WARREN, ELIZABETH (a Senator from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1131 [25FE], S1251 [27FE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2675 [5MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2410), S5245 [31JY], S5821 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1593 [12MR], S1609 [13MR]

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), S6794 [12DE]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S4006 [25JN]

Federal employees: change default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan (S. 2117), S5642, S5647 [16SE]

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), S3138 [15MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S6637 [11DE]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (S. 2685), S6101 [18NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3815 [18JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4345, S4348 [9JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4782 [23JY]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1131 [25FE], S1251 [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 591), S6205 [20NO]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1827), S852 [10FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see S. 1695), S4998 [28JY]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5134 [30JY]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see S. 2276), S3186 [20MY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see S. 1919), S325 [14JA]

——— require consent of parties to contracts for the use of arbitration to resolve controversies arising under the contracts and preserve rights of members to bring class actions (see S. 1999), S4763 [23JY]

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 494), S4154 [26JN]

Bankruptcy: provide protections for medically distressed debtors (see S. 2471), S3668 [12JN]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 363), S1174 [26FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S5508 [10SE]

Business and industry: limit ability of companies in bankruptcy to reduce or terminate wages or benefits, require continuation of health benefits, and provide information on duration of health benefits (see S. 2418), S3367 [3JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see S. 2373), S3237 [21MY]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see S. 2548), S4153 [26JN]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see S. Res. 404), S1819 [27MR]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 2475), S3719 [17JN]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 116), S1001 [24FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S2196 [7AP]

Climate: express that global climate change is occurring and will continue to pose ongoing risks and challenges (see S. Res. 524), S4997 [28JY]

Colleges and universities: provide for disclosure and codes of conduct with respect to consumer financial products or services and institutions of higher education (see S. 2385), S3293 [22MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S1654 [13MR]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: resume processing adoption cases and issuance of exit permits for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents (see S. Res. 502), S4503 [15JY]

Conservation of energy: express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development (see S. Res. 562), S5783 [18SE]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness and access program on emergency contraception (see S. 2876), S5782 [18SE]

——— establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see S. 2625), S4620 [17JY]

Credit: enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 2224), S2326 [9AP]

——— require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see S. 361), S1001 [24FE]

Denton, Jeremiah: tribute (see S. Res. 407), S1871 [31MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see S. 632), S4404 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see S. 1956), S656 [30JA]

Dept. of Education: provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment (see S. 2826), S5628 [16SE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (see S. 1659), S1049 [25FE]

Dept. of HHS: amend and reauthorize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (see S. 2529), S5375 [8SE]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see S. 1823), S1776 [26MR]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see S. 2406), S4763 [23JY]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see S. 482), S3295 [22MY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 2405), S4763 [23JY]

——— reauthorize Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 1759), S3185 [20MY]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 2839), S6789 [12DE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S2911 [12MY]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S3811 [18JN]

——— protect crime victims’ rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 822), S4997 [28JY]

Dept. of Labor: restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see S. 2472), S3668 [12JN]

——— rename the Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking as the Bureau To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and provide for an Assistant Sec., to head such Bureau (see S. 1249), S4003 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see S. 919), S1175 [26FE]

Dept. of Transportation: set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see S. 1708), S3238 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 2091), S1776 [26MR]

Diseases: reauthorize and extend program to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 315), S2161 [3AP]

District of Columbia: statehood (see S. 132), S1692 [24MR]

Dixon, Alan J.: tribute (see S. Res. 496), S4224 [7JY]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see S. 1410), S5219 [31JY]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see S. 2642), S4705 [22JY]

——— clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S1652 [13MR]

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 1391), S822 [6FE]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see S. 1495), S1002 [24FE]

FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see S. 1981), S949 [12FE]

FDA: improve ability to study use of antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals (see S. 895), S1653 [13MR]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S5918 [12NO]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S3238 [21MY]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 1926), S487 [27JA]

Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (see S. 1597), S1002 [24FE]

Firearms: develop and use technology for personalized handguns and require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the U.S. incorporate such technology (see S. 2068), S1233 [27FE]

——— establish a grant program to encourage States to adopt certain policies and procedures relating to the transfer and possession of firearms in domestic violence cases (see S. 2676), S5050 [29JY]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see S. 2483), S3719 [17JN]

Gay, Lesbian, and Allies Senate Staff (GLASS) Caucus Association: anniversary (see S. Res. 505), S4620 [17JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 545), S5588 [15SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2789), S5507 [10SE]

Information technology: limit ability of companies to share consumer geolocation information accessed through electronic communications devices (see S. 2171), S1818 [27MR]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see S. 2673), S4997 [28JY]

Jeffords, James M.: tribute (see S. Res. 539), S5434 [9SE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 474), S3668 [12JN]

Mathews, Harlan: tribute (see S. Res. 444), S2953 [13MY]

Medicare: protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S1365 [6MR] (see S. 2491), S3864 [19JN]

Memorial Day: encourage nationwide observance of two minutes of silence (see S. 1648), S372 [15JA]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see S. 2329), S5919 [12NO]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S69 [7JA] (see S. 2223), S2380 [10AP]

Mortgages: establish programs to encourage use of shared equity mortgage modifications (see S. 2854), S5782 [18SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see S. 231), S1871 [31MR]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see S. 1926), S487 [27JA]

National Blood Donor Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 31), S599 [29JA]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S3238 [21MY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 532), S5218 [31JY]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see S. Res. 574), S5784 [18SE]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 335), S440 [16JA]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 431), S2566 [30AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5376 [8SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 449), S3075 [15MY]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 415), S2195 [7AP]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1352), S852 [10FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 2844), S5698 [17SE]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see S. 987), S1653 [13MR]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1456), S822 [6FE]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see S. 1256), S1654 [13MR]

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (see S. 1768), S1776 [26MR]

——— require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce (see S. 1767), S1776 [26MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 2516), S3938 [24JN]

——— reform financing of Senate elections (see S. 2023), S947 [12FE]

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see S. 2911), S5783 [18SE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S1234 [27FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S5994 [13NO]

SEC: extend statute of limitations for certain securities law violations (see S. 2868), S5782 [18SE]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see S. 2094), S1365 [6MR]

——— remove limitation on a prohibition relative to permits for discharges incidental to normal operation of vessels (see S. 2963), S6205 [20NO]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see S. Res. 348), S3238 [21MY]

SSI: update eligibility (see S. 2089), S1365 [6MR]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 411), S5784 [18SE]

——— limit interest expense deduction to prevent earnings stripping of domestic corporations involved in corporate inversion (see S. 2786), S5507 [10SE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see S. 2360), S3184 [20MY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 2540), S4153 [26JN]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see S. 775), S1584 [12MR]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2569), S4663 [21JY]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 2723), S6351 [4DE]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see S. 1459), S1048 [25FE]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see S. 1972), S853 [10FE]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5920 [12NO]

Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see S. 409), S821 [6FE]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 573), S5784 [18SE]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see S. 1463), S5785 [18SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see S. 2307), S3812 [18JN]

——— recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see S. Res. 454), S3237 [21MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see S. 1862), S2195 [7AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Architect of the Capitol: place a chair honoring American POW/MIA on the Capitol Grounds (see S. 2053), S1233 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices (see S. 1993), S763 [4FE]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (see S. 1898), S132 [8JA]

Federal employees: change default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 2117), S1584 [12MR]

Menino, Thomas M.: tribute (see S. Res. 589), S6205 [20NO]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see S. 2060), S1233 [27FE]

Cloture motions

Abrams, Leslie J.: nomination to be district judge, S5901 [12NO], S6014 [17NO]

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]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

Baran, Jeffery M.: nomination to the NRC, S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Barron, David J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3064 [15MY], S3211 [21MY]

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE]

Birotte, Andre, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4671 [22JY]

Boulware, Richard F., II: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3494 [9JN]

Brainard, Lael: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

Burrows, Charlotte A.: nomination to the EEOC, S6187 [20NO], S6253 [2DE]

Byron, Paul G.: nomination to be district judge, S3855 [19JN], S3891 [23JN]

Carnes, Julie E.: nomination to be circuit judge, S4545 [16JY], S4599 [17JY]

Chuang, Theodore D.: nomination to be district judge, S2462 [29AP], S2579 [1MY]

Chutkan, Tanya S.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3360 [3JN]

Cohen, Mark H.: nomination to be district judge, S5901 [12NO], S6014 [17NO]

Coloretti, Nani A.: nomination to be Deputy Sec. of HUD, S6187 [20NO], S6242 [2DE]

Colvin, Carolyn Watts: nomination to be SSA Commissioner, S6798 [13DE]

Costa, Gregg J.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2924 [13MY], S3058 [15MY]

deGravelles, John W.: nomination to be district judge, S4546 [16JY], S4672 [22JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3491 [9JN], S3557 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), S5487 [10SE], S5543 [11SE]

Fischer, Stanley: nomination to be FRS Board of Governors Vice Chairman, S3465 [5JN], S3521 [10JN]

——— nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3019 [14MY], S3175 [20MY]

Friedland, Michelle T.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2230 [8AP], S2336 [10AP]

Gayles, Darrin P.: nomination to be district judge, S3654 [12JN], S3680 [16JN]

Harper, Keith M.: nomination to the U.N. Human Rights Council, S3284 [22MY], S3331 [2JN]

Hazel, George J.: nomination to be district judge, S2462 [29AP], S2580 [1MY]

Hendricks, Bruce Howe: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

Hezir, Joseph S.: nomination to be Dept. of Energy Chief Financial Officer, S6229 [1DE], S6293 [3DE]

Humetewa, Diane J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2994 [14MY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]

Kadzik, Peter J.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs, S3654 [12JN], S3697 [17JN]

Krause, Cheryl A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3925 [24JN], S4102 [26JN]

Lauck, M. Hannah: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3493 [9JN]

Lodge, Virginia Tyler: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

Logan, Steven P.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2993 [14MY]

Lopez, P. David: nomination to be EEOC General Counsel, S6188 [20NO], S6254 [2DE]

Marquez, Rosemary: nomination to be district judge, S2923 [13MY], S3055 [15MY]

Mastroianni, Mark G.: nomination to be district judge, S3285 [22MY], S3359 [3JN]

May, Leigh Martin: nomination to be district judge, S5772 [18SE], S5904 [12NO]

McFerran, Lauren McGarity: nomination to the NLRB, S6294 [3DE], S6330 [4DE]

Mendoza, Salvador, Jr.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2409 [28AP], S2545 [30AP]

Moss, Randolph D.: nomination to be district judge, S5771 [18SE], S5903 [12NO]

Murthy, Vivek H.: nomination to be Surgeon General and Public Health Service Medical Director, S6799 [13DE], S6849 [15DE]

Owens, John B.: nomination to be circuit judge, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, Nashua, NH: designate (S. 540), S933 [12FE]

Peterson, James D.: nomination to be district judge, S2684 [6MY], S2838 [8MY]

Powell, Jerome H.: nomination to the FRS Board of Governors, S3465 [5JN], S3520 [10JN]

Pryor, Jill A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S5080 [30JY], S5209 [31JY]

Rayes, Douglas L.: nomination to be district judge, S2923 [13MY], S3056 [15MY]

Rodriguez, Leon: nomination to be Dept. of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director, S3856 [19JN], S3911 [24JN]

Rosenbaum, Robin S.: nomination to be circuit judge, S2685 [6MY], S2845 [8MY]

Rosenberg, Robin L.: nomination to be district judge, S4545 [16JY], S4672 [22JY]

Rosenstengel, Nancy J.: nomination to be district judge, S2685 [6MY], S2838 [8MY]

Saldana, Sarah R.: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Homeland Security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S6797 [13DE], S6884 [16DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), motion to proceed, S3654 [12JN], S3712 [17JN]

Sorokin, Leo T.: nomination to be district judge, S3464 [5JN], S3493 [9JN]

Soto, James A.: nomination to be district judge, S2924 [13MY], S3056 [15MY]

Talwani, Indira: nomination to be district judge, S2684 [6MY], S2837 [8MY]

Tuchi, John J.: nomination to be district judge, S2904 [12MY], S2993 [14MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S312 [14JA], S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S39 [7JA]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

Walter, Ronald A.: nomination to the TVA Board of Directors, S6295 [3DE], S6404 [9DE]

White, Ronnie L.: nomination to be district judge, S4451 [14JY], S4519 [16JY]

Williams, Ellen Dudley: nomination to be Dept. of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy Director, S6295 [3DE], S6331 [4DE]

Yandle, Staci M.: nomination to be district judge, S3653 [12JN], S3679 [16JN]

Letters

Global warming: Blake Cady, S1461 [10MR]

——— Dorothy Bagley, S1461 [10MR]

——— Ken Marien, S1461 [10MR]

——— Mon Cochran, S1461 [10MR]

——— Nilan M. MacDonald, S1461 [10MR]

——— Susan Timberlake, S1461 [10MR]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, S6601 [11DE], S6749 [12DE]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S705 [3FE]

Bates, Daisy: tribute (S. Res. 341), S704 [3FE]

Boston, MA: anniversary of Boston Marathon bombings, S2350 [10AP]

——— tribute to firefighters killed battling a fire in the Back Bay neighborhood, S1807 [27MR]

Children and youth: treat children being trafficked for sex as victims of human trafficking and require law enforcement to take all necessary measures to protect such children, particularly during the Super Bowl (S. Res. 340), S704 [3FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S3001 [14MY]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2211 [8AP]

Climate: global warming, S1381, S1460 [10MR], S3335 [2JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2292), S2720 [6MY], S2780, S2781 [7MY]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3428 [4JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3556 [11JN], S3640, S3641 [12JN], S5613, S5614 [16SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), unanimous-consent request, S5613, S5614 [16SE]

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), House amendment, S6601 [11DE], S6749 [12DE]

Education: require certain protections for student loan borrowers (S. 1803), S922, S924 [12FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5355 [8SE]

EPA: proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3335 [2JN]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (S. 1898), unanimous-consent request, S6908, S6909 [16DE]

——— disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (S. 1898), S115 [8JA], S6909 [16DE]

Financial institutions: address concept of ‘‘too big to fail’’ through stricter limits on leverage and liabilities and through improved capital assessment and financial reporting, S6749 [12DE]

——— revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S6488 [10DE], S6601 [11DE], S6749 [12DE]

FRS: proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau mortgage regulations, S57 [7JA]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4482 [15JY]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: anniversary of Sloan School of Management, S3541• [10JN]

Mastroianni, Mark G.: nomination to be district judge, S3420 [4JN]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S2154 [3AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2546 [30AP]

——— raise, S3001 [14MY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (S. 376), S703, S704 [3FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2154 [3AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1215 [27FE], S3001 [14MY]

Power resources: promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, S1460 [10MR]

Senate: legislative program, S705 [3FE], S3343 [2JN]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4482 [15JY]

Talwani, Indira: nomination to be district judge, S2846 [8MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S5090 [30JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S697 [3FE], S2154 [3AP]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S705 [3FE]

Votes: position on missed, S15 [6JA], S2372 [10AP]

Women: improve economic condition of women, S3001 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S698 [3FE]

Tributes

Menino, Thomas M., S5965 [13NO]