MURPHY, GREGORY F. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination by abortion against an unborn child on the basis of Down syndrome (see H.R. 4903), H8786 [12NO]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H8785 [12NO]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 616), H8298 [21OC]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H9058 [19NO]

——— 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), H8785 [12NO]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 1175), H8827 [13NO]

Budget: provide for cost estimates of major legislation (see H.R. 4959), H8717 [31OC]

Bulgaria: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 569), H7865 [20SE]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 350), H8785 [12NO]

——— mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1257), H8880 [14NO]

Correctional institutions: provide that the amount of time that an elderly offender must serve before being eligible for placement in home detention is to be reduced by the amount of good time credits earned by the prisoner (see H.R. 4018), H8742 [8NO]

Dept. of Education: expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to short-term job training programs (see H.R. 3497), H9296 [5DE]

——— provide for accreditation reform, require institutions of higher education to publish information on student success, and provide for fiscal and student loan accountability by institutions (see H.R. 4098), H8542 [28OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish a national telehealth program (see H.R. 4900), H9180 [26NO]

——— establish a rural health center innovation awards program and a rural health department enhancement program (see H.R. 4898), H9180 [26NO]

——— reauthorize and expand Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 2815), H9176 [22NO]

——— revise operations of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 3534), H10306 [16DE]

Dept. of State: submit report on designation of Reynosa/Los Metros faction of the Gulf Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, and Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 1700), H8959 [18NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H10263 [13DE]

——— furnish hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterans with traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 4370), H7867 [20SE]

——— 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), H8960 [18NO]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (see H.R. 19), H9386 [9DE]

FAA: provide for a full annuity supplement for air traffic controllers that participate in Federal Contract Tower Program (see H.R. 5297), H10307 [16DE]

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), H8960 [18NO]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H8785 [12NO]

GSA: establish public-private partnership pilot program to acquire public buildings (see H.R. 4485), H9180 [26NO]

Health: protect patients from surprise medical bills (see H.R. 3502), H8083 [27SE]

Insurance: require a group health plan to provide an exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2279), H12211 [18DE]

——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 5200), H9121 [20NO]

Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office Building, Charlotte, NC: designate (see H.R. 4981), H8729 [5NO]

Medicare: amend certain reporting requirements relative to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 3584), H9223 [3DE]

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and an analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3107), H8730 [5NO]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1570), H10017 [10DE]

Morality and ethics: protect dignity of fetal remains (see H.R. 4934), H8960 [18NO]

Native Americans: reauthorize program to ensure survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 912), H8827 [13NO]

NLRB: remove exclusive bargaining power of labor organizations by allowing employees in a unionized workplace to independently negotiate their employment terms with their employer (see H.R. 5147), H8958 [18NO]

NSF: support science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and workforce development research focused on rural areas (see H.R. 4979), H8729 [5NO]

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]

Public welfare programs: amend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1753), H8541 [28OC]

Purple Star Families Week: designate (see H. Res. 734), H9179 [26NO]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 20), H8542 [28OC]

Russia: impose sanctions relative to provision of certain vessels for construction of Russian energy export pipelines (see H.R. 4818), H8456 [23OC]

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]

Taxation: apply current income tax bracket breakpoints to capital gains brackets (see H.R. 589), H8679 [30OC]

——— 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), H12211 [18DE]

——— 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), H8459 [23OC]

——— provide a credit to employers of National Guard members and reservists (see H.R. 801), H8724 [1NO]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3077), H9223 [3DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 218), H9388 [9DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H8785 [12NO]

——— restore incentives for investments in qualified improvement property (see H.R. 1869), H8056 [26SE]

Topsail, NC: revise boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit L06 (see H.R. 2834), H12292 [19DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reauthorize Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (see H.R. 4828), H9223 [3DE]

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), H9180 [26NO]

World War II: mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H9171 [21NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Walter B. Jones, Jr., Post Office, Farmville, NC: designate (see H.R. 5037), H8783 [12NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Walter B. Jones, Jr., Post Office, Farmville, NC: designate (H.R. 5037), H8784 [12NO]

Letters

Election of Gregory F. Murphy to the House of Representatives: Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H7742 [17SE]

——— Katelyn Love, North Carolina State Board of Elections, H7742 [17SE]

Oaths of office

House of Representatives, H7742, H7747 [17SE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H8305 [22OC]

Remarks

Biggs, Bruce and Anna: United Way of Albemarle, NC, Keel Club Philanthrophy Award recipients, E1421• [12NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish Fair Price Negotiation Program to reduce drug prices, penalize companies that refuse to negotiate, and prevent excessive price increases and establish out-of-pocket caps for Medicare (H.R. 3), H10116 [11DE]

Drugs: lower out of pocket spending, protect access to new cures and medications, strengthen transparency, and encourage competition (H.R. 19), H10116 [11DE]

FDA: restrict direct-to-consumer drug advertising, H8966 [19NO]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H7743 [17SE]

Marine Corps: anniversary of terrorist bombings of Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, E1349• [28OC]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (H.R. 4617), H8413 [23OC]

Trump, President: impeachment, H8306 [22OC]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12152 [18DE]

——— request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H8069 [27SE]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (S.J. Res. 54), H8069 [27SE]

Walter B. Jones, Jr., Post Office, Farmville, NC: designate (H.R. 5037), H8792 [13NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H7743 [17SE]

Tributes

Bellis, Ann and Vince, E1419• [12NO]

Celeste, Raymond, E1424• [12NO]

Coles, Rodney, Sr., E1446• [14NO]

Overton, Parker, E1428• [12NO]