LeMIEUX, GEORGE S. (a Senator from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), S10163 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12544, S12553 [6DE], S12832 [9DE], S13059 [11DE], S13261 [15DE], S13465 [18DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), S10521 [19OC]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S12544, S12553 [6DE], S12832 [9DE], S13059 [11DE], S13261 [15DE], S13465 [18DE]

Appointments

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

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, S10866 [28OC]

Articles and editorials

Audacity of Debt, Wall Street Journal, S13299 [16DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto (see S. 524), S10217 [7OC]

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), S10520 [19OC]

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

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

Bowden, Bobby: tribute (see S. Res. 368), S12322 [3DE]

Budget: provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (see S. 907), S10318 [8OC]

———reduce the deficit by establishing 5-year discretionary spending caps and strengthened pay-as-you-go procedures (see S. 2911), S13458 [18DE]

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

Congress: establish enhanced rescission authority under fast-track procedures to provide a second look at wasteful spending (see S. 640), S10362 [13OC]

Contracts: provide personal jurisdiction in causes of action against U.S. contractors performing abroad relative to Armed Forces members or civilians performing work for the U.S. in connection with contractor activities (see S. 2782), S11430 [17NO]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 2859), S13320 [16DE]

Dept. of Justice: 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. 1301), S10852 [28OC]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to financial disclosure and transparency by labor union management (see S.J. Res. 24), S13458 [18DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: direct U.S. representatives to the IMF and World Bank to condition loans to Antigua and Barbuda on cooperation with efforts to provide redress to Stanford Financial Group fraud victims (see S. Res. 362), S12805 [9DE]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2787), S13786 [22DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, when the well water was contaminated (see S. 1518), S12619 [7DE]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 535), S11118 [4NO]

Diseases: increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see S. 994), S10362 [13OC]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see S. 1422), S10777 [27OC]

Financial institutions: encourage banks and mortgage servicers to work with families affected by contaminated drywall to allow temporary forebearance without penalty on mortgage payments (see S. Res. 352), S11344 [10NO]

Fish and fishing: ensure sale and consumption of raw oysters and direct the FDA to conduct an education campaign on the risks associated with consuming raw oysters (see S. 2752), S11290 [9NO]

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

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

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (see S. 1578), S12709 [8DE]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see S. 908), S10571 [20OC]

Russell Senate Office Building: designate the Kennedy Caucus Room (see S. Res. 264), S9326 [14SE]

Senior citizens: encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the U.S. (see S. 557), S11118 [4NO]

———protect seniors from elder abuse by improving prosecution, law enforcement, and assistance to victims (see S. 1821), S10635 [21OC]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see S. 823), S12008 [30NO]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see S. 144), S12618 [7DE]

Tobacco products: deter smuggling and ensure collection of all tobacco taxes (see S. 1147), S12805 [9DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 546), S10851 [28OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and grant the President of the U.S. the line-item veto (see S.J. Res. 22), S13252 [15DE]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see S. 2818), S12008 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (see S. 2128), S10916 [29OC]

Certificates of appointment

Senate, S9230 [10SE]

Cloture motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

Taxation: modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

E-mails

Importance of breast self-exams and mammograms, S11539 [19NO]

Letters

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: several Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic physicians, S13606 [20DE]

Oaths of office

Senate, S9230 [10SE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S13127 [13DE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and grant the President of the U.S. the line-item veto (S.J. Res. 22), S13299, S13300 [16DE]

———deficit, S10594 [21OC], S10973 [2NO], S11247 [6NO], S11424 [17NO], S13299, S13300 [16DE]

———provide for expedited consideration of certain proposed rescissions of budget authority (S. 907), S11248 [6NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), House amendment, S13299 [16DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish Office of Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention (S. 2128), S10950 [30OC], S10973 [2NO]

———establish Office of the Deputy Sec. for Health Care Fraud Prevention, S13768, S13769 [22DE]

Dept. of Justice: decision to prosecute individuals involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Federal court in New York, NY, S11363 [16NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), conference report, S13127 [13DE]

Hawkins, Paula: tribute (S. Res. 370), S12460 [4DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S10594 [21OC], S10949, S10951 [30OC], S10973 [2NO], S11067 [4NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S12392, S12396 [4DE], S12535 [6DE], S12863 [10DE], S13011 [11DE], S13146 [14DE], S13605, S13606 [20DE], S13768, S13769 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S12268, S12287 [3DE], S12469, S12471 [5DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11857, S11859, S11860, S11861 [20NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S11424 [17NO]

Medicaid: impact of eligibility expansion, S13146 [14DE]

Medicare: eliminate cuts to home health services, S12469, S12471 [5DE]

———eliminate funding cuts, S12268, S12287 [3DE]

———funding, S11067 [4NO]

———Medicare Advantage program funding, S11857, S11859, S11860 [20NO], S12392, S12396 [4DE]

———prohibit use of trust fund revenues to establish new entitlement programs, S12535 [6DE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: observance, S12614 [7DE]

Taxation: rates, S10973 [2NO]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: recommendations on breast self-exams and mammograms, S11539 [19NO]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S9230 [10SE], S10595 [21OC]