GARAMENDI, JOHN (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3122 [18MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H5052 [19JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4124 [27JN]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), H1066, H1069 [29FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2537 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1428 [20MR]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H3105 [17MY]

Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H4606 [28JN]

——— limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 3709), H3105 [17MY]

——— protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H2447 [8MY]

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see H.R. 4350), H2289 [27AP]

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area: designate (see H.R. 5545), H2441 [8MY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6280 [21SE]

Brubeck, David W.: tribute (see H. Res. 831), H6806 [13DE]

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), H1915 [17AP]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (see H.R. 3910), H512 [6FE]

Cecil E. Bolt Post Office, Fowler, CA: designate (see H.R. 4389), H1976 [18AP]

Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 2722), H4065 [26JN]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H1017 [28FE]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 5831), H3161 [18MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6280 [21SE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 4192), H2033 [19AP]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1017 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H1571 [26MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to assist veterans to acquire commercial driver’s licenses (see H.R. 3666), H5202 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 2717), H1642 [27MR]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3662 [7JN]

——— remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (see H.R. 4978), H5712 [2AU]

——— 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. 178), H5711 [2AU]

Discrimination: condemn discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism against Sikh Gurdwaras in the U.S. (see H. Res. 785), H6280 [21SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 111), H5328 [26JY]

Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H641 [8FE]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3662 [7JN]

Georgia (country): support enhanced security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity, U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, NATO membership, democratic reforms, and peaceful resolution of conflict (see H. Res. 526), H1847 [16AP]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H1017 [28FE]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H1101 [29FE]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H3977 [21JN]

——— prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 5749), H3977 [21JN]

India: condemn human rights violations against Kashmiri Pandits, dismantle terrorist infrastructure in the region, and hold terrorists accountable for their actions (see H. Res. 387), H6280 [21SE]

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

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see H.R. 3125), H1017 [28FE]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 6166), H5130 [23JY]

Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 6260), H5766 [10SE]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3790), H6280 [21SE]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 4062), H901 [16FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1306 [8MR]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H696 [13FE]

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

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H966 [27FE]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6623 [4DE]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H4775 [10JY]

Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office, Roseville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3892), H440 [2FE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H1100 [29FE]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H476 [3FE]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 793), H6369 [14NO]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see H.R. 6262), H5629 [1AU]

——— extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 6411), H6429 [16NO]

——— increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H1101 [29FE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6151 [19SE]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H6279 [21SE]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H945 [17FE]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H159 [24JA]

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6494), H6274 [21SE]

Veterans: authorize military departments to provide an exception to standards for awarding the Purple Heart for World War II veterans whose service records are incomplete due to damage (see H.R. 6095), H5712 [2AU]

——— 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), H5526 [31JY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H6312 [19OC]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 3884), H513 [6FE]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (see H.R. 4115), H3976 [21JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2716 [15MY]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H4158 [27JN]

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

——— require States to establish minimum early voting period and ensure that no individual be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 6591), H6397 [15NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H6344 [13NO]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H950 [24FE]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H2330 [7MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: improve provision of civil relief and the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members (see H.R. 6293), H5704 [2AU]

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 6217), H5326 [26JY]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (see H.R. 6216), H5326 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 5936), H3698 [8JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance to non-Federal interests for levee stability improvements located within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta related to certain water deliveries (see H.R. 6484), H6273 [21SE]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4020), H725 [14FE]

Floods: analyze challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 6034), H4156 [27JN]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H374 [1FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: improve provision of civil relief and the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members (H.R. 6293), H5708 [2AU]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 6216), H5327 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (H.R. 5936), H3699 [8JN]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 4020), H726 [14FE]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (H.R. 3860), H374 [1FE]

Motions

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 2842), H1232 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3143 [18MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H352 [1FE]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), H1077 [29FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H578 [8FE], H2836 [17MY], H3741 [19JN], H6374 [15NO], E163• [8FE]

——— tribute to members killed in military action in Afghanistan, H3741 [19JN]

Baker, Keshia: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1557• [19SE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H715, H717, H718, H719, H720, H721 [14FE]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2705 [15MY]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), consideration (H. Res. 648), H2578, H2579 [10MY]

——— reform entitlement programs, H6693, H6694, H6695, H6696, H6697, H6698 [11DE]

——— require the wealthy to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts, H6613 [4DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1868 [17AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 2842), motion to recommit, H1232 [7MR]

——— require all materials used for conduit hydropower generation be manufactured in the U.S., H1232 [7MR]

Business and industry: eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H718 [14FE]

Buy American Act: increase total domestic content of all steel, iron, and manufactured goods, including rolling stock, H4125 [27JN]

——— require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 6217), H5872 [12SE]

——— require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 487), H19 [17JA], H721 [14FE], H3820, H3879 [20JN], H5193 [24JY], H6454 [27NO]

——— strengthen requirements applicable to airports, highways, high-speed rail, trains, and transit (H.R. 613), H19 [17JA], H204 [31JA], H721 [14FE], H3694, H3696 [8JN], H3796 [19JN], H4903 [17JY]

California: clarify duration of Central Valley Project renewal contracts, H1062 [29FE]

——— clarify jurisdiction over Central Valley Project renewal contracts, H1066, H1067 [29FE]

——— eliminate water subsidies for irrigators and require new contracts charge interest for water delivery and project debt repayments, H1068 [29FE]

——— prohibit decrease in current water supply to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, H1069, H1070 [29FE]

CFTC: implementation of regulations limiting amount of outside speculator participation in the energy futures trading markets, H2798, H2800 [16MY]

Climate: impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, H6357 [14NO]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H2116 [25AP]

Community colleges: recognize valuable contributions and encourage local partnerships to train and revitalize U.S. workforce, inspire entrepreneurship, educate skilled workers, and invest in local communities, H719, H720 [14FE]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 964), H1036 [29FE]

Contracts: increase requirement for American-made content in transportation construction projects, H3795 [19JN]

Coughlin, Natalie: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1557• [19SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H2579 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2705 [15MY], H2794 [16MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), consideration (H. Res. 661), H2836 [17MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), motion to recommit, H3143 [18MY]

——— exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H5051 [19JY]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H5192 [24JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4952 [18JY], H5051, H5052, H5053 [19JY]

——— military operations in Afghanistan funding, H4952 [18JY], H5052, H5053 [19JY]

——— require Navy or U.S.-flagged vessels that provide services to the Federal Government to be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard located in the U.S. or Guam, H3143 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 3826), H2117 [25AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2117 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: implement a voluntary insurance program to provide long-term care services for seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other disabled individuals, H352 [1FE]

Dept. of State: require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H18 [17JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, H755 [15FE]

——— set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H755 [15FE], H829, H830 [16FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4125 [27JN]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6609, H6610, H6611, H6612, H6613, H6614 [4DE], H6693, H6695, H6696, H6697, H6698 [11DE], H6863, H6864, H6865, H6866, H6867, H6868 [18DE]

——— create jobs through infrastructure investment, H1006 [28FE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H6457 [27NO]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H18–H20 [17JA], H3693, H3695, H3696 [8JN], H4425 [28JN], H4901, H4902, H4903 [17JY], H5188, H5191, H5192, H5193, H5194 [24JY], H6358, H6360 [14NO], H6453, H6454, H6455, H6456, H6457, H6458 [27NO]

——— rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, H6865, H6866, H6867, H6868 [18DE]

Education: funding, H2116, H2120, H2121 [25AP]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (H.R. 4170), H2117 [25AP]

——— science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education funding, H557 [7FE]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H18 [17JA], H201, H202, H203, H204, H205, H206, H207 [31JA], H554, H556, H557, H558, H559, H560 [7FE], H715, H717, H718, H719, H720, H721 [14FE], H1004, H1005 [28FE], H2116, H2120, H2121 [25AP], H6455, H6456, H6457, H6458 [27NO]

Fairfield, CA: tribute to retiring law enforcement officers, E1896• [11DE]

FEMA: allow construction and improvement of structures used for agricultural production in floodplains under the National Flood Insurance Program, H2578 [10MY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H559 [7FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4759 [10JY], H4811, H4812, H4814, H4815, H4816 [11JY]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, E659• [26AP]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), H4425 [28JN]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance to States for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H6357, H6360, H6361 [14NO]

——— implement emergency preparedness plans, H6357, H6358, H6359, H6360, H6361 [14NO]

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 (H.R. 4133), E787• [15MY]

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, H5872 [12SE]

Medicare: reform, H1868 [17AP], H4811 [11JY], H6609, H6610, H6611, H6612, H6613, H6614 [4DE], H6693, H6695, H6696, H6697, H6698 [11DE], H6864 [18DE]

NIST: Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H2537 [9MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3143 [18MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H4814, H4816 [11JY], H4897, H4898, H4899, H4900 [17JY], H5188, H5189, H5190, H5191 [24JY]

——— impact of requirement for States to establish health insurance exchanges, H4814 [11JY]

——— impact on tax burden, H4815 [11JY]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), motion to recommit, H352 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4759 [10JY], H4811, H4812, H4814, H4815, H4816 [11JY]

——— repeal of Patient’s Bill of Rights, H4812 [11JY]

——— Supreme Court decision on constitutionality, H4423, H4424 [28JN]

Petri, Heather: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1557• [19SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H3820 [20JN]

Power resources: develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), H3879 [20JN]

——— develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), consideration (H. Res. 691), H3820 [20JN]

——— national energy policy, H1007 [28FE], H2797, H2798, H2799, H2800 [16MY]

——— promote timely exploration for geothermal resources under existing geothermal leases, H829, H830 [16FE]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 3533), H202 [31JA]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), complete conference report, H3792, H3794 [19JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3792, H3794 [19JN]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), H1043, H1053, H1062, H1064, H1066, H1067, H1068, H1069, H1070 [29FE]

——— address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), consideration (H. Res. 566), H1036 [29FE]

——— address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), motion to recommit, H1077 [29FE]

——— prohibit Federal preemption of State laws and regulations when addressing certain water-related concerns, H1077 [29FE]

——— restoration program funding, H2538 [9MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2537, H2538 [9MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H6613 [4DE]

——— cost-of-living adjustments, H6613 [4DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1868 [17AP]

Taxation: extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (H.R. 3307), H5872 [12SE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, H5872 [12SE]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, H715, H717, H718, H720 [14FE]

——— provide enhanced research and development credits to companies that manufacture products in the U.S., H556 [7FE]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from wind, H1007 [28FE]

——— rates, H2116 [25AP]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H2116 [25AP]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H557 [7FE], H1006 [28FE]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), H201, H202, H204, H205, H206, H207 [31JA], H720, H721 [14FE]

——— importance of public transit program funding, H1005 [28FE]

——— infrastructure funding, H201, H202, H204, H205, H206, H207 [31JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2705, H2706, H2707 [15MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1339• [26JY]

Resignations

Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6474 [28NO]

Tributes

Banks, Lawrence, E1897• [11DE]

Brubeck, David W., H6686 [11DE]

Hall, Representative, H6453 [27NO]

Jones, Representative, H4897 [17JY]

Kolander, Kelly, E589• [19AP]

Kramer, Susan and Stanley, E571• [18AP]

Murphy, Anne and Jack, H1828 [16AP], E567• [18AP]

Pierson, Jay, H6863 [18DE]