HENSARLING, JEB (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Reading of U.S. Constitution, H56 [6JA]
Appointments
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), H5903 [12AU]
Committee to escort Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, into the House Chamber, H1624 [9MR]
Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H3348 [24MY]
Committee to escort Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak into the House Chamber, H6882 [13OC]
Committee to escort the President, H457 [25JA]
Committee to escort the President into the House chamber, H6005 [8SE]
Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H3 [5JA]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (see H.R. 3), H393 [20JA]
Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program (see H.R. 1739), H4076 [13JN]
American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H7009 [24OC]
Appropriations: eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see H.R. 920), H5919 [16AU]
———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H8320 [8DE]
———provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3583), H8260 [7DE]
———require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs (see H.R. 3579), H8260 [7DE]
Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1297), H2572 [8AP]
Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building, Crosby, TX: designate (see H.R. 3477), H7889 [18NO]
Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building, Cedar Park, TX: designate (see H.R. 298), H3062 [4MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 [5JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H2918 [15AP]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]
———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 3577), H8259 [7DE]
———establish binding limits on spending and deficits (see H.R. 3576), H8259 [7DE]
———establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3575), H8259 [7DE]
———increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H8260 [7DE]
———provide for long-term budgeting (see H.R. 3580), H8260 [7DE]
———reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year's spending levels (see H.R. 3578), H8259 [7DE]
———rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see H.R. 1358), H3411 [24MY]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H8260 [7DE]
Consumers: delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H1841 [15MR]
———require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H2910 [15AP]
Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H134 [7JA]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2013 (see H.R. 68), H1726 [10MR]
Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 875), H1523 [2MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H4456 [22JN]
Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]
Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1726 [10MR]
Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide with an accurate definition of ``cross-border violence'' and develop measures to quantify cross-border violence data (see H.R. 2124), H4578 [24JN]
Dept. of Justice: decision to not defend the Defense of Marriage Act (see H. Con. Res. 25), H2109 [30MR]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 100), H6505 [3OC]
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 (see H.R. 49), H6344 [21SE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4037 [3JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: repeal the Office of Financial Research (see H.R. 3044), H6455 [23SE]
———terminate authority to provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification Program while preserving assistance that was already offered (see H.R. 839), H1390 [28FE]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 645), H4673 [6JY]
Education: repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas (see H.R. 532), H549 [8FE]
EPA: change the frequency of review of air quality criteria and ambient air quality standards and temporarily prohibit revision of ambient air quality standards for coarse particulate matter (see H.R. 2458), H5782 [29JY]
———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see H.R. 1633), H4529 [23JN]
———exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 97), H203 [12JA]
FCC: prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 642), H680 [10FE]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 2145), H4673 [6JY]
———provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H4672 [6JY]
Federal Housing Finance Agency: submit quarterly reports to Congress during the conservatorship of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 31), H2039 [29MR]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H2108 [30MR]
———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H4672 [6JY]
FRS: postpone date for transfer of functions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if the Bureau does not have a Director in place (see H.R. 1667), H2933 [2MY]
———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission (see H.R. 1121), H1905 [16MR]
George H. O'Brien, Jr., Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Big Spring, TX: designate (see H.R. 558), H2917 [15AP]
George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush U.S. Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building, Midland, TX: designate (see H.R. 362), H1040 (see H.R. 362), H1071 [16FE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: apply Freedom of Information Act to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac during any period that such entities are in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 463), H507 [26JA]
———clarify treatment of mortgages held or securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and asset-backed securities issued by such entities relative to credit risk retention requirements (see H.R. 1223), H2036 [29MR]
———increase guarantee fees charged by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac relative to mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by such enterprises (see H.R. 1222), H2036 [29MR]
———prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from issuing any new debt without advance approval by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 1225), H2036 [29MR]
———prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from offering any new products during the term of any conservatorship or receivership of such enterprises (see H.R. 1227), H2037 [29MR]
———repeal affordable housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 1226), H2036 [29MR]
———suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 1221), H2036 [29MR]
Health: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 2951), H6231 [15SE]
———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (see H.R. 5), H2039 [29MR]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]
Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H3161 [10MY]
———enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 100), H6505 [3OC]
Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H435 [24JA]
Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6855 [12OC]
Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H4366 [21JN]
———protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H7208 [1NO]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 1093), H4946 [12JY]
LSC: terminate (see H.R. 2774), H6273 [20SE]
Mental health: prohibit use of Federal funds for any universal or mandatory mental health screening of students without parental consent (see H.R. 2769), H6782 [11OC]
Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H4188 [14JN]
Money: improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 2977), H6271 [20SE]
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1112), H3000 [3MY]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H2934 [2MY]
National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]
NLRB: preserve Federal protection of State right-to-work laws and clarify employer right to decide where to do business (see H.R. 1976), H4673 [6JY]
———repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2854), H6098 [12SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States to opt out of certain provisions (see H.R. 782), H2857 [14AP]
———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]
———repeal (see H.R. 2), H33 [5JA]
———repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (see H.R. 1173), H2858 [14AP]
———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H2857 [14AP]
Pensions: provide Americans the opportunity to provide for their retirement through a S.A.F.E. account (see H.R. 2109), H4034 [3JN]
Power resources: repeal a limitation on Federal procurement of certain fuels (see H.R. 3101), H6624 [5OC]
Roads and highways: amend laws relative to identification of high priority corridors and inclusion of certain route segments in the Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 1535), H2854 [14AP]
———waive requirement that existing traffic signs meet minimum retroreflectivity standards on or before the compliance dates established by the Federal Highway Administration (see H.R. 2257), H5966 [7SE]
Schertz Veterans Post Office, Schertz, TX: designate (see H.R. 771), H2605 [12AP]
SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (see H.R. 2308), H4526 [23JN]
Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 22), H434 [24JA]
———constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 22), H513 [26JA]
———implement regulations governing over-the-counter swaps, promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption (see H.R. 1573), H3001 [3MY]
———increase standardization and transparency and ensure rule of law in the mortgage-backed security system (see H.R. 3644), H8879 [13DE]
Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office, Lubbock, TX: designate (see H.R. 1632), H2912 [15AP]
Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3606), H8317 [8DE]
———provide additional exemptions from internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies (see H.R. 3213), H6976 [14OC] (see H.R. 3655), H8880 [13DE]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA]
Social Security: establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 234), H471 [25JA]
Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 234), H471 [25JA]
Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 489), H8968 [14DE]
Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations (see H. Res. 296), H4330 [16JN]
Taxation: provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 567), H2917 [15AP]
———reduce the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 609), H776 [14FE]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 177), H1844 [15MR]
———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H2917 [15AP]
———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H6344 [21SE]
———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (see H.R. 1075), H2216 [31MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 462), H3343 [23MY]
Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H8262 [7DE]
Tomball Veterans Post Office, Tomball, TX: designate (see H.R. 2660), H5579 [26JY]
Venezuela: designate as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H. Res. 247), H3061 [4MY]
Veterans: exclude those convicted of certain sex offenses from receiving burial-related benefits and funeral honors available to certain veterans, Armed Forces members, and related individuals (see H.R. 2355), H4573 [24JN]
———issue veterans health care stamp (see H.R. 3290), H7206 [1NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: constitutional amendment to control spending (see H.J. Res. 5), H41 [5JA]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 447), H7068 [25OC]
Committee on Rules (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 202), H2327 [5AP]
Committee on Small Business (House): majority party appointments (see H. Res. 155), H1665 [9MR]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (see H. Res. 6), H41 [5JA] (see H. Res. 33), H202 [12JA] (see H. Res. 37), H254 [18JA] (see H. Res. 42), H354 [19JA] (see H. Res. 53), H470 [25JA] (see H. Res. 78), H599 [9FE] (see H. Res. 168), H1842 [15MR] (see H. Res. 263), H3219 [11MY] (see H. Res. 303), H4186 [14JN] (see H. Res. 420), H6551 [4OC]
Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (see H.R. 836), H1390 [28FE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H1983 [17MR]
———increase rate of required annual reductions of retained portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 1224), H2036 [29MR]
House of Representatives: election of officers (see H. Res. 1), H41 [5JA]
SEC: define ``family office'' relative to exemption from registering under the Investment Advisers Act (see H.R. 2225), H4326 [16JN]
Constitutional authority statements
Budget: constitutional amendment to control spending (H.J. Res. 5), H48 [5JA]
Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1392 [28FE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (H.R. 1182), H1987 [17MR]
———increase rate of required annual reductions of retained portfolios of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (H.R. 1224), H2038 [29MR]
SEC: define ``family office'' relative to exemption from registering under the Investment Advisers Act (H.R. 2225), H4329 [16JN]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3028 [4MY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7780
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H818 [15FE]
Athens, TX: anniversary of Old Fiddlers Contest and Reunion, E949
Boehner, Representative: nomination to be Speaker of the House, H2 [5JA]
Brownsboro, TX: anniversary of First Methodist Church, E1548
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7796 [17NO]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5715 [28JY], H5858 [1AU]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5169, H5210 [19JY]
———deficit, H1731, H1736 [11MR], H7796 [17NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2898 [15AP]
Cantor, Representative: selection as majority leader of the House of Representatives, H6 [5JA]
CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H1736 [11MR]
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5715 [28JY]
Committee on Small Business (House): majority party appointments (H. Res. 155), H1626 [9MR]
Committees of the House: majority party appointments (H. Res. 6), H27 [5JA]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 33), H143 [12JA]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 37), H231 [18JA]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 42), H323 [19JA]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 53), H445 [25JA]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 78), H571 [9FE]
———majority party appointments (H. Res. 168), H1826 [15MR]
Dept. of HUD: continue to provide emergency mortgage relief services to Armed Forces members, veterans, and their survivors and dependents, H1749 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1731, H1736, H1747 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), corrections in engrossment, H1751 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), motion to recommit, H1749 [11MR]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H7780
Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), H9990 [20DE]
———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9952 [20DE]
———importance of job creation, H4199 [15JN]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9969 [20DE]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9952 [20DE]
Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5858 [1AU]
EPA: establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8281
Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), H8211 [7DE]
Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5320 [21JY]
FRS: replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission, H5320 [21JY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H309 [19JA]
House of Representatives: election of officers (H. Res. 1), H6 [5JA]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9952 [20DE]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9952 [20DE]
McCarthy, Representative Kevin: selection as majority whip of the House of Representatives, H6 [5JA]
National Exchange Club (organization): anniversary, E524
National objectives: economic recovery, H4687 [7JY]
Palestine, TX: anniversary of First United Methodist Church, E1547
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H309 [19JA]
Point of order, H1746 [11MR]
Terrell, TX: anniversary of first British flight training school, E662
———anniversary of Terrell Lions Club, E385
Texas Independence Day: observance, E402
Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H158 [12JA]
Unemployment: rates, H4340 [21JN]
White Rock Lake, TX: anniversary, E479
Statements
Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Markup (2009): by, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5307 [21JY]
Tributes
Clements, William, E1022
Dwelle, Richard E., E1141
Halliday, Ebby, E477
Landers, Paul E., Jr., E1141
Ludwig, George R., E1140
Reagan, Ronald, H583