PENCE, MIKE (a Representative from Indiana)

Articles and editorials

Charles Colson Found Freedom in Prison, Michael Gerson, Washington (DC) Post, E662• [26AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]

Armed Forces: permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see H.R. 6456), H6231 [20SE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 4000), H950 [24FE]

Crime: constitutional amendment to protect the rights of crime victims (see H.J. Res. 106), H1808 [29MR]

——— increase penalties for stealing, transporting, and storing stolen prescription drugs (see H.R. 4223), H3578 [6JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a program to generate dependable economic activity for counties and local governments containing National Forest System land through a management-focused approach (see H.R. 6009), H5202 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 2514), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 6097), H4774 [10JY]

Dept. of Justice: revise certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities (see H.R. 4256), H1570 [26MR]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule relative to temporary non-agricultural employment of H–2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 104), H1210 [6MR]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H1978 [18AP]

Dept. of Transportation: terminate the Transportation Enhancement Program and transfer funding to critical emergency transportation projects (see H.R. 3085), H6344 [13NO]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H571 [7FE]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H4605 [28JN]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4180), H1304 [8MR]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H3267 [30MY]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H4065 [26JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429), H6152 [19SE]

Insurance: repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H3177 [29MY]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H950 [24FE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H2329 [7MY]

Israel: allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated U.S. nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (see H.R. 3992), H966 [27FE]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H1805 [29MR]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see H.R. 2418), H376 [1FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H2647 [10MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H571 [7FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3733 [18JN]

Public welfare programs: provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H2447 [8MY]

Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.: designate (see H.R. 6147), H5131 [23JY]

Social Security: replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4160), H1572 [26MR]

SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office, Rome City, IN: designate (see H.R. 3501), H79 [18JA]

Special days and holidays: provide that Washington’s Birthday be observed on February 22, rather than the third Monday in February, of each year (see H.R. 2268), H1101 [29FE]

SSI: clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see H.R. 4176), H1572 [26MR]

Syria: condemn violence against and detention of journalists and support freedom of the press (see H. Res. 629), H2031 [19AP]

——— strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2106), H1807 [29MR]

Taxation: provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H3481 [5JN]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H3363 [31MY]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H3267 [30MY]

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H2329 [7MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4970), H2716 [15MY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H79 [18JA]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]

Lists

Representative Pence’s staff 2001–2012, H7418 [20DE], E2008• [30DE]

Remarks

Anderson, IN: express condolences to the Anderson Police Dept., for loss of police dogs, E1475• [11SE]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs relative to sex offender management and registration (H.R. 3796), E1379• [1AU]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4951• [18JY]

——— motorsports sponsorship funding, H4951• [18JY]

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), E71• [25JA]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5166• [24JY]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, H923• [17FE]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1477 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4740 [10JY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H7417 [20DE], E2008• [30DE]

——— compile oral histories from current and former Members involved in the Selma to Montgomery, AL, marches and the civil rights movement (H. Res. 562), H1107 [1MR]

Indiana: express sympathy and support to citizens for damage caused by tornadoes, H1190 [6MR]

Israel: independence anniversary, E648• [25AP]

National School Choice Week: observance, E71• [25JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of energy policies, H1116 [1MR], H1858 [17AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4740 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1477 [21MR]

Pendleton, IN: express condolences to families of victims of shooting, E1390• [2AU]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1116 [1MR], H1858 [17AP]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1229 [7MR]

Taxation: permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (H.R. 696), H923• [17FE]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H2003• [19AP]

——— provide payroll tax relief, H923• [17FE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3614• [7JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H923• [17FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2779• [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, E753• [9MY], E1754• [14NO], E1783• [16NO], E1809• [27NO], E1857• [30NO], E1906• [11DE], E1948• [18DE], E2024• [31DE]

Yorktown, IN: Yorktown High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1538• [14SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H7418–H7420 [20DE]

Tributes

Colson, Charles W., H2806• [16MY], E662• [26AP], E821• [16MY]

Freeman, Andrew M., E1804• [27NO]

Johnson, Merrill, E849• [18MY]

Keach, John, Sr., E555• [17AP]

Miller, Lowell, E848• [18MY]

Perez, Eduardo, H4917 [18JY]

Pittenger, Edith, E275• [29FE], E317• [6MR]

Rockhill, Lois, E387• [20MR]

Sharp, Marilyn A., E918• [31MY]

Sullivan, John V., E472• [28MR]

Taylor, Nicholas A., H4917 [18JY], E1280• [18JY]

Welch, Bing, E109• [1FE]