S. 368), S5447 [10JN]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 826), S8948 [17SE]

Pope Benedict XVI: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 519), S3145 [17AP]

Power resources: facilitate participation of private capital and skills in development, commercialization, and market penetration of a diverse portfolio of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies (see S. 2730), S1703 [6MR]

———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]

Tariff: provide duty-free treatment of certain goods from designated Reconstruction Opportunity Zones in Afghanistan and Pakistan (see S. 2776), S8949 [17SE]

Taxation: make geothermal heat pump systems eligible for the energy credit and the residential energy efficient property credit (see S. 2314), S3207 [21AP]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 2566), S659 [5FE]

———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see S. 2821), S2435 [3AP]

———provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable (see S. 2369), S3402 [24AP]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 2668), S10069 [29SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 777), S3026 [15AP]

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

Thailand: anniversary of relations with the U.S. (see S. Con. Res. 66), S785 [7FE]

U.S. Nuclear Fuel Management Corp.: establish (see S. 3661), S10324 [1OC]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see S. 2119), S3791 [6MY]

———support veteran entrepreneurs and encourage Federal agencies to improve contracting opportunities for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (see S. Res. 575), S4793 [22MY]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 903), S8275 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for completion of certain land selections by Sealaska Corp. (see S. 3651), S10069 [29SE]

———resolve land claims of the Bering Straits Native Corp. (see S. 3650), S10069 [29SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (see S. 2758), S2132 [13MR]

Aviation: exempt certain charitable flights from certain regulations applicable to commercial flights (see S. 3553), S9414 [24SE]

Children and youth: improve vaccination rates (see S. 2911), S3401 [24AP]

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S) (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 562), S4106 [13MY]

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]

Global Youth Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 528), S3257 [22AP]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area: establish (see S. 3045), S4621 [21MY]

National Community Health Aide, Community Health Practitioner, and Dental Health Aide Week: designate (see S. Res. 526), S3257 [22AP]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 647), S8036 [1AU]

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

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 676), S9204 [22SE]

Second Annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 479), S1876 [11MR]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see S. 2570), S445 [29JA]

Taxation: provide a temporary credit for commercial fisherman to offset high fuel costs (see S. 3234), S6504 [9JY]

Cloture motions

FEMA: restore financial solvency of National Flood Insurance Program (S. 2284), S3851 [7MY]

Letters

Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act: Albert M. Kookesh and Chris E. McNeil, Jr., Sealaska Corp., S10074 [29SE]

Lists

Senator Murkowski's interns and their hometowns, S6196 [26JN]

Remarks

Alaska: anniversary of statehood, S6192, S6195, S6196 [26JN]

———effect of global warming, S5188 [5JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for completion of certain land selections by Sealaska Corp. (S. 3651), S10069 [29SE]

Anchorage, AK: anniversary of Congregation Beth Shalom, S9016 [18SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: authorize oil and gas exploration and codify certain environmental and economic protections of the Coastal Plain (S. 2758), S2219 [31MR], S3463 [29AP]

———oil and gas exploration, S3463 [29AP], S3968 [8MY], S4001, S4002 [12MY], S5495, S5496 [11JN], S7020 [22JY], S7128 [23JY], S7244 [24JY], S7514 [26JY]

Children and youth: improve vaccination rates (S. 2911), S3405 [24AP]

Civil liberties: historical significance of the role the Declaration of Independence has played in individual personal freedoms, S6375 [8JY]

Coast Guard: tribute to efforts in Alaska Ranger (vessel) rescue mission, S2218 [31MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), S7244 [24JY]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities (S. 3268), motion to proceed, S7018 [22JY], S7128 [23JY]

Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S) (organization): anniversary (S. Res. 562), S4120 [13MY]

Dept. of Energy: enter into cooperative agreements with private entities to obtain construction and operating licenses for used nuclear fuel storage and recycling facilities (S. 3215), S10458 [2OC]

———reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program (S. 962), S5189 [5JN]

———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, S5190 [5JN]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, S7587 [29JY]

———prohibit from issuing new Federal oil and gas leases to holders of existing leases who do not diligently develop the lands subject to such existing leases or relinquish such leases (S. 3239), S7018 [22JY]

Education: exclude military basic housing allowance from income for purposes of financial aid eligibility, S7856 [31JY]

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 (S. 3298), S6981 [22JY]

———establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases (S. 3036), S5188 [5JN]

FCC: disapprove rule on broadcast media ownership (S.J. Res. 28), S4269 [15MY]

Global Youth Service Day: designate (S. Res. 528), S3268 [22AP]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), conference report, S7856 [31JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (S. 1200), S30, S59 [22JA], S170 [23JA], S960 [13FE], S996, S1004, S1012, S1013, S1031, S1041 [14FE], S1106, S1111 [25FE], S1155, S1156 [26FE]

Indian Health Service: authorize use of an area distribution fund to allocate funding for Indian health care facility construction and modernization, S1111 [25FE]

Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area: establish (S. 3045), S4623 [21MY]

LIHEAP: funding, S1012 [14FE], S5190 [5JN]

Medicare: protect beneficiaries' access to home health services, S6486 [9JY]

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, S6486 [9JY]

National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 647), S8106 [8SE]

National Internet Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 567), S4286 [15MY]

Native Americans: allow tribal members to make their own health care choices, S1004 [14FE]

———encourage local, State, and Federal law enforcement to cooperate with tribal law enforcement to combat methamphetamine issues, S960 [13FE]

———increase programs to encourage Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian college students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, S7856 [31JY]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, S3463 [29AP]

Peace Corps: anniversary, S1417 [29FE]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, S4001 [12MY]

———gasoline price levels, S3463 [29AP], S4001, S4004 [12MY], S5735 [18JN]

Power resources: national energy policy, S3463 [29AP], S4001, S4004 [12MY], S5735 [18JN], S7514 [26JY], S9454 [25SE]

———promote energy security (S. 2973), S4001 [12MY]

———provide energy price relief and hold oil companies and other entities accountable for their actions with regard to high energy prices (S. 3044), motion to proceed, S5495, S5496 [11JN]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (S. 2570), S448 [29JA]

Supreme Court: ongoing litigation concerning the Exxon Valdez (vessel) oil spill, S1157 [26FE]

Taxation: provide a temporary credit for commercial fisherman to offset high fuel costs (S. 3234), S6505 [9JY]

U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea: ratification, S3968-S3970 [8MY]

———urge U.S. to submit requests to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf for extended continental shelf claims, S3968-S3970 [8MY]

U.S. Nuclear Fuel Management Corp.: establish (S. 3661), S10458 [2OC]

Water pollution: address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (S. 2766), S6981 [22JY]

———address certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel (S. 2766), unanimous-consent request, S6267 [26JN]

Texts of

S. 3045, Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Forest Heritage Area Act, S4623-S4625 [21MY]

S. 3651, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act, S10070-S10073 [29SE]

Tributes

Domenici, Senator, S10458 [2OC]

Hensley, Willie, S441, S442 [29JA]

Mackey, Lance, S2228 [31MR]

Paneok, Ellen, S1740 [7MR]

Sheffield, William, S6182 [26JN]

Soboleff, Walter, S10480 [2OC]

Southern, Joel, S5036 [4JN]

Stevens, Senator, S10689, S10696 [20NO]

Williams, Llewellyn M., Jr., S3887 [7MY]