NATIONAL OBJECTIVES see also Domestic policy

Addresses

National Energy Policy: Senator Alexander, S1647 [13MR]

State of the Union: President Obama, S521–S526 [28JA], H1473–H1478 [28JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5152, S5155 [30JY], S5197, S5237, S5238, S5239, S5241, S5242, S5244, S5245, S5250, S5259, S5261, S5272 [31JY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), S5836, S5861 [18SE], S6644 [11DE], S6741, S6791, S6793, S6794 [12DE], S6817 [13DE], H9076 [11DE]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7212 [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2958, S2959, S2976, S2978 [13MY], S3018, S3019, S3033, S3034, S3035, S3036, S3037, S3038, S3039, S3040, S3041 [14MY], S3082, S3083, S3084, S3086, S3088, S3089, S3090, S3092, S3093, S3094, S3095, S3096, S3097, S3098, S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3105, S3106, S3107, S3108, S3109, S3110, S3111, S3113, S3114, S3115, S3117, S3119, S3120, S3124, S3132, S3133, S3134, S3135, S3136, S3137, S3138, S3139, S3140, S3141, S3142, S3143, S3144, S3145 [15MY], S3191, S3192 [20MY], S5271 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7407 [10SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2165 [5MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5773, H5782, H5783, H5786, H5787, H5788, H5789, H5790, H5792, H5794, H5797 [26JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), consideration (H. Res. 641), H5740 [25JN]

——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7690 [18SE]

Articles and editorials

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

Climate Change Goes Underwater, S4324 [9JY]

Critics Say Executive Action on Immigration Would Be Unprecedented. They Forget Their History, S6135 [19NO]

God Often Reminds Us To Welcome Immigrants, H2004 [27FE]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

ICYMI—White House Delayed Enacting Rules Ahead of 2012 Election To Avoid Controversy, S1384 [10MR]

Koch Brothers’ Ads Shameful, S1160 [26FE]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

Reagan, Bush Also Acted Without Congress To Shield Immigrants From Deportation, S6134 [19NO]

That’s Rich—Poverty Level Under Obama Breaks 50–Year Record, H69 [8JA]

Treatment or Jail—Patrick Kennedy Wages Fierce Anti-Pot Crusade, S1275 [4MR]

Waging War (excerpt), H7536 [16SE]

When Reagan and GHW Bush Took Bold Executive Action on Immigration, S6134 [19NO]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see S. 2495), S3863 [19JN]

Colleges and universities: provide for higher education reform (see S. 1969), S599 [29JA] (see H.R. 5674), H7900 [19SE]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 757), H8033 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 3983), H1544 [3FE]

——— establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see H.R. 3984), H1544 [3FE]

Dept. of Energy: provide for fundamental science, basic research activities, and applied energy research and development (see H.R. 4869), H5368 [13JN]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 2864), S5782 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (see S. 2986), S6351 [4DE] (see H.R. 5803), H8867 [8DE]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 776), H9043 [10DE]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 122), H9044 [10DE]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

——— invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see S. 2757), S5217 [31JY]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (see H.R. 4139), H2147 [4MR]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4773), H5022 [29MY]

——— prohibit the Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see S. 2967), S6262 [2DE]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see S. Res. 345), S821 [6FE] (see H. Res. 476), H1770 [11FE]

Electric power: improve reliability of electric power transmission grid (see S. 2620), S4620 [17JY]

Employment: establish a national strategy for identifying job training needs to increase opportunities for technical school training and promote hiring (see H.R. 4591), H3939 [7MY]

Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 5799), H8668 [4DE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 423), S2406 [11AP]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 535), H2853 [2AP]

Health: repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see S. 2546), S4153 [26JN]

Highway Trust Fund: funding (see S. 2489), S3811 [18JN] (see H.R. 4601), H3940 [7MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 2430), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2808), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5453), H7454 [11SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4118), H2097 [28FE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (see H. Res. 497), H2147 [4MR]

——— establish board of directors and chief executive officer to oversee Federal exchange and State exchanges and to provide health insurance oversight (see S. 2749), S5217 [31JY]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5392), H7240 [1AU]

——— exempt certain educational institutions from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2462), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 4775), H5063 [30MY]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1519 [11MR] (see H.R. 4064), H1776 [14FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2191), S1923 [1AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5725), H8033 [17NO]

Power resources: contribute to national security and achieve domestic energy independence by producing more energy from all sources (see H.R. 3895), H1240 [16JA]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (see H.R. 4899), H5556 [19JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), consideration (see H. Res. 641), H5723 [24JN]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H3057 [8AP]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 4956), H5724 [24JN]

Taxation: jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (see H.R. 3939), H1479 [28JA]

——— reduce carbon pollution, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes for working Americans (see H.R. 5307), H7181 [31JY]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (see H.R. 4754), H4909 [28MY]

Water: prioritize assessment of quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources and produce a national water census to address inevitable challenges of ‘‘Peak Water’’ (see H. Res. 593), H4829 [22MY]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5197 [31JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]

E-Mails

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Essays

State of the Union: Abigail Morris, S521 [28JA]

——— Alexina Federhen, S481 [27JA]

——— Brian Townley, S482 [27JA]

——— Carly Neeld, S519 [28JA]

——— Delaney Spink, S596 [29JA]

——— Emily Martin, S595 [29JA]

——— Eric Tucker, S519 [28JA]

——— Fiona Higgins, S594 [29JA]

——— Holly Thayer, S595 [29JA]

——— Katharine Mayo, S482 [27JA]

——— Kendall Spaulding, S519 [28JA]

——— Koenig, Eric, S520 [28JA]

——— Kylee DiMaggio, S520 [28JA]

——— Madison Gilley, S520 [28JA]

——— Nick Majeski, S595 [29JA]

——— Owen Deffner, S595 [29JA]

——— Raihan Kabir, S594 [29JA]

——— Rebecca Paige, S519 [28JA]

——— Robert (Will) Aldrich, S482 [27JA]

——— Trevor McNaney, S520 [28JA]

Letters

Assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources: Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H7462 [15SE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7463 [15SE]

Coordination between Federal offshore energy management agencies with State and local stakeholders in coastal and marine spatial planning: F. Bradley Wellock, North Atlantic Ports Association, Inc., H5785 [26JN]

——— several organizations, businesses, and academics, H5784 [26JN]

Dear woman behind me in line at the grocery store, H3186 [10AP]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Brad Jones, Cornerstone Staffing, Inc., H7419 [10SE]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7414 [10SE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7414 [10SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

Supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H7220, H7224, H7225 [1AU]

——— Thomas M. Susman, ABA, H7226 [1AU]

Sustainable growth rate repeal and improved Medicare payments through delay of individual health insurance mandate: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2465 [14MR]

——— Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (organization) and Scott P. Serota, BlueCross BlueShield Association, H2465 [14MR]

——— Richard E. Thorp, California Medical Association, H2466 [14MR]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2466 [14MR]

Lists

50 things the House could be doing instead of undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2162 [5MR]

Messages

National Drug Control Strategy: President Obama, S4330 [9JY], H6032 [9JY]

Motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4988 [28JY], S5075 [30JY], S5159, S5197, S5204 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7436 [11SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2175 [5MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5804 [26JN]

Press releases

Economic Benefits of Acting on Critical Legislative Issues: Representative Hoyer, H1264 [27JA]

11 Million $2,100 ‘‘Scholarships for Kids’’—A Real Answer to Inequality: Senator Alexander, S508 [28JA]

Remarks in House

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2154 [5MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense, H6845, H6847 [25JY]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), H6865 [28JY]

Art Everywhere US (consortium): national outdoor art campaign using advertising media to showcase works of certain African-American artists, E1245 [28JY]

Budget: allocation of funds for children’s programs, H2410 [13MR]

——— reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

Climate: impact of global warming on ocean acidification, H2368 [13MR], H5806 [26JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H80 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H32, H33 [8JA], H1554 [4FE], H5885 [9JY], H6113, H6114 [11JY], H6804–H6809 [24JY], H7058, H7109–H7115 [30JY], H7132 [31JY], H7947 [13NO], H8077 [19NO], E1288 [31JY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2995, H2997 [8AP], H3107–H3113 [9AP], E593 [28AP]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310–E313 [5MR]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3117–H3121 [9AP]

Connecticut: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2811 [2AP]

Crime: address issues of domestic violence, H7306 [9SE], H7628 [17SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4823 [22MY], H6755 [24JY], H6988 [29JY], H7047 [30JY], H7131 [31JY], H7426–H7428 [10SE], H8020–H8027 [17NO]

Dept. of Education: encourage public charter schools, H2374 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: release of strategic plan, H3044 [8AP]

Dept. of the Interior: allow addition of lease sales to a finalized 5-year oil and gas leasing plan, H5782, H5783 [26JN]

——— allow coordination between Federal offshore energy management agencies with State and local stakeholders in coastal and marine spatial planning, H5783–H5786 [26JN], H6042 [10JY]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), Senate amendment, H9076–H9290, H10304 [11DE], E1837, E1838, E1839, E1841 [12DE], E1855, E1856 [2JA]

——— development of domestic offshore oil and gas leasing program relative to impact on climate change, H6755 [24JY]

——— establish Office of Energy Employment and Training to support the hiring of veterans, women, and underrepresented minorities, H5794–H5797, H5807 [26JN], H6101 [10JY]

——— prohibit canceling, deferring, or withdrawing any lease parcel from a planned competitive lease sale after the conclusion of the public comment period, H5792, H5793 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: complete nation-wide access review auditing all medical centers and clinics, H4690 [21MY]

——— complete nationwide access review auditing all medical centers and clinics, E721 [8MY]

Diseases: develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H8267–H8272 [2DE]

Domestic policy: address rising levels of poverty, H6798–H6804 [24JY]

——— modify tax benefits for insourcing and outsourcing expenses of corporations, and rules relative to inverted corporations, and provide for consideration of middle class jumpstart agenda, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

Ecology and environment: promote environmental policies, H1662 [6FE]

Economy: Democratic Party Middle Class Jumpstart Action Plan to revitalize the middle class by creating good jobs, empowering Americans to manage work and family, and making higher education affordable, H6669 [23JY], H7400 [10SE]

——— impact of illegal immigration on job creation and hiring, H3402 [1MY], H6585 [22JY]

——— importance of job creation, H30 [8JA], H84, H127 [9JA], H191, H209 [14JA], H239, H240 [15JA], H2310 [12MR], H2364 [13MR], H2844 [2AP], H3078 [9AP], H3367, H3395 [1MY], H6113 [11JY], H6140 [14JY], H6383 [17JY], H6641–H6649 [22JY], H7056 [30JY], H7175 [31JY], H7426 [10SE], H7458 [15SE], H8938 [10DE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1550 [4FE], H3297 [30AP], H8067–H8070 [18NO]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (H.R. 4139), E1224 [24JY]

——— recovery, H14–H18 [7JA], H1434 [28JA], H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP], H5733, H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY], H9040 [10DE]

Education: funding, H3134 [9AP]

——— national policy to improve system, H1440 [28JA]

——— science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education funding, H4924 [29MY]

——— support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards, H3279 [29AP]

Electric power: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system, H6919 [28JY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, H5861 [8JY], H7398 [10SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H17, H18 [7JA], H214 [14JA], H1926–H1928 [25FE], H2144–H2146 [4MR], H5806 [26JN], H5965 [9JY], H6635–H6641 [22JY], H6670 [23JY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs relative to affordable reliable energy, H7866 [18SE]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H2287 [11MR], H6042 [10JY], H7865 [18SE]

Food: address global hunger crisis, H3395 [1MY]

——— address U.S. hunger crisis, H1426 [27JA], H1595 [5FE], H1690 [10FE], H1942 [26FE], H3186 [10AP], H3395 [1MY], H3452 [7MY], H4481 [20MY], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H8154 [20NO]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H27 [8JA], H5352 [12JN], H6290 [15JY], H7279 [8SE], H7300, H7302, H7350–H7356 [9SE]

——— refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities rather than policing every global crisis, H7536 [16SE], E374 [13MR]

——— refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities rather than policing global crises, H5372 [17JN]

FRS: reform monetary policy to promote goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates, H5358–H5361 [12JN]

Health: make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7442 [11SE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H7093, H7108 [30JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H2810 [2AP], H5592 [20JN], H5603, H5604 [23JN], H5720–H5722 [24JN], H5879, H5880, H5885 [9JY], H6040, H6042 [10JY]

——— funding (H.R. 4601), H3951 [8MY]

——— funding through savings gained by Postal Service elimination of Saturday deliveries, H5406 [18JN], H5721 [24JN], H5880 [9JY]

——— importance of long term infrastructure repair funding, E1207 [23JY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, H2736, H2738 [27MR], H3008 [8AP], H5880 [9JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7055, H7057 [30JY]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., H7045 [30JY], E1395 [11SE]

——— opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens, H2263 [11MR], H2848–H2851 [2AP], H3401–H3403 [1MY], H5717–H5719 [24JN]

——— reform, H151, H152 [10JA], H186, H208 [14JA], H238 [15JA], H1262 [27JA], H1509 [29JA], H1540–H1543 [3FE], H1723, H1728, H1731 [11FE], H1977 [26FE], H2003 [27FE], H2310 [12MR], H2363 [13MR], H2615, H2618, H2620 [25MR], H2686, H2687 [26MR], H2848–H2851 [2AP], H2959 [4AP], H3064 [9AP], H3252 [29AP], H3400–H3403 [1MY], H4471–H4473 [19MY], H4480 [20MY], H4822–H4825 [22MY], H4915 [29MY], H5244 [10JN], H5251, H5263 [11JN], H5499 [19JN], H5647, H5717–H5719 [24JN], H5728 [25JN], H5811–H5813 [26JN], H5865–H5869 [8JY], H5880 [9JY], H6040, H6041 [10JY], H6227 [15JY], H6358 [17JY], H6669 [23JY], H6752 [24JY], H7118–H7120 [30JY], H7211 [1AU], H7248 [8SE], H7306 [9SE], H7392, H7400, H7407 [10SE], H7689 [18SE], H8021, H8026 [17NO], H8068 [18NO], H8078, H8079, H8080 [19NO], H8155–H8158 [20NO], H8863–H8866 [8DE], H8934, H8943 [10DE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H90, H91, H129 [9JA], H1600 [5FE], H1682 [6FE], H1733 [11FE], H1952, H1956 [26FE], H2060–H2063 [27FE], H2165 [5MR], H2244, H2245 [6MR], H2381 [13MR], H2652, H2653, H2654, H2656, H2660, H2661–H2667, H2684 [26MR], H2732, H2733 [27MR], H2812, H2813 [2AP], H2930, H2934, H2947 [4AP], H2993, H3005–H3007 [8AP], H3177 [10AP], H3295 [30AP], H3394, H3395 [1MY], H3462, H3469, H3470 [7MY], H3958 [8MY], H5650 [24JN], H5734, H5735, H5736 [25JN], H5806 [26JN], H5886 [9JY], H6123 [11JY], H6236 [15JY], H6754, H6772 [24JY], H6844 [25JY], H6992 [29JY], H7146 [31JY], H7195, H7202, H7211 [1AU], H7426 [10SE], H8286 [3DE], H8372, H8382, H8638, H8649 [4DE], E473 [1AP], E1071 [25JN]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H2663–H2667 [26MR], H7195–H7197 [1AU], H7958 [13NO]

——— reform (S. 744), H2087 [28FE], H2807 [2AP], H6948 [28JY], H7051 [30JY], H7193, H7195, H7210, H7223 [1AU], H7305 [9SE], H8042 [18NO], H8362 [3DE], H8646 [4DE], E1078 [26JN], E1272 [30JY]

——— remove discretion of Border Patrol in determining whether unaccompanied alien children shall be returned to their home country, H7221 [1AU]

——— require certification by the four Southern border States that the borders are secure before a House of Representatives vote on any immigration reform legislation (H. Res. 330), H6291 [15JY]

Medicare: reform, H2794 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP], H3000, H3033 [8AP], H3065, H3077, H3085, H3126, H3134 [9AP]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 5294), H7049, H7052 [30JY]

National Night Out: observance, E1289 [31JY], E1334 [8SE]

Nuclear energy: promote advancement, H2158 [5MR], E376 [13MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H69–H71 [8JA], H166 [13JA], H1529 [3FE], H1599 [5FE], H2153 [5MR], H3065, H3085, H3086 [9AP], H6750 [24JY], H7397 [10SE]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H2157 [5MR], H6643, H6644 [22JY], H6985 [29JY]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism policies, H2910 [3AP], H5243 [10JN], H5371 [17JN], E971 [12JN]

——— State of the Union Message, H1485, H1508 [29JA], H1600 [5FE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H7942 [13NO], H8019, H8022–H8027 [17NO], H8036, H8042, H8043, H8044 [18NO], H8078, H8079, H8080, H8126, H8128–H8130 [19NO], H8135, H8136, H8148, H8151–H8158 [20NO], H8173, H8209–H8212 [1DE], H8263–H8267 [2DE], H8276, H8278, H8279, H8360, H8361–H8364 [3DE], H8367, H8665 [4DE], H8824, H8825 [8DE], H8934 [10DE], H9049, H9274 [11DE], E1776 [10DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, H7812, H7813 [18SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), H2276–H2278 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H7109 [30JY], E1024 [19JN]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), motion to recommit, H7436 [11SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H1701 [10FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H2170 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2376–H2380 [13MR], H2457–H2469 [14MR], E402 [18MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2086 [28FE], H2168–H2177 [5MR], H2261 [11MR], E339 [10MR], E356 [11MR], E368 [12MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2160–H2167 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

——— impact of implementation on Medicare payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1529 [3FE], H1556 [4FE], H1597 [5FE], H2933 [4AP], H4483 [20MY]

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— implementation, H30 [8JA], H1731 [11FE], H2007 [27FE], H2953 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H7059–H7062, H7095, H7097 [30JY], H8136 [20NO], E626 [29AP]

——— open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (H.R. 4064), H1926 [25FE]

——— repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 5725), H8036 [18NO]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H13 [7JA], H31, H47, H49, H51 [8JA], H3109 [9AP]

Power resources: contribute to national security and achieve domestic energy independence by producing more energy from all sources (H.R. 3895), H6648 [22JY]

——— impact of environmental regulations on energy prices, H6985 [29JY]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5592 [20JN], H5664 [24JN], H5752–H5757 [25JN], H5772–H5805, H5807 [26JN], H6643, H6648 [22JY], E1080 [26JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), motion to recommit, H5803, H5804 [26JN]

——— national energy policy, H1529 [3FE], H2144 [4MR], H5500 [19JN], H6641–H6649 [22JY], H7870–H7872 [18SE], H8073 [19NO], E1306 [1AU]

——— prohibit big oil companies signing new Federal drilling leases from receiving subsidies and prohibit all oil companies from exporting U.S. oil or natural gas, H5804 [26JN]

——— prohibit construction of new power lines across Federal lands, E1080 [26JN]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H190 [14JA]

——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs, H8069 [18NO]

Public debt: reduce Federal spending to provide stable economic environment for private sector productivity and job creation, H2305 [12MR]

Puerto Rico: GAO report regarding fiscal impact of statehood on Federal Government, H2809 [2AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2952–H2957 [4AP], H3083, H3133–H3136 [9AP], H3253 [29AP], H3368 [1MY], H5261, H5263 [11JN], H6798–H6804 [24JY], H6985 [29JY], H7054 [30JY], H7300 [9SE], H7395 [10SE], H8877 [9DE]

Schumer, Senator: characterization of remarks regarding Representative Steve King’s views on immigration, H4822, H4824 [22MY]

Taxation: jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (H.R. 3939), H1661 [6FE]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (H.R. 4754), E848 [28MY]

——— reduce the corporate income tax rate, H8067 [18NO]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H1963–H1967 [26FE], H7874–H7877 [18SE]

——— reform the Federal tax code in order to make the U.S. more internationally tax competitive, H7689 [18SE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA], H2795 [1AP], H2805 [2AP], H3945 [8MY], H5189, H5241–H5243 [10JN], H5322, H5334 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], H5501 [19JN], H5719–H5722 [24JN], H6284–H6290 [15JY]

Unemployment: rate among veterans, H2245 [6MR]

——— rates, H174 [13JA], H1690 [10FE], H5834 [8JY], H8151 [20NO]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H5191 [10JN]

Remarks in Senate

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1160 [26FE], S1257 [4MR], S1759 [26MR], S2409 [28AP]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S4746, S4752, S4846 [23JY], S4851, S4869, S4877, S4880, S4887, S4893 [24JY], S4975–S4980 [28JY], S5197–S5205, S5290, S5310 [31JY], S5323 [1AU]

——— making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), motion to proceed, S4988 [28JY], S5005–S5015, S5019, S5041 [29JY], S5075, S5081, S5083–S5087, S5093–S5095, S5102–S5107, S5117–S5121 [30JY], S5159, S5164–S5169, S5172, S5181, S5186–S5188, S5193, S5194 [31JY]

Budget: balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (S. 2495), S5602, S5603 [16SE]

Carper, Senator: National Energy Resource Organization Distinguished Service Award recipient, S3926 [24JN]

CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S3212–S3214 [21MY]

Children and youth: reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Climate: impact of global warming on ocean acidification, S60 [7JA], S1380, S1407, S1410, S1437–S1439, S1463, S1480 [10MR], S4322 [9JY]

——— impact of global warming on transportation and infrastructure, S1473–S1476 [10MR]

Colleges and universities: provide for higher education reform (S. 1969), S750–S753 [4FE], S2780, S2785 [7MY]

Congress: legislative priorities, S5159 [31JY], S5349 [8SE], S5961 [13NO], S6124–S6126 [19NO]

Crime: decriminalization of marijuana, S1274 [4MR]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1782–S1785 [27MR], S2207 [8AP], S2628–S2630 [5MY], S3698 [17JN], S5596 [16SE]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), House amendment, S6503, S6505 [10DE], S6601, S6610, S6660, S6671–S6673, S6679 [11DE], S6700, S6719–S6722, S6736, S6740–S6767, S6771 [12DE], S6796, S6809–S6814 [13DE], S6860–S6863 [15DE], S6876–S6878 [16DE]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), unanimous-consent agreement, S6804 [13DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change, S2753 [7MY]

Economy: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— importance of job creation, S88 [8JA], S276 [13JA], S344, S350 [15JA], S504 [28JA], S1743 [26MR], S1784 [27MR], S2044, S2047–S2049 [2AP], S2136 [3AP], S2175 [7AP], S2204, S2207, S2219 [8AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S4448 [14JY], S5462 [9SE], S5484 [10SE], S5601 [16SE], S6508–S6510 [10DE], S6760–S6764 [12DE]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen energy security of U.S. allies, S1901 [1AP], S2079, S2080 [2AP]

——— recovery, S96 [8JA], S749 [4FE], S2632 [5MY], S6244, S6255–S6257 [2DE]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

——— revitalize the middle class, S4368 [10JY], S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children, S3483 [9JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 1909), S344 [15JA], S505–S508 [28JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3483 [9JN]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S808 [6FE], S1357–S1359 [6MR], S3643 [12JN], S4981 [28JY], S6502 [10DE]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, S710 [4FE], S1375 [10MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 423), S2408 [11AP]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, S5849 [18SE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, S742 [4FE], S4694 [22JY], S5109 [30JY], S5391 [9SE], S5534–S5537 [11SE], S6284–S6287 [3DE]

——— ensure equal efforts to address domestic priorities as well as global crises, S5735 [18SE]

FRS: reform monetary policy to promote economic growth and minimize risk, S12 [6JA], S59, S66 [7JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA], S630 [30JA]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, S2581 [1MY], S3446 [5JN], S3779 [18JN], S4211 [7JY], S4258 [8JY], S4373 [10JY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, S4374 [10JY], S4650 [21JY]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S4540–S4545 [16JY], S4571 [17JY]

——— opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens, S4306 [9JY], S5488–S5493 [10SE]

——— reform, S1909–S1912 [1AP], S2338 [10AP], S3913–S3916 [24JN], S4103–S4109 [26JN], S4199–S4202 [7JY], S4642 [21JY], S5163 [31JY], S5335–S5337 [5AU], S5352–S5354 [8SE], S5519–S5522 [10SE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), S4138 [26JN]

——— reform (S. 744), S5 [6JA], S314 [14JA], S469 [27JA], S613, S632–S635 [30JA], S1862 [31MR], S1898 [1AP], S2287–S2290 [8AP], S2597 [1MY], S2626 [5MY], S2713 [6MY], S2981, S2986, S2997–S2999 [14MY], S3212–S3214 [21MY], S3391 [4JN], S3524 [10JN], S3560, S3585, S3595 [11JN], S3704 [17JN], S3791 [18JN], S3924 [24JN], S4095, S4100, S4107, S4127–S4130 [26JN], S4257 [8JY], S4306, S4310, S4312 [9JY], S4535, S4543 [16JY], S4746 [23JY], S5103 [30JY], S5166, S5167 [31JY], S5491, S5492 [10SE], S5846 [18SE], S6004 [17NO], S6115–S6118, S6120, S6130–S6137 [19NO], S6168–S6172, S6175 [20NO], S6225, S6226 [1DE], S6245 [2DE], S6362 [8DE], S6872 [16DE]

——— request for emergency funds to address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S4535 [16JY]

Inhofe, Senator: National Energy Resource Organization Distinguished Service Award recipient, S3926 [24JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

Natural gas: export of liquified natural gas, S2854 [8MY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, S45–S47 [7JA], S213–S215 [9JA], S273 [13JA], S337, S350 [15JA], S407 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S504 [28JA], S557–S561 [29JA], S728 [4FE], S870, S876 [11FE], S936 [12FE], S1135 [26FE], S1840 [31MR], S1899 [1AP], S2695 [6MY], S2926 [13MY], S3349 [3JN], S3517–S3519 [10JN], S3698 [17JN], S3906 [24JN], S4476 [15JY]

——— evaluation of energy policies, S1506 [11MR], S2683, S2684 [6MY], S3354–S3356 [3JN], S3454 [5JN]

——— evaluation of environmental and climate policies, S1372, S1382–S1386 [10MR], S2751, S2753 [7MY], S5679–S5682 [17SE]

——— State of the Union Message, S558–S561, S582–S584, S586 [29JA], S609, S627–S630 [30JA], S708, S741–S744, S746 [4FE], S808 [6FE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S6003, S6006 [17NO], S6115–S6118, S6120, S6130–S6137 [19NO], S6164, S6168–S6172, S6175, S6180–S6182, S6192 [20NO], S6225, S6226 [1DE], S6245, S6251, S6254 [2DE], S6279–S6281 [3DE], S6321, S6327–S6329, S6337 [4DE], S6362 [8DE], S6487 [10DE], S6608 [11DE], S6750 [12DE], S6813 [13DE], S6842–S6846 [15DE], S6870–S6876, S6883–S6885 [16DE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (S. 2430), S3426–S3428 [4JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S2139 [3AP]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to commit, S3018 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent agreement, S2946 [13MY], S3020 [14MY], S3064 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent request, S3059 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (S. 2190), S5601 [16SE]

——— anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to sell current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), unanimous-consent request, S5669 [17SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S860, S874, S875 [11FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S36, S39 [7JA], S88, S90, S92–S94 [8JA], S195, S202 [9JA], S274 [13JA], S302 [14JA]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— impact on women, S1502 [11MR]

——— implementation, S726 [4FE], S1744 [26MR], S1796 [27MR], S3169 [20MY], S3450 [5JN], S4725–S4727 [23JY]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (S. 2106), S3007 [14MY]

——— repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S1502 [11MR], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2191), S1934 [1AP]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S2056 [2AP], S4879 [24JY]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, S99 [8JA]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation, S1902 [1AP]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (S. 1401), S1498, S1511 [11MR], S4742 [23JY]

——— national energy policy, S1496, S1498, S1499, S1511–S1514 [11MR], S1533 [12MR], S2633 [5MY], S2750 [7MY], S3992–S3994 [25JN]

——— promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, S1378, S1381, S1382, S1396, S1398, S1399, S1403, S1404, S1411, S1413–S1415, S1426, S1430–S1432, S1434–S1436, S1455, S1460, S1470–S1472 [10MR], S3277 [22MY], S6063 [18NO], S6521 [10DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S1850 [31MR], S1883 [1AP], S2169 [7AP], S2208 [8AP], S2314 [9AP], S2597–S2599 [1MY], S3483 [9JN], S3698 [17JN], S3774 [18JN], S5886 [12NO], S6003 [17NO], S6122 [19NO], S6880 [16DE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Taxation: impose carbon tax, S1431 [10MR]

——— reduce the corporate income tax rate, S4691–S4694 [22JY], S4873 [24JY]

——— reform the Federal tax code, S50 [7JA], S629 [30JA], S2933–S2935 [13MY], S3002 [14MY], S6891 [16DE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

Unemployment: rates, S2695 [6MY], S2926 [13MY], S5766 [18SE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S3795 [18JN]

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 113–584), H7387 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 113–373), H2147 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 641) (H. Rept. 113–493), H5723 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5230, Supplemental Appropriations To Address Border Crisis, Border Security and Law Enforcement, and Humanitarian and Repatriation Assistance: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 710) (H. Rept. 113–571), H7240 [1AU]

Dept. of the Interior Assembly of Team of Experts To Address Energy Needs of U.S. Territories Aimed at Reducing Reliance on Imported Fossil Fuels: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 83) (H. Rept. 113–483), H5556 [19JN]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3522) (H. Rept. 113–580), H7295 [8SE]

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 531), S4762 [23JY]

Supplying Knowledge-Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM (SKILLS) Visas Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2131) (H. Rept. 113–676), H10324 [16DE]

Resolutions by organizations

One Percent Spending Reduction Act: Petroleum Association of Wyoming, S5603 [16SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5205 [31JY]

Statements

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7416 [10SE]

Federal Funding of Higher Education: Senator Alexander, S814 [6FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

——— Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Summaries

Senate Republican Omnibus Alternative to Unemployment Benefits Extension, S2175 [7AP]

Tables

Texts of

H. Res. 497, consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2160 [5MR]

H. Res. 641, consideration of H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act and H.R. 4923, energy and water development appropriations, H5736 [25JN]

H. Res. 696, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7133 [31JY]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7206 [1AU]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7402 [10SE]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, H7684 [18SE]

H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, H7819–H7841 [18SE]

H.R. 83, Dept. of the Interior assembly of a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, H7462 [15SE]

H.R. 3474, Hire More Heroes Act, H2276 [11MR]

H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7413 [10SE]

H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2168 [5MR]

H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act, H5773–H5782 [26JN]

H.R. 5230, supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance, H7153–H7158 [31JY], H7213–H7216 [1AU]

H.R. 5803, Dept. of the Interior assembly of a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources, H9292 [11DE]

S. Res. 345, support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards, S823 [6FE]

S. Res. 423, Financial Literacy Month, S2406 [11AP]