MARKEY, EDWARD J. (a Representative from Massachusetts)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2339 [9MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 4, Securing America's Future Energy (SAFE) Act, H3472 [12JN]
Articles and editorials
Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses Into Sea, Eric Pianin, Washington (DC) Post, E580
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H3514 [12JN]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H1154 [9AP]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H105 [29JA]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3775 [20JN]
Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H1091 [20MR]
Children and youth: access of disadvantaged children to dental services (see H.R. 3659), H1284 [11AP]
———enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6059 [4SE]
———provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H655 [4MR]
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (see H.R. 3833), H655 [4MR]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H4767 [16JY]
———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 1111), H3292 [6JN]
Corporations: review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal subsidies (see H.R. 4630), H2018 [1MY]
Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H103 [29JA]
———make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H6172 [10SE]
———prosecute persons who alter or destroy evidence in certain investigations or who defraud investors, prohibit certain debts from being discharged in bankruptcy, and protect whistleblowers from retaliation (see H.R. 4098), H1770 [30AP]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H3037 [23MY]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H3668 [18JN]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H6983 [2OC]
Dept. of HHS: support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H2608 [16MY]
Dept. of the Interior: implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H1769 [30AP]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H6420 [19SE]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H3928 [25JN]
———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H3514 [12JN]
———repeal the tuition-sensitivity trigger in the Pell Grant program and expand qualifying expenses and income eligibility for the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits (see H.R. 2482), H6060 [4SE]
———reserve funds to provide special training, technical assistance, and professional development to eligible entities implementing Even Start programs, and to staff such programs (see H.R. 5036), H6061 [4SE]
Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative: reform (see H.R. 1642), H6419 [19SE]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
Europe: recognize importance of a trans-Atlantic relationship and reaffirm the need for a continued and meaningful dialogue between the U.S. and Europe (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
FCC: eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (see H.R. 4560), H1618 [24AP]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over certain wetlands (see H.R. 5194), H8041 [24OC]
FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 3800), H633 [27FE]
Financial Accounting Standards Board: improve the setting of accounting standards (see H.R. 3970), H931 [14MR]
Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 4034), H1088 [20MR]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]
Gilman, Representative: tribute for efforts to promote a strong trans-Atlantic dialogue (see H. Res. 555), H6927 [1OC]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see H.R. 5412), H6417 [19SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3454 [11JN]
Health care professionals: provide programs to improve nurse retention, the nursing workplace, and the quality of care (see H.R. 4654), H3860 [24JN]
Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see H.R. 5146), H6229 [11SE]
Housing: extend registration and reporting requirements of the Federal securities laws to certain housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises (see H.R. 4071), H1089 [20MR]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute for commitment to the improvement of working conditions for children, women, and farm worker families (see H. Con. Res. 177), H7929 [15OC]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H6778 [26SE]
Immigration: cancellation of removal for certain aliens (see H.R. 1452), H6060 [4SE]
———change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4575), H3230 [5JN]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: develop and implement strategies to reduce the number of emotionally disturbed children that require special education services (see H.R. 5352), H6129 [9SE]
Insurance: coverage of colorectal cancer screening (see H.R. 1520), H284 [12FE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H284 [12FE]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H3161 [4JN]
Israel: condemn attempts to boycott Israeli scientific institutions and scholars (see H. Res. 499), H6061 [4SE]
———express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Joseph D. Early Post Office Building, Worcester, MA: designate (see H.R. 5333), H6059 [4SE]
King, Martin Luther, Jr. and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2723), H36 [23JA]
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: treatment of refugees detained in the People's Republic of China and returned to face torture, imprisonment, and execution (see H. Con. Res. 213), H2472 [14MY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H1338 [16AP]
———exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H6256 [13SE]
Lobbyists: require certain coalitions and associations to disclose lobbying activities (see H.R. 5526, 5527), H6982 [2OC]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H3291 [6JN]
Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Society, Inc.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H6420 [19SE]
Massachusetts: tribute to Air National Guard 102d Fighter Wing for efforts relative to national security in the aftermath of terrorist attacks (see H.J. Res. 94), H2944 [22MY]
Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H2355 [9MY]
———improve quality of care furnished in nursing homes (see H.R. 2677), H3161 [4JN]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H2945 [22MY]
Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 3363), H562 [26FE]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 3710), H2471 [14MY]
———increase reimbursement for screening mammography services and funding for additional radiology residents and radiologic technologists (see H.R. 1354), H833 [12MR]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H201 [6FE]
———pay ambulance suppliers the full costs of providing such services (see H.R. 3109), H3161 [4JN]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H142 [5FE]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H8733 [13NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: require certain staffing in nursing facilities (see H.R. 4715), H2470 [14MY]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1156 [9AP]
Meucci, Antonio: tribute (see H. Res. 269), H2357 [9MY]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 4748), H2606 [16MY]
Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H7172 [7OC]
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H3454 [11JN]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H5998 [26JY]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H4872 [17JY]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H634 [27FE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Jimmy Carter for peace (see H. Res. 588), H7929 [15OC]
Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]
OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H833 [12MR]
Pentagon Renovation Program: tribute to efforts in reconstructing the portion of the Pentagon destroyed in terrorist attack (see H. Res. 368), H907 [13MR]
Power resources: prohibit unethical acts, increase penalties for certain illegal acts, provide for audit trails and transparency in electric and natural gas markets, and expand FERC authority to order refunds of certain rates (see H.R. 5614), H7893 [10OC]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to pharmacy health professions programs (see H.R. 2173), H1155 [9AP]
Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H7304 [8OC]
Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4210), H3161 [4JN]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H1155 [9AP]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H5087 [22JY]
Sewage disposal: sewer overflow control grants appropriations (see H.R. 5183), H5194 [23JY]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———protect trust funds by ensuring the Government repays its debts to the trust funds (see H.R. 5252), H7303 [8OC]
———reject proposals to partially or completely substitute private saving accounts for benefits provided through Social Security (see H.R. 4780), H4326 [27JN]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H634 [27FE]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H1620 [24AP]
Taxation: apply the harbor maintenance tax to certain ports that import cargo exceeding a certain amount per year (see H.R. 4835), H3036 [23MY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H737 [6MR]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H3824 [21JN]
———promote, protect, and clarify status of professional employer organizations (see H.R. 2807), H3161 [4JN]
Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H8733 [13NO]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———protect the public against the threat of chemical attacks (see H.R. 5300), H6230 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
Treaties and agreements: continue applicability of the requirements of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty to the U.S. (see H.R. 4920), H3669 [18JN]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H6251 [12SE]
Water: establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H8733 [13NO]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H8035 [21OC]
Whistleblowing: protect employees that report threats or negligence by allowing them to bring civil action in Federal courts to acquire compensatory or punitive damages (see H.R. 3806), H633 [27FE]
Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]
World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1724), H8732 [13NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4607), H1673 [25AP]
Crime: restore aiding and abetting liability under Federal securities laws (see H.R. 5625), H7893 [10OC]
FCC: allocate spectrum for the enhancement of wireless services and invest wireless spectrum auction proceeds for military and educational digital era preparedness (see H.R. 4641), H2099 [2MY]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 481), H6559 [24SE] (see H. Con. Res. 509), H7894 [10OC]
NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see H.R. 4606), H1673 [25AP]
Nuclear weapons: encourage end to the threat of nuclear destruction (see H.J. Res. 97), H3453 [11JN]
Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (see H.R. 4513), H1482 [18AP]
———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (see H.R. 5646), H8021 [16OC]
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act: withdraw certain benefits from auditors that perform non-audit functions (see H.R. 3617), H36 [23JA]
Tariff: high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 4197), H1282 [11AP]
———high-performance loudspeakers manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 4198), H1282 [11AP]
Task Force on Sealed Source Protection: establish to evaluate and make recommendations on security of sealed sources of radioactive materials (see H.R. 5023), H4068 [26JN]
Williams, Ted: tribute (see H. Res. 482), H4574 [12JY]
Motions
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H602 [27FE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H3463 [12JN]
Poems
``Santa Filomena,'' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, E1826
Remarks
Antarctic regions: collapse of the ``Larsen B'' ice sheet, E580
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7764, H7780
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1058, H1059 [20MR]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4691 [16JY]
———protect corporate whistleblowers, enhance criminal penalties, extend statute of limitations, and require retention of audit review documents, H4846 [17JY]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1587 [24AP]
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, E1452
———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4846 [17JY]
Climate: global warming, E580
Computers: establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), H2672, H2674, H2675 [21MY]
———establish Internet domain for children that will promote positive experiences, provide safe online environment, and prevent exposure to harmful material (H.R. 3833), Senate amendment, H8998
Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H880 [13MR]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (H.R. 4607), E646
Crime: restore aiding and abetting liability under Federal securities laws (H.R. 5625), E1831
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2339, H2341 [9MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), consideration (H. Res. 415), H2263 [9MY]
———exemption from certain environmental regulations, H2263 [9MY]
Dept. of Energy: prohibit research and development of nuclear earth penetrator weapons, H2339, H2341 [9MY]
Distrigas of Massachusetts Corp.: security at liquid natural gas facility, H5287
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H1444 [18AP]
FCC: allocate spectrum for the enhancement of wireless services and invest wireless spectrum auction proceeds for military and educational digital era preparedness (H.R. 4641), E696
———eliminate deadlines for spectrum auctions of spectrum previously allocated to television broadcasting (H.R. 4560), H2131 [7MY]
Hazardous substances: approve Yucca Mountain, NV, as nuclear waste disposal site (H.J. Res. 87), H2184, H2188, H2194, H2199, H2200 [8MY]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6726, H6727 [26SE]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H578, H579, H587 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), consideration (H. Res. 350), H571 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), motion to recommit, H603, H604 [27FE]
———deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), unanimous-consent request, H601, H602 [27FE]
———protect competition in Internet and high speed data services by preserving certain FCC and State regulations affecting competitive local exchange carriers, H571, H579, H601, H603, H604 [27FE]
Insurance: ensure jury awards exceeding certain limits are used to reduce medical liability premiums for physicians, H6726, H6727 [26SE]
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT): extend deadline for initial public offering (S. 2810), H6142 [10SE]
Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (H. Res. 392), consideration (H. Res. 404), H2070
Judicial Conference of the U.S.: require report on class action settlements in Federal courts be submitted to Congress, H880 [13MR]
Medicare: establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (H.R. 4954), H4282 [27JN]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: establish (H. Con. Res. 481), E1653
Nuclear energy: transportation of spent nuclear fuel, H2194 [8MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H603 [27FE]
Pipelines: improve safey (H.R. 3609), H5287
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), motion to instruct conferees, H3463, H3470 [12JN]
Privacy: protect individuals from certain acts and practices in the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers (H.R. 4513), E585
———restore certain standards to protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information (H.R. 5646), E1926
Regis College: anniversary, E119
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1058, H1059 [20MR], H1444 [18AP], H3463, H3470 [12JN]
Taxation: exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1444 [18AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Con. Res. 464), H6201
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2848 [22MY]
Williams, Ted: tribute (H. Res. 482), H4593 [15JY]
Statements
Tribute to Senator Kennedy: by, S1152 [26FE]
Tributes
Colannino, Roy, E340