CANTWELL, MARIA (a Senator from Washington)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S3855 [7JN], S3905, S3917 [11JN], S3978, S3993 [12JN], S4271, S4300 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3254), S7041 [28NO], S7218, S7257 [29NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6272 [12SE]

FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), S3289 [17MY], S3495 [23MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S795 [15FE], S1018 [17FE], S1148 [29FE], S1387, S1399 [5MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1755 [15MR]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 3525), S6749 [13NO]

Technology: enhance security and resiliency of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure (S. 3414), S5777, S5778, S5782, S5783 [31JY], S5980 [2AU]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abdnor, James: tribute (see S. Res. 475), S3631 [24MY]

Agreement on Port State Measures To Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing: implement (see S. 1980), S1195 [1MR]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see S. 3239), S3730 [5JN]

Aurora, CO: condemn movie theater shootings and express condolences for victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see S. Con. Res. 53), S5304 [24JY]

Chemicals: ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed (see S. 847), S3632 [24MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3220), S3422 [22MY]

——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see S. 3317), S4368 [20JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1665), S1050 [27FE]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 987), S1791 [19MR]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service if such claims are made for tangible benefit or personal gain (see S. 3372), S5258 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 2051), S2497 [18AP]

Disasters: include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration (see S. 2283), S5258 [23JY]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see S. Res. 500), S4368 [20JN]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1910), S2245 [29MR]

Fish and fishing: prohibit the sale of billfish (see S. 1451), S76 [24JA]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see S. Res. 543), S6628 [21SE]

Health: expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see S. Res. 453), S6856 [15NO]

Indian Law and Order Commission: extend period of time provided to produce a required report (see S. 2090), S494 [9FE]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see S. Res. 624), S8138 [18DE]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see S. Res. 532), S5487 [26JY]

Iran: close loopholes, increase transparency, and improve effectiveness of sanctions on trade in petroleum products (see S. 2058), S261 [1FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see S.J. Res. 41), S3631 [24MY] (see S. Res. 380), S2970 [8MY]

Israel: commit to security as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and condemn rocket and missile attacks in Gaza by Hamas (see S. Res. 599), S6855 [15NO]

——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see S. 2165), S3977 [12JN]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice (see S. Res. 551), S6270 [12SE] (see S. Res. 588), S6626 [21SE]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish (see S. 3300), S4203 [14JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1935), S6108 [11SE]

McGovern, George S.: tribute (see S. Res. 607), S7303 [30NO]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see S. 227), S4299 [19JN]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see S. 1173), S5487 [26JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see S. 829), S6063 [10SE]

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness (see S. 3683), S8042 [13DE]

National Apprenticeship Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 530), S5487 [26JY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 2036), S4369 [20JN]

National Native American Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 561), S6454 [19SE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 537), S5871 [1AU]

National Registered Apprenticeship Month: designate (see S. Res. 530), S5487 [26JY]

National Small Business Week: observance (see S. Res. 469), S3329 [21MY]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 605), S7303 [30NO]

Native American Heritage Day: observance (see S. Res. 561), S6454 [19SE]

Native Americans: allow tribes to adopt their own land leasing regulations (see S. 703), S5047 [16JY]

——— reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see S. 3546), S6457 [19SE]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (see S. Res. 621), S8071 [17DE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 519), S5047 [16JY]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see S. Res. 618), S8042 [13DE]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

Public buildings: improve security at State and local courthouses (see S. 2076), S2245 [29MR]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see S. Res. 515), S4725 [28JN]

Rudman, Warren: tribute (see S. Res. 604), S7215 [29NO]

Russia: disapprove law ending inter-country adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of the law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment (see S. Res. 628), S8589 [31DE]

——— impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see S. 1039), S4418 [21JN]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 589), S6626 [21SE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 2010), S164 [30JA]

Specter, Arlen: tribute (see S. Res. 612), S7703 [10DE]

States: recognize authority to regulate air ambulance medical standards (see S. 2376), S2821 [26AP]

Syria: provide humanitarian assistance and support a transition to democracy (see S. 3498), S6627 [21SE]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 1512), S3423 [22MY]

——— extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans (see S. 3536), S6270 [12SE]

——— prohibit requirement that taxpayers reconcile amounts relative to reportable payment transactions to amounts related to gross receipts and sales (see S. 2083), S494 [9FE]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1561), S2928 [7MY]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see S. 1301), S1460 [7MR]

Transportation Security Administration: modify screening requirements for checked baggage arriving from preclearance airports (see S. 3542), S6948 [27NO]

Village Voice Media Holdings, LLC: support elimination of the ‘‘adult entertainment’’ section of the classified advertising website Backpage.com to terminate facilitation of online sex trafficking (see S. Res. 439), S2826 [26AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see S. 1925), S262 [1FE]

Western Washington University: tribute to men’s basketball team (see S. Res. 423), S2393 [17AP]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see S. 1460), S5258 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Hickman, George: tribute (see S. Res. 567), S6455 [19SE]

Pacific Lutheran University: tribute to women’s softball team (see S. Res. 511), S4674 [27JN]

Petroleum: establish Federal Oil Spill Research Committee and improve oil spill response plans (see S. 3298), S4203 [14JN]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Seattle World’s Fair (see S. Res. 431), S2546 [19AP]

Tariff: electronic drawing toys, electronic games, or educational toys cases or containers (see S. 3045), S3041 [9MY]

——— injection-molded ABS of PP cases or containers used for electronic drawing toys or electronic games (see S. 3046), S3041 [9MY]

——— linuron (see S. 3034), S3041 [9MY]

——— men’s footwear, covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather (see S. 3037, 3039), S3041 [9MY]

——— men’s footwear, not covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather (see S. 3036, 3038), S3041 [9MY]

——— men’s footwear designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather (see S. 3041, 3042), S3041 [9MY]

——— suspension system stabilizer bars (see S. 3044), S3041 [9MY]

——— terbacil (see S. 3035), S3041 [9MY]

——— women’s footwear, covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather (see S. 3043), S3041 [9MY]

——— women’s footwear designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather (see S. 3040), S3041 [9MY]

Cloture motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), motion to proceed, S3612 [24MY], S3713 [5JN]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2072), motion to proceed, S3070 [10MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S686 [15FE], S886 [17FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 3240), S4271 [19JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), House amendment, S7972 [12DE], S8028 [13DE]

——— clarify restrictions on certain fishing vessels, S7972 [12DE]

Eximbank: limit financing to transactions subsidized by other countries or for which private sector financing is unavailable or prohibitively expensive, S3150, S3156 [15MY]

——— make an increase in lending authority contingent upon the Dept. of the Treasury negotiating a phase out of the subsidized export financing program, S3154, S3157 [15MY]

——— phase out authority and require President to initiate negotiations with other major exporting countries to end subsidized export financing programs, S3150 [15MY]

——— prohibit financing of projects in countries that hold debt instruments of the U.S., S3156 [15MY]

——— prohibit loans or financing of certain fossil fuel projects or manufacturing of renewable energy products in foreign countries if similar U.S. projects do not receive comparable funding, S3151 [15MY]

——— reauthorize, S1837 [20MR]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2072), S3146, S3147, S3150, S3151, S3154, S3156, S3157 [15MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 2072), motion to proceed, S3053, S3070 [10MY]

Foreign Service: tribute, S6290 [13SE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, S2753 [26AP]

Northwest Kidney Centers (organization): anniversary, S5728• [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S1167 [1MR]

Rice, Thomas O.: nomination to be district judge, S1413 [6MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S1167 [1MR], S1596 [13MR]

Schools: encourage the purchase of pulse crop products for school meals programs, S4271 [19JN]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of World’s Fair, S2534 [19AP]

Senate: legislative program, S582 [13FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1837 [20MR]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1596 [13MR]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 1925), S2753 [26AP]

Washington (State): clarify and adjust boundaries between Quileute Indian Tribe reservation and Olympic National Park and provide the tribe with tsunami and flood protection (H.R. 1162), S582 [13FE]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S3159 [15MY]

Tables

Jobs supported through Eximbank financing by State, S3147 [15MY]

Tributes

Hickman, George, S6290 [13SE]

Inouye, Daniel K., S8255 [20DE]

Mikulski, Senator, S1916 [21MR]