[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
[January 1, 2003]
[Pages C-1-C-8]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Administration of George W. Bush, 2003


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Addresses to the Nation

    Iraq
        Diplomatic efforts, conclusion--277
        Military operations
            Commencement--281
            Conclusion of major combat, from U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln--410
    Space Shuttle Columbia, disaster--119
    State of the Union--82

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Addresses to the Nation; Appointments and Nominations; Bill 
        Signings; Interviews With the News Media; Meetings With Foreign 
        Leaders and International Officials
    African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum, videotaped remarks--54
    AIDS relief, emergency plan--110
    Alexandria, VA, small investors--156
    American Enterprise Institute dinner--216
    American Medical Association national conference--236
    America's military and their families, videotaped remarks--341
    Army Tank Plant employees in Lima, OH--367
    Bernalillo, NM--464
    Biotechnology Industry Organization conference--673
    Black Music Month celebration--686
    Boeing F-18 production facility employees in St. Louis, MO--348
    Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, walking tour--1
    Bush-Cheney dinner, Los Angeles, CA--708
    Bush-Cheney luncheons
        Miami, FL--718
        San Francisco, CA--703
    Bush-Cheney receptions
        Greensboro, GA--668
        New York City--677
        Tampa, FL--722
        Washington, DC--649
    Business leaders, discussion--343
    Cabinet meetings--25
    Camp Lejeune, NC--317
    Central European nations, upcoming admission to NATO--451
    Chicago, IL, remarks on the terrorist bombing in Jerusalem--625
    Commander in Chief's Trophy, presentation to the U.S. Air Force 
        Academy Falcons--497
    Congress of Tomorrow, reception in White Sulphur Springs, WV--141
    Congressional leaders, meetings--40
    Congressional picnic--655
    Corporate Council on Africa's United States-Africa Business Summit--
        696
    Counterterrorism intelligence, efforts to improve--174
    Cuban Independence Day, radio remarks to the people of Cuba--518
    Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL--28
    Economists, meeting--69
    Elizabeth, NJ, business community--636
    Energy independence--132
    Fort Hood, TX
        Easter service, remarks following--354
        Troops--20
    Fridley, MN--655
    Grand Rapids, MI--91
    Healthy Forests Initiative--514
    Homeland Security Department
        Employees--226
        Secretary Ridge, swearing-in ceremony--79
    Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago, IL--621
    Indianapolis, IN--477
    Iraq
        Regime's noncompliance with U.N. resolutions--135
        Videotaped remarks to the people--330
    Jacksonville, FL
        Naval Station Mayport--169
        Small-business owners, discussion--165
    Jerusalem terrorist bombing--625
    Judicial confirmation process--454
    Kennesaw, GA--185
    Latino Coalition--211
    Little Rock, AR--426

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    MacDill Air Force Base, Tampa, FL--297
    March for Life, telephone remarks to participants--72
    Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, celebration in Landover, 
        MD--67
    Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington, VA--537
    Miami, FL, senior citizens--713
    Michigan affirmative action case--56
    Middle East, roadmap for peace--264
    National Capital Flag Co., Alexandria, VA--41
    National Day of Prayer--406
    National Do-Not-Call Registry, creation--702
    National Economic Council, meeting--208
    National Governors Association
        Conference--203
        Dinner--202
    National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast--492
    National Prayer Breakfast--130
    National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville, TN--146
    National Teacher of the Year award ceremony--396
    National veterans organizations--307
    NCAA champion teams
        Fall--207
        Winter--647
    New Britain, CT, senior citizens--628
    No Child Left Behind Act
        Anniversary--35
        Implementation--615
    Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, VA--642
    Omaha, NE--470
    Operation Iraqi Freedom
        Bethesda, MD, remarks after visit with wounded troops--333
        Progress reports
            Dearborn, MI--388
            White House--289
        Rescue of U.S. prisoners of war--338
    Peace officers memorial service--494
    Pentagon, Arlington, VA--292
    Philippines, state visit of President Macapagal-Arroyo
        State dinner--513
        Welcoming ceremony--503
    Pierce City, MO
        Community--484
        Tornado damage, tour--485
    Poland, President Bush's visit
        Auschwitz, remarks to journalists--574
        Krakow, remarks to the people--574
    Port of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA--312
    President's Dinner--523
    Project BioShield in Bethesda, MD--121
    Qatar, Camp As Sayliyah, troops--608
    Radio addresses--24
    Red Sea Summit in Aqaba, Jordan--590
    Saint Patrick's Day shamrock presentation ceremony--262
    Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman Donaldson, swearing-in 
        ceremony--180
    Senate action on jobs-and-growth and AIDS relief legislation--499
    Singapore-U.S. free trade agreement, signing ceremony--442
    Space Shuttle Columbia, memorial service for the STS-107 crew in 
        Houston, TX--126
    St. Louis, MO, remarks on the national economy--73
    Tax Relief Coalition--435
    Timken Co. employees in Canton, OH--360
    Treasury Department, Secretary Snow, swearing-in ceremony--137
    U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, commencement address--
        518
    United Defense Industries employees in Santa Clara, CA--413
    University of Scranton in Scranton, PA--57
    University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, commencement address--
        457
    USA Freedom Corps, anniversary--102
    Walter Reed Army Medical Center, remarks after visiting wounded 
        soldiers--65
    Welfare-To-Work program, graduates--50
    World Series champion Anaheim Angels--539

Appointments and Nominations

    Office of Management and Budget, Director, remarks--527
    White House Office
        Presidential Envoy to Iraq, remarks--440
        White House Press Secretary, remarks--665

Bill Signings

    Clean Diamond Trade Act, statement--386
    Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, statements--194

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    Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, remarks--544
    Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003, 
        statement--359
    Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end Exploitation of 
            Children Today Act of 2003
        Remarks--398
        Statement--400
    Taiwan, legislation concerning participation in the World Health 
        Organization, statement--556
    Unemployment compensation, legislation concerning temporary 
        extension, remarks--40
    U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
        2003, remarks--541

Communications to Congress

    Afghanistan, modification of duty-free treatment under the 
        Generalized System of Preferences, letter--47
    Angola, U.S. national emergency with respect to UNITA
        Message on termination--445
        Message transmitting report--281
    Azerbaijan, U.S. assistance, letter transmitting report--309
    Belarus, normal trade relations status, letter transmitting 
        documentation--570
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
        Benchmarks for a sustainable peace, message transmitting 
            report--127
        Continued operations of U.S. forces, letter--71
    Budget
        Amendments, letters--34
        Supplemental requests, letter--462
    Burma, U.S. national emergency
        Message on continuation--501
        Message transmitting report--501
    Canada-U.S. treaty on Pacific Coast albacore tuna vessels and port 
        privileges, message transmitting amending agreement--45
    Chemical Weapons Convention
        Certifications
            Letter--260
            Message--164
        Compliance, letter transmitting report--317
        Inspections, letters transmitting reports--310
    Chile, free trade agreement with U.S., message--99
    Coastal Zone Management Act, message transmitting report--633
    Colombia
        Individuals involved in antinarcotics campaign, letters 
            transmitting reports--47
        Plan Colombia, message transmitting report--128
        Significant narcotics traffickers, U.S. national emergency, 
            letter transmitting report--347
    Corporation for National and Community Service, letter transmitting 
        budget request--243
    Cuba
        U.S. national emergency, message on continuation--225
        U.S. telecommunications payments, message transmitting report--
            243
    Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1996, review of title 
        III, letter--65
    Cyprus, negotiations, letters transmitting reports--35
    Disaster relief funds, letter--347
    Eastern Bloc states, former, normal trade relations status, message 
        transmitting report--98
    Emergency Response Fund, reallocation of funds previously 
        transferred, letter--320
    Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, letter 
        transmitting report--295
    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, letter transmitting 
        supplementary budget request--340
    Estrada, Miguel A., nomination to be a U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit 
        Judge, letter--258
    Export Administration Act, lapse, U.S. national emergency, letter 
        transmitting report--571
    Federal drug and substance abuse programs, message transmitting 
        report--633
    Federal Ocean and Coastal Activities Report, message transmitting--
        280
    Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, U.S. sanctions, letter--
        584
    Frontier Airlines, subsidy budget authority request, letter--164
    Groom Lake, NV, nearby U.S. Air Force operating location, message--
        102
    Homeland Security Department
        Contingent emergency request, letter--531
        Reorganization plan, message transmitting modification--109

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    Inter-American Convention Against Corruption, letter transmitting 
        report--316
    International agreements, letter transmitting report--236
    International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 
        message transmitting protocol--496
    International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of 
        Customs Procedures, message transmitting protocol--405
    International Telecommunication Union, Constitution and Convention, 
        message transmitting amendments--404
    Iran, U.S. national emergency
        Message on continuation--261
        Messages transmitting reports--261
    Iraq
        Compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions, 
            letter transmitting report--69
        Confiscating and vesting certain property, message--283
        Development Fund and certain other property, U.S. national 
            emergency, message--529
        Diplomatic efforts, conclusion, letter--280
        Letters transmitting reports--174
        Military and humanitarian operations and domestic safety, 
            supplemental budget request, letter--294
        Military operations, commencement, letter--287
        U.S. national emergency, message transmitting report--101
    Kosovo
        International Security Force, deployment of U.S. military 
            personnel, letter--487
        Militarily significant benchmarks for sustainable peace, message 
            transmitting report--118
        U.S. national emergency
            Letter transmitting report--544
            Termination, letter--548
    Liberia
        Deployment of U.S. military forces, letter--615
        U.S. national emergency
            Letter on continuation--64
            Letter transmitting report--64
    Libya, U.S. national emergency
        Letter on continuation--19
        Letter transmitting report--20
    Mauritania, deployment of U.S. military forces, letter--615
    Mexico, taxation convention with U.S., message transmitting 
        protocol--210
    Middle East peace process, terrorists who threaten to disrupt, U.S. 
            national emergency
        Letter on continuation--68
        Letter transmitting report--69
    Millennium Challenge Account and Millennium Challenge Corporation, 
        message transmitting proposed legislation--129
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
        Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
            Slovakia, and Slovenia, message transmitting protocols--332
        Enlargement, letter transmitting report--296
    Norway, Social Security agreement with U.S., message transmitting--
        128
    Pacific Islands-U.S. fishery treaty, message transmitting 
        amendments--155
    Russian Federation, U.S. national emergency with respect to weapons-
            usable fissile material
        Message on continuation--620
        Message transmitting report--621
    Sierra Leone, U.S. national emergency
        Letter on continuation--64
        Letter transmitting report--64
    Singapore, free trade agreement with U.S., message--100
    Soviet Union, former states, plan for securing nuclear weapons, 
        material, and expertise, message transmitting report--260
    Spent fuel management and radioactive waste management, joint 
        convention on safety, letter--570
    Sub-Saharan Africa, trade and investment policy and African Growth 
        and Opportunity Act Implementation, message transmitting 
        report--514
    Sudan, U.S. national emergency, message transmitting report--419
    Terrorism
        U.S. efforts in global war on, letter--284
        U.S. national emergency with respect to persons who commit, 
            threaten to commit, or support, message transmitting 
            report--288
    United Nations and affiliated agencies, U.S. participation, message 
        transmitting report--281

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    US Airways, Inc., subsidy budget authority request, letter--312
    Vietnam, extension of normal trade relations status, letter 
        transmitting documentation--569
    Weapons of mass destruction, U.S. national emergency, letter 
        transmitting report--210
    Western Balkans, U.S. national emergency
        Letter on modification--548
        Message on continuation--667
        Messages transmitting reports--98
    Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of (Serbia and Montenegro), U.S. 
            national emergency
        Letter transmitting report--544
        Termination, letter--548
    Zimbabwe, U.S. national emergency, message--255

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assistive technology mobility devices, interagency working group, 
        memorandum--162
    Emergency assistance in connection with the loss of the Space 
            Shuttle Columbia
        Louisiana, memorandum--120
        Texas, memorandum--121
    Spectrum Policy for the 21st Century, memorandum--605

Directives

    Domestic incidents, management--229

Interviews With the News Media

    See also Addresses and Remarks
    Exchanges with reporters
        Bethesda, MD--333
        Crawford, TX--1
        Evian-les-Bains, France--585
        Fort Hood, TX--354
        Kennebunkport, ME--635
        Pierce City, MO--485
        Santa Fe, NM--463
        Treasury Department--137
        U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln--408
        White House--25
    Interviews
        Egypt's Nile TV--552
        France's TV3--551
        NBC News, Tom Brokaw--372
        Personal finance columnists and economic journalists, excerpt--
            357
        Poland's TVP--567
        Print journalists--557
        Russia's RTR TV--572
        United Arab Emirates' Al Arabiyya--554
        White House press pool--595
    Joint news conferences
        Australia, Prime Minister Howard--421
        European Union leaders--688
        Japan, Prime Minister Koizumi--531
        Pakistan, President Musharraf--681
        Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo--505
        Portugal, Prime Minister Durao Barroso--267
        Russia, President Putin--579
        Spain, President Aznar--198
        United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--114
    News conferences
        January 31--114
        February 22--198
        March 6--244
        March 16--267
        March 27--301
        April 8--322
        May 3--421
        May 7--446
        May 19--505
        May 23--531
        June 1--579
        June 24--681
        June 25--688

Joint Statements

    Afghanistan, President Karzai--222
    Atlantic Summit
        Iraq--275
        Transatlantic solidarity--274
    Brazil, President Lula da Silva--662
    European Union, Council President Simitis and Commission President 
            Prodi
        Hydrogen cooperation--693
        Weapons of mass destruction--694
        Transatlantic aviation negotiations--696
    International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, heads of 
        government of six participating countries--342
    Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo--510
    Russia, President Putin
        Cooperation in space--583
        Strategic relationship--584
    Singapore, Prime Minister Goh--443
    South Korea, President Roh--490

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    Thailand, Prime Minister Thaksin--626
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair, on Iraq--328
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair, and Ireland, Prime Minister 
        Ahern, on Northern Ireland--329

Letters and Messages

    See also Communications to Congress
    Armenian Remembrance Day, message--385
    Cinco de Mayo, message--434
    Easter, message--352
    Eid al-Adha, message--154
    Great American cleanup, message--571
    Juneteenth, message--661
    Lunar New Year, message--90
    National Foster Care Month, message--434
    National Youth Service Day participants, message--331
    Nowruz, message--283
    Passover, message--352
    Saint Patrick's Day, message--276

Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials

    See also Joint Statements
    Afghanistan, President Karzai--220
    Angola, President dos Santos--734
    Argentina, President Duhalde--731
    Australia
        Foreign Minister Downer--746
        Prime Minister Howard--151
    Azerbaijan, President Aliyev--737
    Bahrain, King Hamad--125
    Brazil, President Lula da Silva--661
    Bulgaria
        Foreign Minister Pasi--451
        Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha--737
    Cameroon, President Biya--744
    Canada, Prime Minister Chretien--732
    Chile, President Lagos--733
    China
        President Hu--743
        President Jiang--728
    Colombia, President Uribe--401
    Costa Rica, President Pacheco--748
    Czech Republic, President Havel--732
    Denmark, Prime Minister Rasmussen--734
    Djibouti, President Guelleh--729
    Dominican Republic, President Mejia Dominguez--756
    Ecuador, President Gutierrez Borbua--734
    Egypt, President Mubarak--587
    El Salvador, President Flores Perez--748
    Estonia
        Foreign Minister Ojuland--451
        Prime Minister Kallas--735
    European Union
        European Commission President Prodi--688
        European Council President Simitis--688
    France, President Chirac--585
    Greece, Prime Minister Simitis--737
    Guatemala, President Portillo Cabrera--748
    Holy See, papal envoy Cardinal Laghi--739
    Honduras, President Maduro--748
    Hungary, Prime Minister Medgyessy--737
    India
        Deputy Prime Minister Advani--760
        Prime Minister Vajpayee--732
    Indonesia, President Megawati--735
    Ireland, Prime Minister Ahern--262
    Israel, Prime Minister Sharon--590
    Italy, Prime Minister Berlusconi--107
    Japan, Prime Minister Koizumi--531
    Jordan, King Abdullah II--587
    Kuwait
        Amir Jabir--736
        Foreign Minister Sabah--736
    Latvia
        Foreign Minister Kalniete--451
        President Vike-Freiberga--735
    Lithuania, Foreign Minister Valionis--451
    Mauritius, Prime Minister Jugnauth--762
    Mexico, President Fox--732
    Netherlands, Prime Minister Balkenende--730
    Nicaragua, President Bolanos--748
    Nigeria, President Obasanjo--758
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary General Lord 
        Robertson--183
    Norway, Prime Minister Bondevik--756

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    Oman, Sultan Qaboos--740
    Pakistan, President Musharraf--681
    Palestinian Authority
        Finance Minister Fayyad--757
        Prime Minister Abbas--587
    Panama, President Moscoso--762
    Peru, President Toledo--739
    Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo--503
    Poland
        President Kwasniewski--48
        Prime Minister Miller--733
    Portugal, Prime Minister Durao Barroso--267
    Qatar
        Amir Hamad--449
        Foreign Minister Thani--740
    Romania
        Foreign Minister Geoana--451
        President Iliescu--736
    Russia
        Head of Administration Voloshin--736
        President Putin--579
    Rwanda, President Kagame--739
    Saudi Arabia
        Crown Prince Abdullah--587
        Foreign Minister Saud--731
        Prince Bandar--731
    Senegal, President Wade--758
    Singapore, Prime Minister Goh--442
    Slovakia
        Foreign Minister Kukan--451
        President Schuster--748
        Prime Minister Dzurinda--737
    Slovenia, Foreign Minister Rupel--451
    South Africa, President Mbeki--740
    South Korea, President Roh--489
    Spain
        King Juan Carlos I--743
        President Aznar--198
    Sweden, Prime Minister Persson--731
    Thailand
        Crown Prince Maha--760
        Prime Minister Thaksin--760
    Turkey
        AK Party Chairman Erdogan--740
        Foreign Minister Yakis--735
        Minister of State for the Economy Babacan--735
        President Sezer--753
        Prime Minister Erdogan--751
    Uganda, President Museveni--619
    United Arab Emirates, President Nuhayyan--741
    United Nations
        High Commissioner for Human Rights Vieira de Mello--739
        Secretary-General Annan--736
        World Food Program Executive Director Morris--738
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--114
    Uruguay, President Batlle--751

Resignations and Retirements

    Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator, statement--523

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings; Joint Statements; Resignations and 
        Retirements
    AIDS relief, emergency plan
        House of Representatives action--409
        Senate action--501
    Algeria, earthquake--528
    Amber Alert System legislation
        Congressional action--331
        House of Representatives action--307
    Appropriations legislation, 2003, congressional action--173
    Budget resolution
        Congressional action--300
        House of Representatives action--287
        Senate action--336
    Burma, detention of Aung San Suu Kyi--586
    Clear Skies Initiative, proposed legislation--223
    Colombia, terrorist attack--141
    Cook, Deborah L., confirmation as U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit 
        Judge--433
    Deaths
        Brinkley, David--632
        Doby, Larry--665
        Gaylord, Edward--392
        Hepburn, Katharine--713

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        Moynihan, Daniel Patrick--300
        Regan, Don--620
        Sisulu, Walter--453
        Stump, Bob--687
        Thurmond, Strom--708
        Young, Steve--45
    Donaldson, William H., Senate confirmation as Securities and 
        Exchange Commission Chairman--173
    Earth Day--358
    Emergency wartime supplemental appropriations legislation, 
        congressional action--320
    Energy legislation, House of Representatives action--336
    Estate tax legislation, House of Representatives action--654
    Estrada, Miguel A., nomination to be U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit 
            Judge
        Senate action--155
        Senate filibuster--243
    Faith-Based and Community Initiative, implementation legislation, 
        Senate action--128
    Federal judiciary, pay increase, proposed legislation--461
    Governors Island, return to the people of New York--117
    Greenhouse gas emissions, initiatives to reduce--161
    Health care legislation, House of Representatives action--263
    Healthy forests restoration legislation, House of Representatives 
        action--518
    Homeland security legislation, House of Representatives action--687
    Human cloning, legislation to prohibit, House of Representatives 
        action--224
    Hydrogen Powerplant Demonstration Project and Carbon Sequestration 
        Leadership Forum--224
    Indonesia-Free Aceh Movement, decision to resume discussions--496
    International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor collaboration, U.S. 
        participation--109
    Iraq, U.N. Security Council action to lift sanctions--529
    Israel
        Prime Minister Sharon, reelection--97
        Terrorist attack--25
    Jobs-and-growth tax relief legislation
        Congressional action--536
        House of Representatives action--461
        Proposed legislation--225
        Senate action--500
    Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003, congressional 
        action--696
    Low Income Home Energy Assistance funding, release--242
    Medicare reform legislation
        House of Representatives action--707
        Senate action--707
    Middle East, roadmap for peace--404
    Morocco, terrorist bombings in Casablanca--503
    Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions, Senate 
        ratification--256
    National Strategies To Secure Cyberspace and for the Physical 
        Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets--178
    National Strategy for Combating Terrorism--178
    National Wildlife Refuge System, centennial--265
    Owen, Priscilla R., nomination to be U.S. Court of Appeals Circuit 
        Judge, Senate filibuster--409
    Partial-birth abortion ban legislation
        House of Representatives action--605
        Senate action--263
    Ridge, Tom, Senate confirmation as Secretary of Homeland Security--
        79
    Serbia, assassination of Prime Minister Djindjic--260
    Snow, John, Senate confirmation as Secretary of the Treasury--109
    Social Security Trustees, report--276
    Sudan, peace process--357
    Supreme Court decision on affirmative action cases in Michigan--676
    Sutton, Jeffrey S., Senate confirmation as U.S. Court of Appeals 
        Circuit Judge--395
    Turkey
        Bingol Province, earthquake--425
        NATO defense--184
    Unemployment insurance extension, House of Representatives action--
        528
    United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture--
        701
    Volunteer service and national service legislation, congressional 
        action--661
    Welfare reform legislation, House of Representatives action--173