GOHMERT, LOUIE (a Representative from Texas)

Articles and editorials

Auschwitz Anniversary—My Mother, Grandmother Were Sent to the Left. My Father and I Were Sent to the Right, Martin Greenfield, FoxNews.com (Internet site), H655 [28JA]

Auschwitz Liberation’s 70th Focuses on Survivors—A Record 1.5 Million People Visited Former Nazi Death Camp in 2014, Aleksandra Sagan, CBCNews (Internet site) (excerpt), H656 [28JA]

Document Outlines Big-Power Nuke Help to Iran, George Jahn, Associated Press (news service) (excerpt), H4647 [24JN]

Flag No One Is Talking About, Daniel Horowitz, Conservative Review (news service) (excerpt), H4647 [24JN]

Iran’s Forces and U.S. Share a Base in Iraq, Josh Rogin and Eli Lake, Bloomberg News (news service), H4646 [24JN]

Obama’s Corporate Tax Raid Would Sack the Elderly, Peter Morici, newsmax.com (Internet site) (excerpt), H749 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H6139 [17SE]

——— prohibit Federal funding to entities that do not certify that they will not perform, or provide any funding to any other entity that performs, abortions (see H.R. 3197), H5592 [28JY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H866 [9FE]

Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3563), H6178 [18SE]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 3564), H6178 [18SE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3628), H6306 [28SE]

——— award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5523 [27JY]

Asia: extend normal trade relations status to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan (see H.R. 3400), H5767 [29JY]

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2800 [5MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2115 [26MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H42 [6JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H4383 [15JN]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (see H.R. 3186), H5465 [23JY]

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 464), H6835 [6OC]

Capitol Police: authorize enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 3928), H7742 [4NO]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see H.R. 2912), H4769 [25JN]

Citizenship: clarify that oath of allegiance administered in naturalization process may not be altered (see H.R. 3296), H5763 [29JY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H668 [30JA]

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. 11), H43 [6JA]

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 H.R. 1283), H4345 [12JN]

Courts: prohibit Federal court jurisdiction and funding over cases related to marriage (see H.R. 1968), H2417 [22AP]

Cuban Adjustment Act: repeal (see H.R. 3818), H7174 [23OC]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H703 [2FE]

Dept. of Education: allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see H.R. 3421), H5768 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1663 [16MR]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H6229 [24SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), require motion that the House recedes from its previous position and concurs in the Senate amendment be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee (see H. Res. 133), H1525 [2MR]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5788 [4AU]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit implementation of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule (see H.R. 1995), H2463 [23AP]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2964), H5118 [13JY]

Dept. of State: offer rewards for information on kidnapping and murder of James W. Foley, Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig, and Steven J. Sotloff (see H.R. 751), H852 [5FE]

——— submit to Congress a report on designation of Muslim Brotherhood (organization) as a foreign terrorist organization (see H.R. 3892), H7623 [3NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 2531), H3560 [21MY]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1067 [13FE]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H705 [2FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1636 [13MR]

EPA: disapprove a rule relative to ‘‘National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone’’ (see H.J. Res. 74), H8411 [19NO]

——— disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8415 [19NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8415 [19NO]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H7623 [3NO]

——— prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 3626), H6306 [28SE]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H810 [4FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 32), H1035 [12FE]

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5118 [13JY]

FCC: prohibit reclassification of broadband Internet access service as a telecommunications service and from imposing certain regulations on providers of such service (see H.R. 1212), H1636 [13MR]

Federal agencies and departments: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see H.R. 712), H2115 [26MR]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see H.R. 1658), H2156 [13AP]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 824), H915 [10FE]

Floresville Veterans Post Office Building, Floresville, TX: designate (see H.R. 891), H2656 [29AP]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H2155 [13AP]

FRS: eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 3118), H5297 [20JY]

——— establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 3189), H5944 [10SE]

——— improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 2913), H4769 [25JN]

——— provide an exemption from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules and regulations for community financial institutions (see H.R. 3048), H7189 [26OC]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 707), H1165 [25FE]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 86), H39 [6JA]

Health care professionals: authorize physicians to transport controlled substances from a practice setting to another practice setting or disaster area (see H.R. 3014), H5029 [9JY]

House of Representatives: declare vacant the Office of Speaker of the House for failure to function effectively in the service of all citizens (see H. Res. 385), H6139 [17SE]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H8362 [18NO]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H1850 [23MR]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2964), H5118 [13JY]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees (see H.R. 4032), H8415 [19NO]

——— give States authority to reject admission of refugees unless there is adequate assurance that the aliens do not present a security risk (see H.R. 4197), H9692 [17DE]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see H.R. 191), H157 [8JA]

——— provide that certain pregnant aliens are ineligible to receive visas or be admitted to the U.S. (see H.R. 2484), H3506 [20MY]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— prohibit statutory sanctions relief unless the Senate provides advise and consent to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.R. 3199), H5850 [8SE]

IRS: exempt from certain labor-management relations requirements (see H.R. 4083), H8410 [19NO]

Israel: promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H1501 [27FE]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 316), H4382 [15JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see H.R. 1215), H1850 [23MR]

McCarthy, Regina: impeach (see H. Res. 417), H5975 [11SE]

Medicare: make adjustments relative to competitive bidding program and durable medical equipment and establish a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) market pricing program project (see H.R. 4185), H9272 [10DE]

——— provide that payments made to a long-term care hospital for inpatient services shall not be made at the applicable site neutral payment rate for certain discharges involving severe wounds (see H.R. 1250), H2115 [26MR]

Middle East: express that Christians are victims of genocide and offer those fleeing genocide priority in receiving refugee status and being admitted into the U.S. (see H. Res. 459), H6788 [1OC]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2415 [22AP]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 1893), H4544 [18JN]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see H.R. 4022), H8240 [16NO]

Palestinian Authority: deplore actions to join International Criminal Court and undertake legal action against Israel and oppose illegitimate use of law, known as lawfare (see H. Res. 209), H4594 [23JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: express that health insurance mandate violates the clause of the Constitution requiring that bills for raising revenue originate in the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 392), H5769 [29JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H4957 [8JY]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5332 [21JY]

PFC Milton A. Lee Medal of Honor Memorial Highway, TX: designate (see H.R. 2559), H3561 [21MY]

Political campaigns: prohibit acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources (see H.R. 4177), H9011 [3DE]

Power resources: free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers (see H.R. 1487), H1850 [23MR]

Privacy: clarify prohibition on warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons (see H.R. 2233), H3310 [18MY]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (see H.R. 2130), H2767 [30AP]

Refugees: suspend admission into the U.S. in order to examine costs of providing benefits to such individuals (see H.R. 3314), H8242 [16NO]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H3916 [4JN]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H2115 [26MR]

Specialist Ross A. McGinnis Memorial Post Office, Knox, PA: designate (see H.R. 433), H479 [21JA]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H9206 [9DE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Supreme Court: disagree with decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage (see H. Res. 359), H5088 [10JY]

Taxation: allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 2812), H4491 [17JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H5469 [23JY]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H4593 [23JN]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H666 [30JA]

——— phaseout and repeal the renewable energy production tax credit and reduce corporate income tax (see H.R. 1901), H2794 [1MY]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 589), H660 [28JA]

Terrorism: declassify the classified pages of the Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 (see H. Res. 14), H10713 [18DE]

U.N.: provide for an accounting of total U.S. contributions (see H.R. 1034), H1626 [10MR]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Res. 544), H8972 [2DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: ensure Mexican wolf nonessential experimental population environmental impact rule has no force or effect (see H.R. 2910), H5032 [9JY]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H5333 [21JY]

——— 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 H.R. 594), H660 [28JA]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 1695), H2109 [26MR]

Immigration: provide for the apprehension, detention, and removal of certain aliens arrested by the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3165), H5402 [22JY]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: express that provisions do not apply to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and that such agreement is a treaty subject to advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Res. 410), H5847 [8SE]

Taxation: tax bona fide District of Columbia residents in the same manner as residents of U.S. possessions (see H.R. 1813), H2268 [15AP]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H9010 [3DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Abortion: require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (H.R. 1695), H2113 [26MR]

Immigration: provide for the apprehension, detention, and removal of certain aliens arrested by the District of Columbia (H.R. 3165), H5403 [22JY]

Taxation: tax bona fide District of Columbia residents in the same manner as residents of U.S. possessions (H.R. 1813), H2270 [15AP]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (H.R. 4167), H9012 [3DE]

Excerpts

‘‘Holy Bible’’ (Romans), H4646 [24JN]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H1903 [25MR]

Remarks

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service, H2994 [14MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H749 [3FE]

Charleston, SC: offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, H4588 [23JN]

Climate: global warming, H8852 [1DE]

Colorado Springs, CO: condemn attack and offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., clinic shooting, H8850, H8851 [1DE]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton relative to attack on U.S. consulate and use of personal e-mail account while serving as Sec. of State, H7171 [23OC]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H9687 [17DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), consideration (H. Res. 260), H2994 [14MY]

——— overseas contingency operations funding, H2994 [14MY]

——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families, H8145 [5NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: failure to enforce laws relative to immigration and aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., H2302–H2304 [16AP]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H398 [14JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1490 [27FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), Senate amendment, H1549 [3MR]

Dept. of HUD: prohibit funding in contravention of Federal immigration laws preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining housing assistance, H3973 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9046, H9075 [8DE], H9201 [9DE]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4340 [12JN], H4349 [15JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3973 [9JN]

Firearms: gun control, H8852 [1DE], H9007 [3DE], H9074 [8DE], H9300 [11DE], H9689 [17DE]

——— impact of sale of guns to drug cartels in Mexico, H9689 [17DE]

——— proposal to prohibit people on the no-fly list from purchasing guns, H9007 [3DE], H9075 [8DE], H9201 [9DE]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H5025–H5027 [9JY]

Foreign aid: allegations that U.S. foreign assistance to countries is conditioned upon such countries’ implementing certain social policies, H4338 [12JN]

——— prohibit U.S. assistance to nations that consistently oppose U.S. initiatives before the U.N., H4589 [23JN]

Foreign policy: analysis of radical Islamic fundamentalism as new global threat, H398 [14JA], H8146 [5NO], H9076 [8DE], H9202 [9DE], H9324–H9326 [15DE], H9687, H9689 [17DE]

——— assess status of the war on terrorism, H153 [8JA]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4338, H4339, H4340 [12JN], H4349 [15JN], H4646 [24JN]

France: condemn terrorist attack on offices of Charlie Hebdo (French publication), H153 [8JA]

Gilmer, TX: tribute to Gilmer High School football team, E195• [11FE]

Government: history of previous shutdown relative to budget process, H9687 [17DE]

Homeland Security Act: technical corrections (H.R. 3859), H9046 [8DE]

Human rights: history of slavery throughout time and the U.S., H5025–H5027 [9JY]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5461 [23JY]

——— enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws, H5461 [23JY]

——— expedite removal of any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses, H8967 [2DE]

——— express disapproval of the President’s plan to accept Syrian refugees, H8965–H8968 [2DE], H9688 [17DE]

——— failure of vetting process for foreign visa applicants to keep out radical Islamic terrorists, H8965 [2DE], H9687 [17DE]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, H9689 [17DE]

——— suspend admission into the U.S. of refugees from Iraq or Syria, H8405–H8408 [19NO]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5232–H5234 [15JY], H5398 [22JY], H5462 [23JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5909, H5937 [10SE]

——— assessment of activities since the signing of agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H8147 [5NO]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H6010–H6012 [16SE]

——— impact of letter sent by Republican Senators to Iranian leadership on any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H1710 [17MR]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H2407–H2409 [22AP], H3208–H3210 [14MY], H4647 [24JN]

——— status of nuclear weapons program, H517 [22JA], H1710 [17MR], H1798–H1800 [19MR]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: express that provisions do not apply to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program and that such agreement is a treaty subject to advice and consent of the Senate (H. Res. 410), H5938 [10SE]

——— find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5909 [10SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4338, H4339, H4340 [12JN], H4349 [15JN]

Israel: U.S. policy, H517 [22JA], H1798–H1800 [19MR]

Kilgore College: anniversary of Rangerettes dance and drill team, E627• [30AP]

Law enforcement officers: tribute to officers killed in the line of duty, H3246 [15MY]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, H3306 [18MY]

Lufkin, TX: tribute to Lufkin High School boys’ soccer team, E673• [12MY]

Marshall, TX: tribute to Marshall Christian Academy boys’ basketball team, E690• [13MY]

——— tribute to Marshall Christian Academy football team, E1789• [15DE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2098 [26MR]

Mexico: improve border security, H3248 [15MY]

Middle East: religious persecution of Christians and Jews, H6303–H6305 [28SE]

Muslim Brotherhood (organization): infiltration of U.S. Government, H3305 [18MY], H3911 [4JN], H9076 [8DE], H9203 [9DE]

National security: extend authority relating to roving surveillance, access to business records, and individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, H4340 [12JN]

Netanyahu, Benjamin: welcome Israeli Prime Minister upon U.S. visit and speech before Congress and reaffirm unequivocal U.S. support for Israel, H1512 [2MR]

Nigeria: condemn ongoing violence, human rights violations including the abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province, and urge continued U.S. support and assistance, H153 [8JA]

——— condemn the abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization), H8406 [19NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H401 [14JA], H518 [22JA], H749–H753 [3FE], H4339 [12JN], H4538 [18JN]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H8853 [1DE]

——— evaluation of foreign policy, H2099–H2101 [26MR], H5231–H5234 [15JY]

——— evaluation of strategy to combat threat of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H6303–H6305 [28SE], H8851 [1DE], H9201 [9DE], H9300–H9304 [11DE], H9324 [15DE]

——— evaluation of war on terrorism and Middle East policies, H398–H403 [14JA], H515–H518 [22JA], H657–H659 [28JA], H751 [3FE], H1710–H1712 [17MR], H1798–H1800 [19MR], H2407–H2409 [22AP], H3304–H3307 [18MY], H3909–H3912 [4JN], H5399 [22JY], H9689 [17DE]

——— fast-track trade promotion authority, H4538 [18JN]

——— remarks at U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris, France, relative to global warming and response to terrorist attacks, H8849 [1DE]

——— State of the Union Message, H749 [3FE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H750 [3FE], H2302–H2304 [16AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 1191), Senate amendments, H3208–H3210 [14MY], H4647 [24JN]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1842–H1845 [23MR], H4762 [25JN]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H4339 [12JN]

Petraeus, David H.: urge Dept of Justice not to pursue felony charges relative to leaking classifed information while CIA Director, H399 [14JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6125 [17SE]

Public debt: ceiling, H7170 [23OC]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism, H656 [28JA], H4588 [23JN]

——— condemn terrorist attacks on Christians and Jews by radical Islamists, H514–H517 [22JA], H656 [28JA], H751 [3FE], H1711 [17MR]

——— condemn terrorist attacks on Jews and Christians by radical Islamists, H8407 [19NO]

——— global and historical importance of Christian values, H152 [8JA], H2301 [16AP]

——— historical importance of Christian values, H4645 [24JN], H9008 [3DE], H10700–H10703 [18DE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H7170 [23OC]

San Bernardino, CA: express condolences for victims of shooting at Inland Regional Center, H8965 [2DE]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2098 [26MR]

Supreme Court: call for justices that have performed same-sex wedding ceremonies to recuse themselves from decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to same-sex marriage, H4646 [24JN]

——— decision in King v. Burwell relative to IRS promulgation of regulations to extend tax-credit subsidies for coverage purchased through Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, H4762, H4764 [25JN]

——— decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage, H5020 [9JY]

——— hearing of arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to requirement of a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex or to recognize an out-of-State same-sex marriage, H2787 [1MY], H4428–H4430 [16JN], H4538–H4540 [18JN]

——— history, H2786–H2788 [1MY]

——— impact of Dred Scott v. Sandford decision on slavery, H5020 [9JY]

Taxation: improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), Senate amendment, H4646 [24JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2283 [16AP]

Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (H.R. 4167), H9006–H9008 [3DE]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (H.R. 158), H9324 [15DE]

——— prevent Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and other terrorist groups from attacking or inspiring homegrown attacks within the U.S., H3247–H3249 [15MY]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H4340 [12JN], H4538 [18JN]

Trump, Donald: characterization of remarks relative to immigration, H9203 [9DE]

Tyler Junior College: tribute to baseball team, E1077• [16JY]

U.N.: allegations of bias in U.N. Human Rights Council report on violations of human rights law relative to Gaza conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, H4588 [23JN]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: anniversary, H5462 [23JY]

——— impact on economy, H5462 [23JY]

Waskom, TX: tribute to Waskom High School football team, E200• [12FE]

World War II: anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz extermination camp, H655 [28JA]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: nomination to be Speaker, H3 [6JA]

Tribute, H3246 [15MY], H4341 [12JN]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, H396 [14JA]

Tributes

Atkinson, Eric, E1701• [3DE]

Grace, Timothy, E1215• [8SE]

Green, Representative Al, H3246 [15MY]