ALEXANDER, LAMAR (a Senator from Tennessee)

Addresses

Lesson From Scouting: by, S1484• [10MR]

National Energy Policy: by, S1647• [13MR]

Amendments

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, wildland fire management, and Israel’s anti-missile defense (S. 2648), S5221, S5250 [31JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2284, S2285 [8AP], S5513 [10SE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry (S. 2262), S2729 [6MY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1590 [12MR]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3972, S3991, S4006, S4086, S4087 [25JN]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), S454 [16JA]

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), S3039 [14MY], S3088, S3102, S3103, S3110, S3111, S3113 [15MY], S3187 [20MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), S3816 [18JN]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (S. 2363), S4277 [8JY], S4337, S4340 [9JY], S4419, S4420 [10JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6924 [16DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4800 [23JY], S4923 [24JY], S5001 [28JY]

Articles and editorials

Democrats on Hobby Lobby—‘‘Misspeaks’’ ‘‘Opinion’’ and Overheated Rhetoric, Glenn Kessler, Washington (DC) Post, S4525 [16JY]

Harry Reid’s Senate Shutdown, Kimberley A. Strassel, Wall Street Journal, S273 [13JA]

Hobby Lobby Decision and Its Distortions, Senators Ayotte and Fischer, Wall Street Journal, S4526 [16JY]

Howard Baker Jr., Courageous Constitutionalist, Arthur B. Culvahouse, Jr., National Review Online (Internet site), S4238 [8JY]

Howard Baker’s Legacy—‘‘The Other Guy Might Be Right,’’ Keel Hunt, Nashville (TN) Tennessean, S4239 [8JY]

Wind-Power Tax Credits Need To Be Blown Away, by, Wall Street Journal, S3004 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see S. 1174), S821 [6FE]

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

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S1653 [13MR]

Bush, George: tribute (see S. Res. 471), S3604 [11JN]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 2609), S4502 [15JY]

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]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2280), S2614 [1MY]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see S. 2118), S1584 [12MR]

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (see S. 1828), S949 [12FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 2617), S4557 [16JY]

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

Dept. of Energy: replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review (see S. 1938), S439 [16JA]

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

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 1417), S440 [16JA]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see S. 1719), S224 [9JA]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 2154), S4763 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S949 [12FE]

Dept. of Labor: ensure labor organization financial transparency and accountability (see S. 2688), S5134 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S3342 [2JN]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (see S. 2424), S3367 [3JN]

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

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]

EPA: call for withdrawal of proposed rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing and modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. Res. 512), S4762 [23JY]

——— disapprove rule establishing new source performance standards to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new powerplants (see S.J. Res. 30), S439 [16JA]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see S. 2414), S3425 [4JN]

FDA: 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), S5699 [17SE]

Federal agencies and departments: provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 2113), S2195 [7AP]

Financial institutions: provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see S. 635), S1924 [1AP]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations for border security, law enforcement, and humanitarian assistance (see S. 2743), S5217 [31JY]

——— treat all unaccompanied alien children crossing the U.S. Southern border equally, allow for voluntary reunification with family, and expedite due process for claims to remain in the U.S. (see S. 2611), S4558 [16JY]

Inland Waterways Trust Fund: revise financing rate (see S. 2955), S6204 [20NO]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement (see S. 1881), S28 [6JA]

Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see S. Res. 530), S5135 [30JY]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see S. 2011), S890 [11FE]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization), condemn and call for an end to such attacks, and dissolve Palestinian Authority unity Government with Hamas (see S. Res. 498), S4404 [10JY]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2122), S1693 [24MR]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see S. Res. 558), S5698 [17SE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 557), S5698 [17SE]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 438), S2718 [6MY]

National Commission on the Future of the Army: establish (see S. 2295), S2718 [6MY]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 514), S4763 [23JY]

National Park Service: refund to States all State funds used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the Government shutdown (see S. 2104), S1519 [11MR]

National Science and Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 329), S68 [7JA]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1040), S5588 [15SE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 417), S2239 [8AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: clarify definition of substantial cessation of operations (see S. 2511), S3863 [19JN]

Russia: prevent further aggression toward Ukraine and other European and Eurasian states by strengthening NATO, imposing sanctions, and hardening non-NATO allies (see S. 2277), S2613 [1MY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 2304), S2796 [7MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (see S. 2363), S3343 [2JN]

Sri Lanka: develop a balanced U.S. policy, call for international assistance in dealing with grievances arising from civil war, support reconciliation, and improve religious and media freedoms (see S. Res. 364), S2096 [2AP]

Taxation: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 41), S763 (see S. 127), S764 [4FE]

USA Science & Engineering Festival: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 329), S68 [7JA]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see S. 2782), S5700 [17SE]

Volunteer workers: clarify that volunteers at children’s consignment events are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1656), S3368 [3JN]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S4155 [26JN]

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

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see S. 2714), S5786 [18SE]

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), S764 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Eagle Day: designate (see S. Res. 477), S3719 [17JN]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see S. 2321), S2910 [12MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (see S. 1968), S528 [28JA]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (see S. 2587), S4404 [10JY]

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see S. 2193), S1923 [1AP]

Labor unions: amend laws relative to timing of elections and pre-election hearings and identification of pre-election issues, and require that lists of employees eligible to vote in organizing elections be provided to the NLRB (see S. 2178), S1818 [27MR]

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

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see S. 2814), S5628 [16SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: study impact on small businesses (see S. 2383), S3293 [22MY]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1910), S223 [9JA]

Eulogies

Baker, Howard H., Jr.: by, S4235 [8JY]

——— Martha A. Fairchild, S4238 [8JY]

Obituaries

Mathews, Harlan: Nashville (TN) Tennessean, S2931 [13MY]

Press releases

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

Programs

Howard H. Baker, Jr., funeral services, S4239 [8JY]

Proposals

Protecting Student Safety Act, S5943 [12NO]

Remarks

Appropriations: legislative process, S3845 [19JN]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), S3554, S3557 [11JN]

Burwell, Sylvia Mathews: nomination to be Sec. of HHS, S3411 [4JN]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2707, S2708 [6MY], S6127 [19NO]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2218 [8AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3482–S3487 [9JN], S3554, S3557 [11JN]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program, S3483 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding to develop, refine, publish, or implement a college rating system, S3648 [12JN]

——— prohibit funding to exercise any influence over States in establishing student academic standards or require standards as condition for participation in Federal aid programs, S3648 [12JN]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process, S4326 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1555 [12MR]

——— prohibit Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility for high-income families, S1609 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1547, S1555, S1556 [12MR], S1606, S1608, S1616 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5895, S5943, S5944 [12NO], S6010 [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3554, S3557 [11JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S3647–S3649 [12JN]

Diseases: efforts to contain Ebola outbreak in Africa, S5597 [16SE]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S507 [28JA]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S3177 [20MY]

——— 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), S505–S508 [28JA]

EEOC: release of report relative to litigation tactics and unresolved complaints, S6297 [3DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (S.J. Res. 19), motion to proceed, S5410 [9SE]

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

Employment: provide flexibility for working parents to allow attendance at educational and extracurricular activities of their children, S2218 [8AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S2412 [28AP], S3964, S3973 [25JN], S4669 [22JY]

Endangered species: protect and conserve species and the lawful possession of certain ivory in the U.S. (S. 2587), S4744 [23JY]

EPA: proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3410 [4JN]

Federal agencies and departments: evaluate and consolidate duplicative early learning and child care programs, S1608 [13MR]

Germany: impact of transition to renewable energy from fossil fuels, S3410 [4JN]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize, S3482 [9JN]

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (S. 2193), S1935 [1AP]

Inland Waterways Trust Fund: revise financing rate (S. 2955), S6290 [3DE]

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, S4523 [16JY]

Lopez, P. David: nomination to be EEOC General Counsel, S6275 [3DE]

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, S2411–S2414 [28AP]

——— level, S507 [28JA]

NLRB: impact of ruling that defines student athletes as employees of the university, S2362, S2363, S2364 [10AP]

——— prohibit funding to require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information, S3648 [12JN]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (S. 2814), S5597, S5631 [16SE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, S271 [13JA]

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), motion to proceed, S3003, S3004 [14MY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S3411 [4JN], S4524 [16JY]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 1188), S2412 [28AP]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, S3649 [12JN]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S271 [13JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3483 [9JN]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (S. 2304), S2787 [7MY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), S5942, S5943, S5944 [12NO]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (S. 1596), S2348, S2350 [10AP]

Senate: appreciation for tributes, S6290 [3DE]

——— importance of bipartisanship, S3975 [25JN]

——— legislative process, S113 [8JA], S270 [13JA], S3647 [12JN]

——— tribute to Senators who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3974 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3975 [25JN]

Senate Rules: reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, S271 [13JA]

Sudan: call for release from custody of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and allow departure from Sudan, S3962 [25JN]

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, S4523 [16JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S3003, S3004 [14MY]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S2082–S2084 [2AP], S3003, S3004 [14MY]

——— require wind farms claiming the production tax credit for wind power to be currently producing electricity, S3004 [14MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S270 [13JA]

Vanderbilt University: tribute to baseball team, S4326 [9JY]

Venezuela: condemn human rights abuses of country’s political opposition and call for release of political prisoner Leopoldo Lopez, S4670 [22JY]

Weil, David: nomination to be Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Division Administrator, S2416 [28AP]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S6290 [3DE]

Statements

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: by, S6772 [12DE]

Ebola in West Africa—A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat: by, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5689 [17SE]

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

Marketplace Fairness Act: Several Conservative Individuals and Governors, S6128 [19NO]

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Laurie A. Palmer, S2413 [28AP]

Simplify the College Financial Aid Application Process: by, S4326 [9JY]

Summaries

EEOC—An Agency on the Wrong Track? Litigation Failures, Misfocused Priorities, and Lack of Transparency Raise Concerns About Important Anti-Discrimination Agency: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate), S6298 [3DE]

Tributes

Baker, Howard H., Jr., S4237 [8JY]

Harkin, Senator, S3973 [25JN], S6290 [3DE], S6712 [12DE]

Levin, Senator, S6706 [12DE]

Mathews, Harlan, S2930, S2931 [13MY]

Stone, Dean, S5690• [17SE]