EMMER, TOM (a Representative from Minnesota)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H1163 [23JA]

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), H4711 [18JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1585), H3039 [3AP]

Appointments

Committee to escort NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg into the House Chamber, H2989 [3AP]

Committee to escort the President, H1356 [5FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: commemorate anniversary of, and express that the Mexico City policy relative to limiting U.S. foreign aid from being spent on promotion or provision of abortion services, should be permanently codified (see H. Con. Res. 58), H7500 [13AU]

——— ensure that a woman seeking a chemical abortion is informed that it may be possible to reverse the intended effects of the abortion if the woman changes her mind (see H.R. 2010), H7560 [9SE]

——— prohibit abortion in cases where a fetal heartbeat is detectable (see H.R. 490), H517 [11JA]

——— prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome (see H.R. 4903), H9349 [6DE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H715 [17JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H675 [16JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H1211 [24JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1361 [5FE]

Air Force: recognize contributions of those responsible for operating and maintaining Global Positioning System (GPS) constellation and importance of its continuous availability, accuracy, reliability, and resiliency (see H. Res. 219), H7537 [6SE]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H2273 [27FE]

Animals: outlaw practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 724), H5304 [9JY]

Armed Forces: remove prohibition on eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select of members of Reserve components who are eligible to enroll in certain health benefits plans (see H.R. 613), H7536 [6SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 22), H284 [8JA]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 51), H676 [16JA]

CBO: modernize scoring of preventive health legislation to assess long-term health savings (see H.R. 2584), H5586 [10JY]

CFTC: study and report on state of global virtual currency markets and ways to promote U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 923), H1335 [30JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1935), H2988 [2AP]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: bring into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 969), H1361 [5FE]

Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects (see H.R. 664), H1285 [29JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 3960), H7462 [25JY]

——— modify prohibition on U.S. assistance and financing for agricultural exports and allow limited U.S. investment in Cuban agribusinesses (see H.R. 1898), H9222 [3DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 832), H7666 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 344), H7471 [25JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 943), H3963 [17MY]

——— provide for interest-free deferment on student loans for borrowers serving in a medical or dental internship or residency program (see H.R. 1554), H7536 [6SE]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to develop and implement statewide or tribal post-adoption and post-legal guardianship mental health service programs for children who are adopted or placed in legal guardianship (see H.R. 3909), H9123 [20NO]

——— authorize services to be provided to individuals under 60 with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder with neurological or organic brain dysfunction (see H.R. 1903), H7560 [9SE]

——— ensure doctors have access to patients’ treatment history to prevent addiction relapses or harmful drug interactions and protect confidentiality of substance use disorder patient records (see H.R. 2062), H7493 [6AU]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 647), H2615 [8MR]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 296), H282 [8JA]

——— reauthorize autism-related research and programs (see H.R. 1058), H5266 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: detain any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses (see H.R. 74), H203 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1327), H4181 [30MY]

Dept. of Labor: enter into contracts with industry intermediaries for purposes of promoting the development of and access to apprenticeships in the technology sector (see H.R. 1733), H2716 [13MR]

Dept. of State: provide funds for a U.S. pavillion at Expo 2020 Dubai (see H.R. 4842), H8457 [23OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: carry out a study on use of emerging technologies within Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (see H.R. 2613), H3678 [9MY]

——— update dollar amount thresholds for certain currency transaction and suspicious activity reports (see H.R. 388), H357 [9JA]

Dept. of Transportation: conduct research on, and implement certain safety measures and programs to prevent, illegal passing of schoolbuses (see H.R. 2218), H7755 [17SE]

——— ensure authorizations to foreign air carriers to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 3632), H9296 [5DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: classify veterans who participated in cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities (see H.R. 1377), H2323 [4MR]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 95), H3304 [29AP]

——— provide certain employees of Members of Congress and certain State or local government employees with access to case-tracking information (see H.R. 628), H676 [16JA]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H7715 [16SE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H2505 [6MR]

——— 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. 553), H4701 [14JN]

——— require in-patient psychiatric care for any veteran enrolled in the VA health care system requesting such care (see H.R. 2997), H4172 [24MY]

——— waive copayment requirement for medical and hospital services in the case of certain billing errors and inform veterans of payment plan and waiver rights relative to untimely billing (see H.R. 1802), H2745 [14MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: develop domestic sources of minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 2531), H3503 [8MY]

Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3113), H8679 [30OC]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2102 [25FE]

FAA: provide funding from Airport and Airway Trust Fund for FAA activities in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1108), H8199 [16OC]

FCC: designate 9-8-8 as universal telephone number for national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operated through National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Veterans Crisis Line (see H.R. 4194), H8880 [14NO]

——— issue rules on collection of data relative to availability of broadband services (see H.R. 4229), H9348 [6DE]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and preventing providers from dispensing drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 4399), H8299 [21OC]

Federal agencies and departments: modernize Federal grant reporting (see H.R. 150), H721 [17JA]

——— require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds received from a settlement (see H.R. 850), H1283 [29JA]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 327), H3306 [29AP]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H288 [8JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 155), H288 [8JA]

——— update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 2443), H5270 [2JY]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (see H.R. 737), H5270 [2JY]

Forest Service: create a publicly available lottery system for permits for motorized or nonmotorized boats in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (see H.R. 1475), H2314 [28FE]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2885 [27MR]

FRS: prohibit certain member banks from using discount window lending programs (see H.R. 2079), H4121 [22MY]

——— report on cybersecurity efforts (see H.R. 4458), H8596 [29OC]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H1213 [24JA]

Health: ensure coverage for preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage in individual and group markets contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 692), H2043 [19FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 693), H1586 [13FE]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership to accelerate global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and support commitment of AID to global nutrition through its multi-sectoral nutrition strategy (see H. Res. 189), H7560 [9SE]

Immigration: eliminate per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 1044), H1458 [7FE]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 1379), H2797 [25MR]

Israel: authorize military assistance, support ability to address conventional and emerging threats, and enhance cooperation in areas of mutual interest (see H.R. 1837), H4314 [4JN]

——— oppose global boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, urge negotiated solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and support U.S.-Israel scientific and technological cooperation in civilian areas (see H. Res. 246), H3306 [29AP]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1587 [13FE]

Law enforcement officers: expand provisions allowing carriage of concealed weapons by active and retired officers (see H.R. 1156), H2681 [12MR]

LeMond, Greg: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3589), H7162 [22JY]

McAuliffe, Christa: mint commemorative coins with proceeds from sales going to For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics program (see H.R. 500), H2747 [14MR]

Medicaid: clarify that provision of home and community-based services by direct support professionals is not prohibited in an acute care hospital (see H.R. 5443), H10306 [16DE]

——— increase number of States that may conduct demonstration programs to improve access to community mental health services (see H.R. 1767), H2743 [14MR]

Medicare: amend certain reporting requirements relative to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3584), H9059 [19NO]

——— ensure hospitals receive adequate payments for acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells (see H.R. 2498), H7244 [23JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2150), H4121 [22MY]

——— exclude complex rehabilitative manual wheelchairs from competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 2293), H3263 [12AP]

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2693), H10610 [17DE]

——— improve home health payment reforms (see H.R. 2573), H7525 [27AU]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1948), H4121 [22MY]

——— provide outreach and reporting on comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease care planning services (see H.R. 1873), H8144 [15OC]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 1840), H9170 [21NO]

——— update and clarify classification of and applicable payment methodology for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 2408), H7666 [11SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H3477 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling by law enforcement (see H. Res. 255), H4350 [6JN]

National Day of Prayer: anniversary (see H. Res. 334), H3340 [30AP]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H2795 [25MR]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1225), H2797 [25MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 319), H3265 [12AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 363), H3679 [9MY]

NSF: support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and workforce development research focused on rural areas (see H.R. 4979), H12292 [19DE]

O’Ree, Willie: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2504), H3440 [2MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay reimposition of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1398), H3271 [15AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 748), H1339 [30JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 369), H357 [9JA]

Political science: express that socialist proposals such as Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness, and the Green New Deal are antithetical to American foundational values of self-responsibility and opportunity (see H. Res. 675), H8718 [31OC]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 54), H2043 [19FE]

——— repeal requirement to prepay future retirement benefits (see H.R. 2382), H7990 [25SE]

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H7529 [30AU]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H2042 [19FE]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 604), H8103 [8OC] (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2102 [25FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish a comprehensive women’s history museum (see H.R. 1980), H7379 [24JY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H2270 [27FE]

——— eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 2178), H3477 [7MY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 141), H4628 [12JN]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2102 [25FE]

Superior National Forest: provide for a land exchange with PolyMet Mining, Inc. (see H.R. 527), H543 [14JA]

Taxation: allow tax-advantaged distributions from health savings accounts to cover certain family or medical leave expenses (see H.R. 2163), H5270 [2JY]

——— establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H8388 [22OC]

——— exclude from gross income certain amounts realized on the disposition of property raised or produced by a student farmer (see H.R. 1770), H3843 [15MY]

——— extend credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel (see H.R. 2089), H3729 [10MY]

——— extend exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payments of qualified education loans (see H.R. 1043), H4065 [21MY]

——— impose Federal taxes on bonds used to provide facilities owned by abortion providers (see H.R. 219), H361 [9JA]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 2177), H3267 [12AP]

——— make permanent the deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 216), H2887 [27MR]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H8056 [26SE]

——— permanently extend the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 510), H1518 [11FE]

——— provide deduction for certain charity care provided by physicians (see H.R. 856), H9058 [19NO]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H8742 [8NO]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H3101 [4AP]

——— repeal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks and trailers (see H.R. 2381), H3407 [1MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H1285 [29JA]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H4345 [5JN]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1679), H3442 [2MY]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4634), H8960 [18NO]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1854), H2795 [25MR]

Turkey: impose sanctions relative to military offensive in Syria (see H.R. 4692), H8197 [16OC]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in the Western Great Lakes under the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 4494), H8098 [4OC]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H2043 [19FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1741), H2797 [25MR]

Wildlife: authorize a special resource study on spread of vectors of chronic wasting disease among deer, elk, and moose (see H.R. 837), H1282 [29JA]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8113 [11OC]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H2102 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Credit: expand access to mortgages for self-employed and other creditworthy individuals with non-traditional forms of income by expanding types of documentation used to verify income (see H.R. 2445), H3403 [1MY]

Dept. of Justice: improve handling of crimes of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking by incorporating a trauma-informed approach into initial response to and investigation of such crimes (see H.R. 600), H674 [16JA]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction program (see H.R. 529), H543 [14JA]

FBI: enforce National Instant Criminal Background Check System deadline for final disposition of appeals to correct its records when right to own a firearm is unjustly denied and report on such appeals (see H.R. 1817), H2754 [18MR]

FDA: allow continued processing of medical device applications and associated user fees during a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 1362), H2232 [26FE]

Government regulations: provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services (see H.R. 528), H543 [14JA]

Medicaid: provide coverage for services for treatment of psychiatric or substance use disorders furnished to certain individuals in an institution for mental diseases (see H.R. 5006), H8738 [8NO]

National Bullying Prevention Month: designate (see H. Res. 651), H8387 [22OC]

SEC: allow for registration of venture exchanges (see H.R. 2899), H4117 [22MY]

Taxation: provide temporary safe harbor for tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in absence of administrative guidance (see H.R. 3650), H5302 [9JY]

Unity Day: designate (see H. Res. 651), H8387 [22OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction program (H.R. 529), H544 [14JA]

FDA: allow continued processing of medical device applications and associated user fees during a lapse in appropriations (H.R. 1362), H2234 [26FE]

Government regulations: provide a safe harbor from licensing and registration for certain non-controlling blockchain developers and providers of blockchain services (H.R. 528), H544 [14JA]

Medicaid: provide coverage for services for treatment of psychiatric or substance use disorders furnished to certain individuals in an institution for mental diseases (H.R. 5006), H8740 [8NO]

SEC: allow for registration of venture exchanges (H.R. 2899), H4120 [22MY]

Taxation: provide temporary safe harbor for tax treatment of hard forks of convertible virtual currency in absence of administrative guidance (H.R. 3650), H5304 [9JY]

Remarks

Andover, MN: Andover Fire Dept., recipient of Minnesota State Fire Department Association Fire Department of the Year award, H4224 [4JN]

Bot, Steve: League of Minnesota Cities James F. Miller Leadership Award recipient, H8149 [16OC]

Buffalo, MN: anniversary of Lake Ridge Care Center, H8149 [16OC]

Dept. of Transportation: urge infrastructure repairs and improvements and prioritize safety on roads and highways, H5310 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, Defense, and State, foreign operations, and energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2740), consideration (H. Res. 436), H4448 [12JN]

Eickhoff, Mitch: Sauk Rapids, MN, Citizen of the Year award recipient, H3308 [30AP]

Elk River, MN: Elk River Municipal Utilities recipient of Minnesota Dept. of Health and Minnesota Rural Water Association Source Water Protection Award, H4224 [4JN]

Forest Lake, MN: Forest Lake Area High School recipient of Dept. of Education Green Ribbon Schools award, H7252 [24JY]

HealthPartners (organization): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Health Equity Award recipient, H2686 [13MR]

House of Representatives: moment of silence for fallen Minnesota National Guardsmen, H9382 [9DE]

Mathew Hall Lumber Co.: tribute, H2107 [26FE]

Minnesota: implementation of Twin Metals Minnesota Project, H4448 [12JN]

——— transportation infrastructure funding, H2685 [13MR]

——— tribute to Hmong New Year, H10605 [17DE]

——— tribute to 6th Congressional District Young Women’s Leadership Program, H5310 [10JY]

Minnesota Farm Bureau: anniversary, H8789 [13NO]

Minnesota Recovery Connection (organization): tribute, H7563 [10SE]

Minnesota Whitecaps (hockey team): tribute, H2686 [13MR]

National forests: require congressional approval of any mineral withdrawal or monument designation involving lands in Minnesota and provide for renewal of certain mineral leases in such lands, H4448 [12JN]

Paulus, Eugenia: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, H8544 [29OC]

Rice, MN: Rice Elementary School authorization to teach International Baccalaureate World School Primary Years Programme, H3308 [30AP]

Schlichtings family: University of Minnesota Farm Family of the Year award recipient, H5923 [17JY]

Sorenson, Boyd W.: French Legion of Honor Medal of Chevalier recipient, H7251 [24JY]

St. Cloud, MN: St. Cloud Police Dept., recipient of Dept. of Justice L. Anthony Sutin Civic Imagination Award, H5310 [10JY]

——— tribute to St. Cloud VA Health Care System, H3135 [9AP]

——— tribute to United Way of Minnesota pilot program to assist students and families with food, housing assistance, mentoring, and after-school programs, H3135 [9AP]

St. Cloud State University: Minnesota Central Regional Small Business Development Center recipient of SBA Minnesota Small Business Development Center of Excellence award, H2107 [26FE]

Stewart, Columba: National Endowment for the Humanities Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities designee, H7563 [10SE]

Stoltz, Dan: St. Paul, MN, Area Chamber of Commerce HERBIE Award recipient, H5923 [17JY]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (H.R. 1994), H5310 [10JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1585), H3040 [3AP]

Votes: position on missed, E588• [14MY], E871• [2JY], E873• [5JY], E1562• [9DE]

Waconia, MN: tribute to Waconia Help, Empower, and Respect Others (HERO) Coalition, H2107 [26FE]

Waite Park, MN: Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District recipient of Minnesota Dept. of Health Source Water Protection Award, H5922 [17JY]

Wall family: Twin Cities Business (publication) Minnesota Family Business Award recipients, H8788 [13NO]

Tributes

Abdalla, Mucaad Hussein (Siraaj), H3135 [9AP]

Ames, Dick, H1485 [8FE]

Brodzinski, Jonny, H8544 [29OC]

Carter, KoriAnn, H3135 [9AP]

Clyborne, Johanna, H7563 [10SE]

Coles, Kathy, H7563 [10SE]

Dieterich, Marleena A., H2685 [13MR]

Dix, Alan, H3308 [30AP]

Gilmer, Steve, H2107 [26FE]

Grunewald, Gabriele, H5923 [17JY]

Hales, Brent, H5923 [17JY]

Halverson, Violet, H7251 [24JY]

Hemesath, Michael, H4224 [4JN]

Kohls, Ashley, H8544 [29OC]

Lawrence, Amanda, H7563 [10SE]

Libersky, Nancy, H8788 [13NO]

Manning, Stacy, H8789 [13NO]

Nelligan, Royce, H4224 [4JN]

Piasecki, Randy, H8544 [29OC]

Polashek, Anthony, H8788 [13NO]

Rukavina, Tommy, H2005 [14FE]

Ryan, Tom, H8544 [29OC]

Schafer, Bryan, H8149 [16OC]

Taylor, Steve, H2107 [26FE]