ROBY, MARTHA (a Representative from Alabama)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H165 [9JA]

Appointments

Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1495 [27FE]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H354 [13JA]

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), H6077 [16SE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H477 [21JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H6260 [25SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H9692 [17DE]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5239 [15JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and repeal previous authorizations for use of military force (see H.J. Res. 33), H8282 [17NO]

Belarus: continue U.S. sanctions (see H.R. 3107), H5290 [16JY]

——— continue U.S. sanctions, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3107), H5333 [21JY]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 140), H1566 [3MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2794 [1MY]

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), H479 [21JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H3391 [19MY]

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), H584 [26JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H155 [8JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see H.R. 3845), H8155 [5NO]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H3565 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H2310 [16AP]

Dept. of HHS: prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards (see H.R. 2126), H3879 [3JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 3151), H5592 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 2643), H6789 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions (see H.R. 4087), H8410 [19NO]

——— clarify distance requirements relative to eligibility of veterans to receive medical care and services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1096), H1368 [26FE]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H6138 [17SE]

——— improve treatment of whistleblower complaints (see H.R. 571), H984 [11FE]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H3917 [4JN]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H2800 [5MY]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2722), H5174 [14JY]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2357 [21AP]

EPA: extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (see H.R. 2042), H4345 [12JN]

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

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H2212 [14AP]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H4957 [8JY]

Federal agencies and departments: 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), H757 [3FE]

Financial institutions: specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 1309), H1723 [17MR]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H9375 [16DE]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1626 [10MR]

Fish and fishing: improve Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery by providing flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 981), H1068 [13FE]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Griest, Kristen: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6837 [6OC]

Haver, Shaye: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6837 [6OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

Immigration: improve law enforcement within the interior of the U.S. by improving State and local enforcement, national security, removal of criminal aliens, visa security, and aid to officers (see H.R. 1148), H5404 [22JY]

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

Insurance: provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see H.R. 1478), H3643 [1JN]

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

IRS: terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 709), H810 [4FE]

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

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H7091 [21OC]

Medicaid: allow States to determine if providers are qualified under Medicaid State plans to perform services (see H.R. 3597), H6227 [24SE]

——— require States to report information on payments to abortion providers (see H.R. 489), H531 [22JA]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H3574 [22MY]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H8362 [18NO]

——— 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), H9329 [15DE]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H8414 [19NO]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6893 [7OC]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 244), H6893 [7OC]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H5592 [28JY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2403), H5776 [29JY]

National Credit Union Administration: study appropriate capital requirements for credit unions (see H.R. 2769), H5592 [28JY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H5943 [10SE]

NATO: urge member countries to meet or exceed their gross domestic product percentage commitment to defense spending (see H. Res. 469), H6936 [8OC]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H7255 [27OC]

OSHA: authorize the Voluntary Protection Programs (see H.R. 2500), H3558 [21MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H5173 [14JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H668 [30JA] (see H.R. 2653), H5525 [27JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1567 [3MR]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (see H.R. 692), H5173 [14JY]

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H1502 [27FE]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H3391 [19MY]

Silvis, IL: mint coins in recognition and celebration of Hero Street, USA (see H.R. 2525), H3559 [21MY]

Social Security: revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 842), H2772 [30AP]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2270 [15AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H814 [4FE] (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H2115 [26MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H5404 [22JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

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 H.R. 594), H757 [3FE] (see H.R. 1732), H2420 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (see H.R. 755), H853 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Office of Failing Medical Center Recovery (see H.R. 3234), H5588 [28JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (see H.R. 31), H37 [6JA]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 79), H6705 [29SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (H.R. 755), H856 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Office of Failing Medical Center Recovery (H.R. 3234), H5590 [28JY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 465), H532 [22JA]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (H.R. 31), H44 [6JA]

Letters

Eliminate exceptions to limitations imposed on authority to take certain actions relative to the transfer of AH–64 Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard: Raymond T. Odierno and John M. McHugh, Dept. of the Army, H4091 [10JN]

Remarks

Abortion: condemn, and call for investigation of, video of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., official discussing the practice of harvesting of fetal organs after abortions for medical research, H5153 [14JY], H5321 [21JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2935 [13MY]

Appropriations: making continuing, H6738, H6741 [30SE]

Armed Forces: funding, H5156 [14JY]

Army: eliminate exceptions to limitations imposed on authority to take certain actions relative to the transfer of AH–64 Apache helicopters from the Army National Guard, H4091 [10JN]

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), H932 [11FE]

Cleveland, Charles (Chick): Congressional Gold Medal recipient, E777• [21MY]

Congress: results of congressional women’s softball game, H4888 [8JY]

——— tribute to congressional women’s softball game, H4632 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4091 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H381 [14JA]

——— 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, H381 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Office of Failing Medical Center Recovery (H.R. 3234), H5531• [28JY]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations, H3765 [3JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2581 [29AP]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H5155, H5156 [14JY]

Iran: agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H5155 [14JY]

——— approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), E1260• [11SE]

——— provide congressional review and oversight of any agreements with Iran relative to its nuclear program, H4964 [9JY]

Montgomery, AL: tribute to Capitol Book & News (business), E1645• [18NO]

Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H161 [9JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H6738, H6741 [30SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6103 [17SE]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 79), H6738, H6741 [30SE]

Tributes

Blakeney, Larry, E48• [12JA], E58• [13JA]

McBride, Dorothea, E1156• [29JY]

Rush, Charles, E404• [25MR]