PELOSI, NANCY (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Reading of U.S. Constitution, H166 [9JA]
Appointments
Commission on Care, H5574 [28JY], H6881 [7OC]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum, H2802 [8MY]
Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1495 [27FE]
Committee to escort Afghanistan President Mohammad A. Ghani into the House Chamber, H1904 [25MR]
Committee to escort Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe into the House Chamber, H2503 [29AP]
Committee to escort Pope Francis into the House Chamber, H6191 [24SE]
Committee to escort the President, H419 [20JA]
Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA], H7338 [29OC]
Committee to notify the President that a congressional quorum has assembled, H7 [6JA]
House Office Building Commission, H35 [6JA]
National Council on the Arts, H2949 [13MY]
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, H2949 [13MY]
U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission, H2949 [13MY]
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, H10706 [18DE]
Articles and editorials
Cameron, Hollande and Merkel—Why We Support the Iran Deal, David Cameron, Franc•AE9ois Hollande, and Angela Merkel, Washington (DC) Post (excerpt), H5902 [10SE]
Iran Deal—An Epochal Moment That Congress Shouldn’t Squander, Brent Scowcroft, Washington (DC) Post, H5900 [10SE]
Why Hawks Should Also Back the Iran Deal, Carl Levin and John Warner, Politico (publication), H5901 [10SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery (see H. Con. Res. 83), H6787 [1OC] (see H. Con. Res. 93), H8240 [16NO]
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]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1619), H2032 [25MR]
——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1613 [4MR]
Committee on Gun Violence Prevention: (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H6936 [8OC]
Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H1850 [23MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 3185), H5465 [23JY]
——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2308 [16AP]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H430 [20JA]
Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H1033 [12FE]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1166 [25FE]
Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2449), H5867 [9SE]
FCC: revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 2125), H2767 [30AP]
Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6836 [6OC]
FTC: prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H3388 [19MY]
House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2769 [30AP]
IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 3105), H5290 [16JY]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 309), H4242 [11JN]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]
Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 3341), H5944 [10SE]
New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7390 [2NO]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]
——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H477 [21JA]
——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H431 [20JA]
Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 870), H6836 [6OC]
San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 1140), H1370 [26FE]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H5976 [11SE]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1567 [3MR]
Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]
Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H3215 [14MY]
Taxation: eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H1611 [4MR]
——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1260), H1610 [4MR]
——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H981 [11FE]
Texas Southern University: anniversary (see H. Res. 489), H7174 [23OC]
Tibet: call for substantive dialogue, without preconditions, in order to address Tibetan grievances and secure a negotiated agreement for the Tibetan people (see H. Res. 337), H4650 [24JN]
Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H1800 [19MR]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Carreno Rojas, J. Refugio: relief (see H.R. 396), H406 [14JA]
Castro Ramirez, Maria C.: relief (see H.R. 396), H406 [14JA]
House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (see H. Res. 355), H5030 [9JY]
Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (see H.R. 4290), H10710 [18DE]
Constitutional authority statements
Castro Ramirez, Maria C.: relief (H.R. 396), H408 [14JA]
Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (H.R. 4290), H10711 [18DE]
Letters
American Security Against Foreign Enemies (American SAFE) Act: Melanie Nezer, Refugee Council USA, H8387 [19NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security funding relative to Executive orders to implement immigration reform: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H382 [14JA]
Motions
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H9263 [10DE]
Proposals
Dept. of Justice denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H9263 [10DE]
Quotations
‘‘Seasonal Greeting for the Times’’: Jack Trout, H21 [6JA]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H497 [22JA]
Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9425 [17DE]
——— making continuing, H6736 [30SE]
Boehner, Speaker: presentation of Speaker’s gavel, H4 [6JA]
Budget: revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7307 [28OC]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H2016 [25MR]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H20 [6JA]
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 (H.R. 431), H934 [11FE]
Climate: global warming, H9291 [11DE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act: reauthorize, H8653 [1DE]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H415 [20JA]
Dept. of Education: provide career education pathways in manufacturing (H.R. 645), H717 [3FE]
——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H1480 [27FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H326 [13JA], H382 [14JA], H1391 [27FE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), motion to instruct conferees, H1491 [27FE]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1130 [25FE]
——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), H1391 [27FE]
——— prohibit funding for any policy relative to deportation of illegal aliens that does not make deportation of child abusers, sexual offenders, and domestic abusers top priorities, H382 [14JA]
——— reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4331 [12JN], H9291 [11DE]
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), H8387 [19NO]
Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4695 [25JN]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9425 [17DE]
District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), H2732 [30AP]
——— disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2677 [30AP]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), conference report, H8891 [2DE]
Eximbank: prohibit from providing guarantee or extending credit to foreign borrower in connection with export of goods or services by U.S. company unless the U.S. company guarantees repayment of certain percentage of loan, H7703 [4NO]
——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7226 [27OC]
Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4331 [12JN], H4695 [25JN]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H717 [3FE]
House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building (H. Res. 355), H4974 [9JY]
House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H20 [6JA]
Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H326 [13JA], H1491 [27FE]
——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (H.R. 4038), H8386, H8387 [19NO]
——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, H8386 [19NO]
Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5899, H5901 [10SE], H5960 [11SE]
——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5960 [11SE]
Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5899, H5901 [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, H4331 [12JN], H7307 [28OC]
Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), H2073 [26MR]
Panama-Pacific International Exposition: anniversary, E288• [2MR]
Parks, Rosa: anniversary of refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL, H8653 [1DE]
Parliamentary inquiry, H4975, H4976 [9JY], H10695 [18DE]
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. 22), Senate amendments, H7703 [4NO]
——— repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H717 [3FE]
Puerto Rico: provide a short-term stay from legal actions by certain creditors until debt restructuring legislation has passed (H.R. 4290), unanimous-consent request, H10695 [18DE]
Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), H6864 [7OC]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7703 [4NO]
Ryan, Speaker: presentation of Speaker’s gavel, H7338 [29OC]
Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H2073 [26MR]
Taxation: expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, H21 [6JA]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9425 [17DE]
——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), Senate amendment, H4695 [25JN]
——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund, H21 [6JA]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1007 [12FE]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9291 [11DE]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4331 [12JN]
——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, H1007 [12FE]
——— rates, H2016 [25MR]
——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H3415 [20MY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5946 [11SE]
Tibet: call for substantive dialogue, without preconditions, in order to address Tibetan grievances and secure a negotiated agreement for the Tibetan people (H. Res. 337), H4902 [8JY]
Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), Senate amendment, H6736 [30SE]
U.N.: anniversary of signing of charter, E988• [25JN]
Votes: correction, H3810• [3JN]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 885), H934 [11FE]
World AIDS Day: observance, H8653 [1DE]
Remarks in House relative to
House of Representatives: nomination to be Speaker, H3 [6JA], H7337 [29OC]
——— selection as minority leader, H6 [6JA]
Tribute, H2073 [26MR], E21 [7JA]
Rulings of the Chair
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H9263 [10DE]
Tributes
Anaya, Rosario, E1312• [17SE]
Cuomo, Mario M., H209 [12JA]
Edwards, Don, H7083, H7084 [21OC]
Hartz, Jerry, H6902 [8OC]
Hesburgh, Theodore M., E293• [3MR]
King, LeRoy, H4448 [17JN]
King, Michael G., E926• [18JN]
McEvoy, Phyllis A. Tucker (Nan), E460• [13AP]
Stivers, Jonathan, H159 [9JA]
Wright, Jim, H5382 [22JY]