FRANK, BARNEY (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Addresses

Memorial Day: Arthur Cozewith, E1014• [7JN]

Articles and editorials

Backlash to the Backlash, Thomas L. Friedman, New York (NY) Times, E1675• [2OC]

Brewing Up Confusion, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, E2024• [31DE]

Congregation Agudath Achim Celebrates Centennial in Taunton, Marc Larocque, Taunton (MA) Gazette, E919• [31MY]

Executive Viewpont—Time To Bite the Bullet, Lawrence Wilkerson, Hill (publication), H5056 [19JY]

Freedom Works Tea Party Group Nearly Falls Apart in Fight Between Old and New Guard, Amy Gardner, Washington (DC) Post, E2019• [31DE]

In Manchester United’s I.P.O., a Preference for American Rules, Steven M. Davidoff, New York (NY) Times, H5279 [25JY]

Israel’s Top Court Orders Settlers To Leave Outpost, Ethan Bronner, New York (NY) Times, E475• [28MR]

Look in Your Mirror, Thomas L. Friedman, New York (NY) Times, E1588• [21SE]

Real Referendum, Paul Krugman, New York (NY) Times, E1682• [5OC]

Six Months After Repeal, Military Says DADT Died Quietly, Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes (publication), E402• [21MR]

Why Dodd-Frank Is Necessary, Christopher J. Dodd, Politico (publication), E1311• [24JY]

Would Repeal of Key Dodd-Frank Provision Really Save $22 Billion? Wall Street Journal, H2610 [10MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H3700 [8JN]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (see H. Res. 733), H5728 [7AU]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H1391 [19MR]

CCC: prohibit Brazil Cotton Institute funding (see H.R. 5143), H2270 [27AP]

Census: acknowledge surveys and information derived from those surveys are crucial to national welfare (see H. Con. Res. 136), H5707 [2AU]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 5186), H2271 [27AP]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H4065 [26JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H159 [24JA]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H27 [17JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: recognize significance of and support adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H. Res. 564), H965 [27FE]

——— reduce crop insurance premium subsidies (see H.R. 6098), H6280 [21SE]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 4296), H1803 [29MR]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6280 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H639 [8FE]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H4158 [27JN]

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 3314), H182 [25JA]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tree (see H.R. 4209), H1390 [19MR]

——— promulgate regulations on patient medication information to ensure patients receive consistent and high-quality information about prescription drugs (see H.R. 6514), H6344 [13NO]

Dept. of Justice: require Bureau of Prisons Director to be appointed by and with advice and consent of the Senate (see H.R. 4730), H2125 [25AP]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H571 [7FE]

——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3086), H945 [17FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H115 [23JA]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H1642 [27MR]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 3687), H1428 [20MR]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H441 [2FE]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H5706 [2AU]

——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6469 [27NO]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 6584), H6469 [27NO]

FEC: reassert congressional authority to restrict spending by corporations and labor organizations on campaigns for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 6310), H5705 [2AU]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H1807 [29MR]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5691), H2566 [9MY]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 6200), H5291 [25JY]

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 647), H2814 [16MY]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H182 [25JA]

Housing: extend protection of interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3619), H3915 [20JN]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H3660 [7JN]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H5766 [10SE]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see H. Res. 837), H7360 [19DE]

Insurance: require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2072 [24AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4908 [17JY]

International Olympic Committee: recognize a moment of silence at future Olympic opening ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives at 1972 Munich Olympics (see H. Res. 663), H3578 [6JN]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2716 [15MY]

Israel: 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 H.R. 4133), H1642 [27MR]

LIHEAP: establish minimum level of assistance for certain States (see H.R. 6533), H6275 [21SE]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3790), H77 [18JA]

——— provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 941), H1306 [8MR]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 5707), H2813 [16MY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 4120), H1543 [22MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H3700 [8JN]

Minimum wage: provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor free African Americans and slaves who fought during the American Revolution (see H.R. 2181), H476 [3FE]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 560), H1363 [13MR]

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 531), H219 [31JA]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 538), H475 [3FE]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1810), H4907 [17JY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1154 [5MR]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 832), H6806 [13DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 2517), H641 [8FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1306 [8MR]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H187 [27JA]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 6204), H5291 [25JY]

Social Security: treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4609), H2066 [24AP]

Taxation: extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6152 [19SE]

——— increase amount of low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee (see H.R. 3769), H5131 [23JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 6597), H6428 [16NO]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H1017 [28FE]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]

Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr., Salt Pond Visitor Center, Eastham, MA: designate (see H.R. 4400), H2029 [19AP]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H3733 [18JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2034 [19AP]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [17MY]

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

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 601), H1808 [29MR]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H4828 [11JY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H6312 [19OC]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3808 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Business and industry: prohibit executives of financial firms from insuring against having to repay illegally-received compensation or to pay civil penalties to protect personal assets (see H.R. 5860), H3265 [30MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services special immigrant religious professionals program (see H.R. 6193), H5291 [25JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide preservation and interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (see H.R. 6145), H5008 [18JY]

Financial institutions: exempt debt collectors from liability when leaving certain voice mail messages as long as the collector follows regulations prescribed on the appropriate manner in which to leave such a message (see H.R. 4101), H1016 [28FE] (see H.R. 5794), H3102 [17MY]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see H.R. 4208), H1390 [19MR]

Securities and Derivatives Commission: establish (see H.R. 6613), H6535 [29NO]

Tariff: acetoacetyl-2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroanilide (see H.R. 5054), H2269 [27AP]

——— basic blue 7 (see H.R. 5056), H2269 [27AP]

——— basic red 1 (see H.R. 5053), H2269 [27AP]

——— basic red 1—1 (see H.R. 5061), H2269 [27AP]

——— basic violet 1 (see H.R. 5058), H2269 [27AP]

——— 5-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-methoxy-2-naphthanilide (see H.R. 5059), H2269 [27AP]

——— 5-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-naphthanilide (see H.R. 5057), H2269 [27AP]

——— p-aminobenzamide (4-aminobenzamide) (see H.R. 5060), H2269 [27AP]

——— synthetic filament yarns (see H.R. 5051), H2269 [27AP]

——— 3,3N dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride (see H.R. 5062), H2269 [27AP]

——— 3-amino-4-methylbenzamide (see H.R. 5055), H2269 [27AP]

——— untwisted filament yarns (see H.R. 5052), H2269 [27AP]

Taxation: exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 6316), H5705 [2AU]

Truth in Lending Act: add a rule of construction relative to certain payments to an employee of a mortgage originator (see H.R. 4076), H943 [17FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services special immigrant religious professionals program (H.R. 6193), H5292 [25JY]

Dept. of the Interior: provide preservation and interpretation assistance for resources associated with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (H.R. 6145), H5009 [18JY]

——— exempt debt collectors from liability when leaving certain voice mail messages as long as the collector follows regulations prescribed on the appropriate manner in which to leave such a message (H.R. 5794), H3104 [17MY]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (H.R. 4208), H1391 [19MR]

Securities and Derivatives Commission: establish (H.R. 6613), H6535 [29NO]

Tariff: acetoacetyl-2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroanilide (H.R. 5054), H2278 [27AP]

——— basic blue 7 (H.R. 5056), H2278 [27AP]

——— basic red 1 (H.R. 5053), H2278 [27AP]

——— basic red 1—1 (H.R. 5061), H2278 [27AP]

——— basic violet 1 (H.R. 5058), H2278 [27AP]

——— 5-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-methoxy-2-naphthanilide (H.R. 5059), H2278 [27AP]

——— 5-chloro-3-hydroxy-2-methyl-2-naphthanilide (H.R. 5057), H2278 [27AP]

——— p-aminobenzamide (4-aminobenzamide) (H.R. 5060), H2278 [27AP]

——— synthetic filament yarns (H.R. 5051), H2278 [27AP]

——— 3,3N dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride (H.R. 5062), H2278 [27AP]

——— 3-amino-4-methylbenzamide (H.R. 5055), H2278 [27AP]

——— untwisted filament yarns (H.R. 5052), H2278 [27AP]

Taxation: exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (H.R. 6316), H5709 [2AU]

Truth in Lending Act: add a rule of construction relative to certain payments to an employee of a mortgage originator (H.R. 4076), H944 [17FE]

Memorandums

Guidance on Reporting Interest Paid to Nonresident Aliens: IRS, H5287–H5289 [25JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: proposed troop reductions, H471 [3FE]

Armey, Richard: role played in rise of conservative Members of Congress, E2019• [31DE]

Budget: deficit, E2024• [31DE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2610 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1676 [28MR]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H6263 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3032 [17MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), conference report, H7384, H7388 [20DE]

——— freeze funding at current levels, H5055 [19JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H5053, H5055 [19JY]

——— military operations in Afghanistan funding, H5053 [19JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, H2547 [9MY]

——— prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana, H2527 [9MY]

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act: implementation, E402• [21MR]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H470 [3FE], H1237 [7MR]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7408 [20DE]

Egypt: honor rule of law and return Noor and Ramsay Bower to the U.S. (H. Res. 193), H7507 [31DE]

FDIC: repeal orderly liquidation authority to prevent failure of large financial firms, H2610 [10MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 459), H5151, H5152, H5153 [24JY]

Government regulations: include existing Dept. of the Treasury rule on U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens in any regulatory freeze, H5286, H5287 [25JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5230, H5279, H5281, H5286, H5287 [25JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (H. Res. 741), H5302, H5303 [26JY]

Hensarling, Representative: apology for previous remarks, H6741 [12DE]

Israel: Supreme Court ruling that Migron, an illegal settlement established in the West Bank, must be dismantled and the occupants removed, E474• [28MR]

Medicare: reform, H1676 [28MR]

National objectives: economic recovery, H470–H473 [3FE]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H2428, H2429, H2430 [8MY]

Patterson, Garth: New Bedford, MA, Friend of the Fisherman Award recipient, E1604• [21SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6263 [21SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2428, H2429, H2430 [8MY], H2527, H2547 [9MY]

SEC: consider burden of internal controls auditing requirements for companies with public float less than a certain amount, H5279 [25JY]

——— exempt from registration regulations brokers who do not charge fees nor handle investors money and permit only accredited investors to use their platforms, H1278 [8MR]

——— prohibit from enforcing or issuing interpretive guidance on climate change, H5281 [25JY]

——— report on increase in initial public offerings, specifically in the manufacturing and high technology industry, resulting from efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1284 [8MR]

Securities: amend laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, H1227, H1238 [7MR]

Sharon, MA: support constitutional amendment to exclude corporations from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate election expenditures, E1934• [13DE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1237, H1238, H1239 [7MR], H1278, H1284, H1287 [8MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1227 [7MR]

——— modify revenue threshold for emerging growth companies to remain eligible for exemptions from certain regulations, H5279 [25JY]

Taunton, MA: anniversary of Agudath Achim and Jewish Community House, E919• [31MY]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5667 [2AU]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H472 [3FE]

Terrorism: condemn attacks on U.S. consulates in Egypt, Libya, and Yemen, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice, E1587• [21SE]

Votes: position on missed, H1113• [1MR]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact, E1311• [24JY]

——— repeal, H5230 [25JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: striking of words, H1240 [7MR]

Tribute, H7341–H7348 [19DE], H7507, H7508 [31DE]

Resolutions by organizations

Constitutional amendment to exclude corporations from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate election expenditures: Sharon, MA, E1934• [13DE]

Tributes

Cozewith, Arthur, E1014• [7JN]

Kelly, E. Dennis, Jr., E112• [1FE]