MURPHY, PATRICK J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Amendments
Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H363 [15JA]
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1024 [4FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: tribute to Medal of Honor recipients and contributions of Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]
Agriculture: terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers (see H.R. 2914), H7741 [7JY]
al-Megrahi, Abdel Baset: condemn release of convicted terrorist from a prison in Scotland to return home to Libya (see H. Res. 732), H9442 [10SE]
American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 146), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1694), H3834 [24MR]
Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H323 [14JA]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H9206 [30JY]
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. 1283), H2924 [3MR]
———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H8025 [13JY]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]
———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H601 [27JA]
Aurora, IL: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy recipient of Intel Corp., Schools of Distinction Star Innovator award (see H. Res. 862), H13387 [1DE]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 185), H3338 [11MR]
Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]
———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 39), H326 [14JA]
Children and youth: provide additional resources for efforts of community coalitions, health care providers, parents, and others to prevent and reduce underage drinking (see H.R. 1028), H7705 [26JN]
———provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7250 [24JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]
Civil War—U.S.: mint coins to recognize and commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H.R. 3712), H10520 [6OC]
Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H8708 [23JY]
Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H923 [3FE]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H7147 [23JN]
Conservation of energy: establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings (see H.R. 1778), H4128 [30MR]
Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H8303 [16JY]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1020), H1517 [12FE] (see H.R. 1237), H3706 [19MR]
Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see H.R. 1103), H1606 [13FE]
Credit: permanently increase conforming loan limits for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations (see H.R. 2483), H9282 [31JY]
———provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H4688 [22AP]
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (Credit CARD) Act: establish an earlier effective date for various consumer protections (see H.R. 3639), H11791 [26OC]
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4584 [21AP]
Dedication Day: honor Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H. Res. 736), H11582 [21OC]
Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor: name a new local coordinating entity (see H.R. 920), H1079 [9FE]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to promote community greening initiatives (see H.R. 2222), H5667 [14MY]
Dept. of Defense: establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 666), H493 [23JA]
———modify Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty form to allow inclusion of an email address on the form (see H.R. 2488), H7146 [23JN]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see H.R. 4330), H15498 [16DE]
———make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 2089), H7706 [26JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish a Medicare Chronic Care Rapid Learning Network (see H.R. 3340), H8809 [24JY]
———establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H3527 [17MR]
———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]
———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H3642 [18MR]
Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 3734), H11582 [21OC]
Dept. of State: provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H9807 [22SE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4129 [30MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H13002 [16NO]
———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]
Dept. of Transportation: establish and carry out a highway emergency responders safety grant program (see H.R. 4104), H13387 [1DE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for automatic enrollment of veterans returning from combat zones into the VA medical system (see H.R. 3441), H9275 [31JY]
———provide two-fiscal year budget authority for certain medical care accounts (see H.R. 1016), H4583 [21AP]
———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H779 [28JA]
Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]
Diseases: increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]
———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13521 [3DE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H163 [9JA]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I: U.S. visit (see H. Res. 838), H11714 [22OC]
Education: improve early education (see H.R. 702), H923 [3FE]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]
Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 626), H3706 [19MR]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H2632 [24FE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]
Financial institutions: authorize interest-bearing transaction accounts at depository institutions (see H.R. 4067), H13629 (see H.R. 4067), H14372 [8DE]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H196 [13JA]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H8100 [14JY]
Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]
FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H6415 [9JN]
Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H2835 [25FE]
———encourage programs of health promotion or disease prevention (see H.R. 3688), H11714 [22OC]
———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]
———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H6904 [16JN]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3105 [9MR]
———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]
Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H11516 [20OC]
Health care professionals: establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members (see H.R. 1460), H3399 [12MR]
———increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]
Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see H.R. 1615), H3703 [19MR]
Historic buildings and sites: mint coins in commemoration of the battlefields of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2001), H4580 [21AP]
History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]
Immigration: combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities (see H.R. 1029), H3105 [9MR]
———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H8706 [23JY]
Independence Day: support a national and international celebration commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of the U.S., focused on the Greater Philadelphia, PA, Region (see H. Res. 986), H15502 [16DE]
Information technology: provide grants to community colleges to improve accessibility of computer labs and training for those seeking to improve computer literacy and information technology skills (see H.R. 2060), H4731 [23AP]
Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H5667 [14MY]
———extend coverage under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage for dependent, unmarried, uninsured children under the age of 30 (see H.R. 2831), H7147 [23JN]
———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]
———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H13386 [1DE]
Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H4583 [21AP]
———ensure companies operating in the U.S. that receive Federal funds are not conducting business in Iran (see H.R. 3922), H11739 [23OC]
———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H5892 [20MY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 254), H4027 [25MR]
Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (see H. Res. 34), H163 [9JA]
John Scott Challis, Jr., Post Office, Freedom, PA: designate (see H.R. 987), H1247 [11FE]
Johnson, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 693), H9056 [29JY]
Kalas, Harry: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H5064 [30AP]
King, Lawrence: condemn murder and encourage efforts to address bullying, harassment, and discrimination on school campuses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1520 [12FE]
Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]
McCourt, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 743), H9808 [22SE]
Medicaid: provide funding to States to enable them to increase the wages paid to targeted direct support professionals in providing services to individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 868), H9807 [22SE]
———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H4251 [31MR]
———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H526 [26JA]
Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2251), H5892 [20MY]
———exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from certain accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals (see H.R. 616), H1045 [4FE]
———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H9491 [14SE]
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H33 [6JA] (see H.R. 1597, 4255), H15509 [23DE]
Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H8185 [15JY]
Motor vehicles: recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H14446 [9DE]
———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6415 [9JN]
NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8100 [14JY]
National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 382), H5062 [30AP]
National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H. Res. 95), H602 [27JA]
———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H10521 [6OC]
National Teacher Day: establish (see H. Res. 403), H5169 [5MY]
New Hampshire: recognize State Senate as first statewide legislative body with a majority of women (see H. Res. 159), H10521 [6OC]
New York, NY: extend and improve protections and services to individuals directly impacted by the terrorist attack (see H.R. 847), H13354 [19NO]
New York LPD 21 (U.S.S.): commissioning (see H. Res. 856), H11869 [27OC]
Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H14744 [10DE]
Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army: recognize service, sacrifice, honor, and professionalism (see H.J. Res. 44), H4999 [29AP]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 2067), H4916 [28AP]
Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]
Pennsylvania: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 754), H9730 [17SE]
Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]
Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H2886 [2MR]
———discontinue practice of contracting out mail delivery services (see H. Res. 101), H780 [28JA]
———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H485 [22JA]
———provide for the protection and integrity of mail (see H.R. 1686), H4525 [2AP]
Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]
Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H13520 [3DE]
Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see H.R. 890), H3402 [12MR]
Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]
Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H6904 [16JN]
Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see H.R. 1557), H13002 [16NO]
Senior citizens: ensure adequate public-private infrastructure and resolve to prevent, detect, treat, intervene in, and prosecute elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation (see H.R. 2006), H13521 [3DE]
Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges (SOC) Consortium: encourage institutions of higher education to seek membership (see H. Res. 491), H7086 [19JN]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]
Sri Lanka: ensure safety and release of internally displaced persons in camps, call for independent operation and oversight of such camps, and allow foreign access to oversee rebuilding efforts (see H. Res. 711), H11516 [20OC]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for taxes paid on earnings reinvested and lost in a fraudulent investment scheme (see H.R. 1389), H8100 [14JY]
———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H8810 [24JY]
———allow certain small businesses to defer payment of tax (see H.R. 2490), H5791 [19MY]
———allow deduction for real property taxes on the principal residences to all individuals whether or not they itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1716), H8708 [23JY]
———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see H.R. 4168), H13629 (see H.R. 4168), H14372 [8DE]
———extend and modify the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 802), H9281 [31JY]
———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H5667 [14MY]
———extend the first-time homebuyer credit for Armed Services members serving outside the U.S. (see H.R. 2562), H12588 [6NO]
———increase, make permanent, and index for inflation the deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and modify definition of eligible educator to include preschool educators (see H.R. 3164), H9282 [31JY]
———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H5406 [11MY]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4250 [31MR]
———modify requirements for windows, doors, and skylights to be eligible for the credit for nonbusiness energy property (see H.R. 4112), H14744 [10DE]
———provide a credit to individuals who pay their mortgages on time (see H.R. 1317), H3146 [10MR]
———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H2875 [26FE]
———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H8708 [23JY]
———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H6266 [4JN]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 2203), H8410 [20JY]
———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H8873 [27JY]
———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H3338 [11MR]
Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9671 [16SE]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H2925 [3MR]
Terrorism: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of terrorist attacks and establishment of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 3549), H9441 [10SE]
Transportation: allow public transit agencies to use Federal transit funds for day-to-day operating expenses (see H.R. 2746), H15503 [16DE]
Transportation Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H4519 [2AP]
Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 3012), H7248 [24JN]
U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12198 [2NO]
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]
Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H7706 [26JN]
University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 344), H4689 [22AP]
Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 952), H6619 [11JN]
———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 H.R. 303), H4524 [2AP] (see H.R. 333), H4688 [22AP]
VFW Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H6013 [21MY]
Wachira, Daniel: relief (see H. Res. 254), H4027 [25MR]
Washington (State): honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H9207 [30JY]
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 328), H89 [8JA]
Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 1032), H5892 [20MY]
Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]
World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 240), H3401 [12MR]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H922 [3FE] (see H.R. 347), H2836 [25FE]
Year of the Military Family: designate (see H. Con. Res. 64), H2874 [26FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Credit cards: require creditors to report terms and conditions of business, marketing, promotional, and college affinity card agreements with institutions of higher education and alumni organizations (see H.R. 2217), H5061 [30AP]
Education: increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen public safety officers (see H.R. 959), H1157 [10FE]
Improper Payments Information Act: amend to prevent improper payments, improve recovery, and hold agencies accountable for improper payments (see H.R. 3393), H9055 [29JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions (see H.R. 3369), H8959 [28JY]
Renewable energy: establish a pilot program to provide assistance for partnerships supporting applied sciences in renewable energy (see H.R. 1492), H3400 [12MR]
Social Security: improve access to State Children's Health Insurance Program by providing exemptions to eligibility waiting period requirements (see H.R. 2496), H5791 [19MY]
Taxation: provide special rules for charitable contributions of alternative energy property for educational purposes (see H.R. 1249), H2886 [2MR]
Remarks
Armed Forces: assessment of ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality, H7372 [25JN]
———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 (H.R. 1283), H10505, H10506, H10507, H10508, H10509, H10510, H10511 [6OC]
Buck, Meredith: International Committee of the Red Cross Florence Nightingale Award recipient, E1409
Bucks County, PA: anniversary of Southampton Fire Co., E669
Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), E1026
Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (H.R. 1913), H4956
Cutler, Jon E., E670
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7372 [25JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H363 [15JA]
DiGirolamo, Joseph: Bensalem, PA, Outreach Center Community Service Award recipient, E2351
Doylestown, PA: tribute to Monument Bank, E1271
Environmental Tectonics Corp.: anniversary, E2349
FRS: require disclosure of detailed information regarding the mortgage-backed securities purchase program, H363 [15JA]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H3340 [12MR], H3610 [18MR]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12844 [7NO]
McQuarrie, Allen: Pennsylvania Recovery Organization-Achieving Community Together (PRO-ACT) (organization) Joel Hernandez Voice of the Recovery Community Award recipient, E1465
Middletown Township, PA: anniversary of Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad, E1199
Quakertown, PA: tribute to St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital participation in Premier healthcare alliance QUEST—High-Performing Hospitals collaborative, E2652
Sports: tribute to the Lawmakers v. Lobbyists charity hockey game, H3473 [17MR]
Thompson, Joseph F.: Pennsylvania State Police Trooper of the Year Award recipient, E1477
Wee, Rosalind L.: Pearl S. Buck International (organization) Woman of the Year Award recipient, E2347
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H12138 [29OC], H12195 [2NO], H12453 [5NO], H12582 [6NO]
Tributes
Brown, Jeffrey, E1478
Cassavell, Justina, E981
Foley, Francis P., E1407
Gawronski, Henry, E2646
Gorski, Francis M., E672
Hersch, Howard, E1206
Hunsicker, J. Robert, E1489
Kline, Ernest P., E1315
Lombardo, James D., E1641
Pepper, Dalton, E1119
Rubini, Daniel L., E2893
Rufe, John J., E2880
White, Thomas B., Sr., and family, E827