KIRK, PAUL G., JR. (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Congressional Gold Medal Receipt: Edward W. Brooke III, S10902 [29OC]

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate Fundraiser: President Obama, S10476 [15OC]

Health Care Reform: Edward M. Kennedy, S13302-S13306 [16DE]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S9990 [30SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12623 [7DE], S12725 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S12917 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13191 [14DE], S13253 [15DE], S13385 [17DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10374 [13OC], S10494 [15OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12623 [7DE], S12725 [8DE], S12805 [9DE], S12917 [10DE], S13034 [11DE], S13191 [14DE], S13253 [15DE], S13385 [17DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10992 [2NO]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S12743 [9DE]

Conferee: H.R. 2647, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S9941 [29SE]

Articles and editorials

Bayh Remembers 1964 Plane Crash, J. Taylor Rushing, Hill (publication), S10479 [15OC]

Boehner Found Kennedy a Generous Partner in Faith, Christina Wilkie, Hill (publication), S10479 [15OC]

Champion of Health Comforts His Fellow Patients, Karen List, Northampton (MA) Daily Hampshire Gazette, S13301 [16DE]

Dedicated Servant and a Dear Friend, Dirk Kempthorne, Hill (publication), S10478 [15OC]

Fewer Taxpayers Are Penalized for Not Having Health Coverage, Elizabeth Cooney, Boston (MA) Globe, S12860 [10DE]

Filling the Autism Void, Doug Flutie, Boston (MA) Globe, S10912 [29OC]

In Memory of Ted Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, Hill (publication), S10479 [15OC]

Kennedy and the GOP—A Marriage of Mutual Respect, J. Taylor Rushing, Hill (publication), S10479 [15OC]

Kennedy Brought Intensity, Passion to the Senate, Jim Manley, Hill (publication), S10479 [15OC]

One of a Kind, Representative Kildee, Hill (publication), S10478 [15OC]

Ted Kennedy—A Life of Service, Speaker Pelosi, Hill (publication), S10477 [15OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Adams National Historic Park: include Quincy Homestead within boundary (see S. 1413), S10636 [21OC]

AID: encourage nomination of an Administrator and empower and strengthen the Agency (see S. Res. 312), S10436 [14OC]

Armed Forces: express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX (see S. Res. 344), S11253 [6NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see S. 883), S10218 [7OC]

Bellmon, Henry: tribute (see S. Res. 293), S9930 [29SE]

Brooke, Edward W., III: tribute (see S. Res. 323), S10777 [27OC]

Byrd, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 354), S11492 [18NO]

Credit cards: establish a moratorium on interest rate increases (see S. 1927), S11292 [9NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance to Haiti to end deforestation and restore the extent of tropical forest cover previously in existence (see S. 1183), S11253 [6NO]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S11291 [9NO]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see S. 1646), S11291 [9NO]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see S. 332), S11493 [18NO]

———provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (see S. 819), S10924 [29OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 1152), S11431 [17NO]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 1584), S11119 [4NO]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see S. 354), S12008 [30NO]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1102), S12413 [4DE]

Hansen, Clifford P.: tribute (see S. Res. 315), S10635 [21OC]

Hawkins, Paula: tribute (see S. Res. 370), S12413 [4DE]

Insurance: extend and enhance COBRA continuation health coverage (see S. 2730), S12414 [4DE]

International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas: ensure management of bluefin tuna fishery adheres to certain scientific advice to support conservation, recovery, and spawning efforts (see S. Res. 346), S11290 [9NO]

Longfellow National Historic Site: redesignate as the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site (see S. 1405), S10701 [22OC]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see S. 2781), S13785 [22DE]

Minute Man National Historical Park: anniversary (see S. Res. 275), S10637 [21OC]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S10488 [15OC]

Peace Corps: improve and expand (see S. 1382), S11291 [9NO]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (see S. 1733), S10111 [5OC]

Singh, Manmohan: recognize service to India and U.S. visit of Indian Prime Minister (see S. Res. 360), S11972 [21NO]

Tariff: Antarctic krill oil (see S. 2327), S10920 [29OC]

———aqueous catalytic preparations based on iron (III) toluenesulfonate (see S. 2321), S10920 [29OC]

———aqueous dispersions of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) (cationic), whether or not containing binder resin and organic solvent (see S. 2323), S10920 [29OC]

———audio interface units for sound mixing, recording, and editing capable of full interface control by separate automatic data processing system using proprietary software protocol (see S. 2521), S10959 [30OC]

———basketballs made of leather (see S. 2334), S10921 [29OC]

———basketballs made of other than leather or rubber (see S. 2335), S10921 [29OC]

———basketballs made of rubber (see S. 2446), S10923 [29OC]

———cellular plastic membrane sheets of polytetrafluoroethylene resin (see S. 2331), S10921 [29OC]

———electrical transformers (see S. 2324), S10920 [29OC]

———loudspeakers not mounted in their enclosures (see S. 2325), S10920 [29OC]

———plastic fittings composed of perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) resin (see S. 2329), S10920 [29OC]

———porous hollow filaments of perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) copolymer resin (see S. 2332), S10921 [29OC]

———synthetic filament yarns (see S. 2326), S10920 [29OC]

———3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene (see S. 2322), S10920 [29OC]

———untwisted filament yarns (see S. 2328), S10920 [29OC]

———volleyballs (see S. 2333), S10921 [29OC]

———woven mesh fabric (see S. 2330), S10921 [29OC]

Taxation: extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1583), S11291 [9NO]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see S. 2882), S13251 [15DE]

U.S.-Canada Transboundary Resource Sharing Understanding: consider as international agreement for Fishery Conservation and Management Act purposes (see S. 2856), S12804 [9DE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see S. 624), S10435 [14OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see S. 1055), S10852 [28OC]

Certificates of appointment

Senate, S9892 [25SE]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10568 [20OC], S10669 [22OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13295 [16DE], S13407 [18DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S12898 [10DE], S13073 [12DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

Letters

Tribute to Betty Taymor: Massachusetts congressional delegation, S10697 [22OC]

Oaths of office

Senate, S9892 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S12743 [9DE]

Poems

``Psalm of Life,'' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, S11445 [18NO]

Remarks

Brooke, Edward W., III: Congressional Gold Medal recipient, S10901 [29OC]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, S10684 [22OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), conference report, S10684 [22OC]

Disabled: help individuals with functional impairments to pay for services and supports needed to maximize independence and choices about community participation, education, and employment (S. 697), S10797 [28OC]

Health: collect and analyze data through a key national indicator system to provide greater transparency and accountability for health care spending, S11138 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S10754 [27OC], S10797 [28OC], S11138 [5NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12360, S12388 [4DE], S12652 [8DE], S12859 [10DE], S13300, S13302, S13306 [16DE], S13606 [20DE], S13747 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11945, S11947, S11949 [21NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that Social Security trust fund and Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program revenues be reserved for their intended purposes, S12360, S12388 [4DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S13300 [16DE]

University of Massachusetts Boston: anniversary of John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy, S10697 [22OC]

Statements

Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10482 [15OC]

———Brian Cowen, Prime Minister of Ireland, S10481 [15OC]

———George H.W. Bush, S10480 [15OC]

———George W. Bush, S10480 [15OC]

———Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain, S10481 [15OC]

———Jimmy Carter, S10481 [15OC]

———Kennedy Family, S10480 [15OC]

———Mitt Romney, S10482 [15OC]

———Newt Gingrich, S10482 [15OC]

———President Obama, S10480 [15OC]

———Representative Boehner, S10480 [15OC]

———Representative Hoyer, S10482 [15OC]

———Representative John Lewis, S10482 [15OC]

———Sarah Palin, S10482 [15OC]

———Senator Alexander, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator Byrd, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator Dodd, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator Graham, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator Hatch, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator Kerry, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator McCain, S10481 [15OC]

———Senator McConnell, S10480 [15OC]

———Senator Reid, S10480 [15OC]

———Senator Schumer, S10481 [15OC]

———Speaker Pelosi, S10480 [15OC]

———Vice President Biden, S10480 [15OC]

———William J. Clinton, S10480 [15OC]

Tributes

Byrd, Senator, S11445 [18NO]

Kennedy, Edward M., S10476 [15OC], S10797 [28OC]

Souliotis, Barbara A., S13782 [22DE]

Taymor, Betty, S10697 [22OC]