Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House Committee ordered reported the Derivatives Markets
Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2169-S2256
Measures Introduced: Fifteen bills and twelve resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 419-433, S.J. Res. 10, and S. Res. 38-48.
Pages S2229-30
Measures Reported:
S. Res. 39, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the
Judiciary.
S. Res. 41, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on the Budget.
S. Res. 42, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Environment
and Public Works.
S. Res. 43, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S. Res. 44, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Armed
Services.
S. Res. 45, authorizing expenditures by the Special Committee on
Aging.
S. Res. 46, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Rules and
Administration.
S. Res. 47, authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation.
S. 160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the
State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S2228-29
Measures Passed:
Commemorating President Abraham Lincoln: Senate agreed to S. Res. 38,
commemorating the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the
bicentennial of his birth.
Pages S2169-70
Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building: Senate passed S.
234, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2105 East Cook Street in Springfield, Illinois, as the
``Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building''.
Page S2254
Oregon Statehood Sesquicentennial: Senate agreed to S. Res. 48,
honoring the sesquicentennial of Oregon statehood.
Pages S2254-55
Appointments:
Senate National Security Working Group for the 111th Congress: The
Chair announced, on behalf of the Minority Leader, pursuant to the
provisions of S. Res. 105, (adopted April 13, 1989), as amended by S.
Res. 149, (adopted October 5, 1993), as amended by Public Law 105-275,
further amended by S. Res. 75, (adopted March 25, 1999), amended by S.
Res. 383, (adopted October 27, 2000), and amended by S. Res. 355,
(adopted November 13, 2002), and further amended by S. Res. 480,
(adopted November 20, 2004), the appointment of the following Senators
to serve as members of the Senate National Security Working Group for
the 111th Congress: Senators Cochran (Co-Chairman), Kyl (Administrative
Co-Chairman), McConnell (Co-Chairman), Lugar, Sessions, Voinovich, and
Corker.
Pages S2255-56
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Pages S2253-54, S2256
Messages From the House:
Page S2228
Measures Referred:
Page S2228
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S2230
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S2230
Additional Statements:
Pages S2230-52
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Pages S2252-53
Authorities for Committees To Meet:
Page S2253
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 8:12 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2009. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S2256.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine consumer protection in the financial regulatory
system, focusing on strengthening credit card protections, after
receiving testimony from Travis B. Plunkett, Consumer Federation of
America, Adam J. Levitin, Georgetown University Law Center, and Kenneth
J. Clayton, American Bankers Association, all of Washington, DC; James
C. Sturdevant, The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, California, on
behalf of The National Association of Consumer Advocates; Lawrence M.
Ausubel, University of Maryland, College Park; and Todd J. Zywicki,
George Mason University School of Law, Falls Church, Virginia.
BUDGET RESOLUTION/RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
Senate procedures for consideration of the budget resolution/
reconciliation, after receiving testimony from Senators Byrd and
Specter; William Hennif, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress; G. William Hoagland, former Staff Director, Senate Budget
Committee, Fairfax, Virginia; and Robert Dove, former Senate
Parliamentarian, Falls Church, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by
the Committee.
Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th
Congress.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine the nominations of Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to
be Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, who was introduced by
Senator Wyden, and John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of
the Office of Science and Technology Policy, both of the Department of
Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf.
LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program,
authorized under Title 17 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and how the
delivery of services to support the deployment of clean energy
technologies might be improved, after receiving testimony from David G.
Frantz, Director, Loan Guarantee Program, and Andy Karsner, former
Assistant Secretary for Efficiency and Renewable Energy, both of the
Department of Energy; Kevin Book, Friedman, Billings, Ramsey and Co.,
Inc., Arlington, Virginia; and James K. Asselstine, Barclays Capital,
New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the
Committee.
Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th
Congress and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Baucus
(Chair), Carper, Lautenberg, Cardin, Sanders, Klobuchar, Boxer (ex
officio), Voinovich, Vitter, Barrasso, Specter, and Inhofe (ex
officio).
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety: Senators Carper
(Chair), Baucus, Cardin, Sanders, Merkley, Boxer (ex officio), Vitter,
Voinovich, Bond, and Inhofe (ex officio).
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health: Senators
Lautenberg (Chair), Baucus, Klobuchar, Whitehouse, Gillibrand, Boxer
(ex officio), Specter, Crapo, Bond, and Inhofe (ex officio).
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife: Senators Cardin (Chair),
Lautenberg, Whitehouse, Udall (NM), Merkley, and Boxer (ex officio).
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy: Senators Sanders
(Chair), Carper, Gillibrand, Boxer (ex officio), Bond, Voinovich, and
Inhofe (ex officio).
Subcommittee on Children's Health: Senators Klobuchar (Chair), Udall
(NM), Merkley, Boxer (ex officio), Alexander, Specter, and Inhofe (ex
officio).
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Subcommittee on Oversight: Senators Whitehouse (Chair), Udall (NM),
Gillibrand, Boxer (ex officio), Barrasso, Vitter, and Inhofe (ex
officio).
DARFUR
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine United States relations with Darfur, after receiving testimony
from Timothy M. Carney, former United States Ambassador to Sudan, Roger
P. Winter, former Special Representative on Sudan, Michael Gerson,
Council on Foreign Relations, Jerry Fowler, Save Darfur Coalition, and
John Prendergast, The Enough Project, all of Washington, DC.
NATIONAL AND HOMELAND SECURITY AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine structuring national security and
homeland security at the White House, after receiving testimony from
Thomas J. Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security; Frances Fragos
Townsend, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to
President George W. Bush; Christine E. Wormuth, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, Washington, DC; and James R. Locher III,
Project on National Security Reform, Arlington, Virginia.
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing
to examine matters relating to Indian affairs, after receiving
testimony from Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators
Whitehouse (Chair), Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin, Kaufman,
Sessions, Grassley, Kyl, and Graham.
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights:
Senators Kohl (Chair), Schumer, Whitehouse, Wyden, Klobuchar, Kaufman,
Hatch, Specter, Grassley, and Cornyn.
Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Feingold (Chair),
Feinstein, Durbin, Cardin, Whitehouse, Kaufman, Coburn, Specter,
Graham, and Cornyn.
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs: Senators Durbin (Chair), Kohl,
Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin, Klobuchar, Kaufman, Graham,
Specter, Hatch, Grassley, Sessions, and Coburn.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 46 public bills, H.R. 1010-
1055; 2 private bills, H.R. 1056-1057; and 13 resolutions, H.J. Res.
22-24; H. Con. Res. 49-53; and H. Res. 163-167, were introduced.
Pages H1517-20
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H1520-21
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
Conference report on H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for
job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy
efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and
local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2009, and for other purposes (H. Rept. 111-16);
H. Res. 168, providing for consideration of the conference report to
accompany the bill (H.R. 1) making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for
other purposes (H. Rept. 111-17).
Pages H1307-H1516, H1517
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H1251
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Dr. Albert C.
Lynch, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Richmond, Virginia.
Page H1251
Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules: The House
agreed to H. Res. 157, providing for consideration of motions to
suspend the rules, by a yea-and-nay vote of 248 yeas to 174 nays, Roll
No. 63.
Pages H1254-60, H1261
Recess: The House recessed at 11:28 a.m. and reconvened at 1 p.m.
Page H1260
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Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and agree to the following measure which was debated on Wednesday,
February 11th:
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week: H. Res.
117, to support the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, by a
2/3 yea-and-nay vote of 422 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 64.
Pages H1261-62
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Resolution Supporting the
goals and ideals of National Engineers Week, and for other purposes.''.
Page H1262
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and agree to the following measures which were debated on Tuesday,
February 10th:
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary: H. Con. Res.
35, to honor and praise the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, by a 2/3 yea-
and-nay vote of 424 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 65 and
Pages H1262-63
Acknowledging the lifelong service of Griffin Boyette Bell to the
State of Georgia and the United States as a legal icon: H. Res. 71, to
acknowledge the lifelong service of Griffin Boyette Bell to the State
of Georgia and the United States as a legal icon.
Page H1273
Recess: The House recessed at 2:42 p.m. and reconvened at 4:01 p.m.
Page H1273
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed:
Congratulating the National Football League champion Pittsburgh
Steelers for winning Super Bowl XLIII and becoming the most successful
franchise in NFL history with their record 6th Super Bowl title: H.
Res. 110, to congratulate the National Football League champion
Pittsburgh Steelers for winning Super Bowl XLIII and becoming the most
successful franchise in NFL history with their record 6th Super Bowl
title;
Pages H1263-67
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Heart Month and National
Wear Red Day: H. Res. 112, to support the goals and ideals of American
Heart Month and National Wear Red Day;
Pages H1267-69
Commemorating the life and legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the
bicentennial of his birth: H. Res. 139, to commemorate the life and
legacy of President Abraham Lincoln on the bicentennial of his birth;
and
Pages H1269-72
Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 663,
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the ``Yvonne Ingram-
Ephraim Post Office Building''.
Pages H1272-73
Quorum Calls Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1261, H1261-62, and H1262-63.
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:02 a.m.
Committee Meetings
DERIVATIVES MARKETS TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2009
Committee on Agriculture: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 977,
Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009.
ARMY CONTRACTING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Army Contracting. Testimony was heard from LTG N. Ross Thompson, USA,
Military Deputy to Assistant Secretary of the Army, Acquisition,
Logistics and Technology, Department of the Army.
U.S. STRATEGY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Addressing U.S. Strategy
in Iraq and Afghanistan: Balancing Interests and Resources. Testimony
was heard from Janet St. Laurent, Managing Director, Defense
Capabilities and Management Team, GAO; GEN Jack Keane, USA (ret.),
former Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; and public witnesses.
COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMIST IDEOLOGIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on Strategies for Countering
Violent Extremist Ideologies. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
FIGHTING CHILD HUNGER
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Building a Foundation for
Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
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WORKER'S RIGHTS; COLOMBIAN VIOLENCE AGAINST LABOR
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Examining Workers'
Rights and Violence Against Labor Union Leaders in Colombia. Testimony
was heard from Jose Nirio Sanchez, former special court judge for
labor-homicide cases, Colombia; and public witnesses.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Higher Education,
Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness held a hearing on New Innovations
and Best Practices, Under the Workforce Investment Act. Testimony was
heard from Stephen Wooderson, Administrator, Vocal Rehabilitation
Services, State of Iowa; and public witnesses.
CLIMATE CHALLENGE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing on The Climate Challenge: National Security
Threats and Economic Opportunities. Testimony was heard from R. James
Woolsey, former Director, CIA; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Financial Services; Approved the Committee's Oversight
Plan for the 111th Congress.
U.S.-NORTH KOREA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and
the Global Environment held a hearing on Smart Power: Remaking U.S.
Foreign Policy in North Korea. Testimony was heard from Charles L.
Pritchard, former Ambassador and Special Envoy for Negotiations with
North Korea, Department of State; and public witnesses.
POSTWAR GAZA
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and South
Asia held a hearing on Gaza After the War: What Can Be Built on the
Wreckage? Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LIBEL TOURISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and
Administrative Law held a hearing on Libel Tourism. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
COAL ASH RECLAMATION, ENVIRONMENT, AND SAFETY ACT OF 2009
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 493, Coal Ash Reclamation,
Environment, and Safety Act of 2009. Testimony was heard from John R.
Craynon, Chief, Division of Regulatory Support, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; and
public witnesses.
TRAINING AND EQUIPPING AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National
Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Training and Equipping
Afghan Security Forces: Unaccounted Weapons and Strategic Challenges.
Testimony was heard from Charles Michael Johnson, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, GAO; Thomas Gimble, Principal Deputy
Inspector General, Department of Defense; and a public witness.
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 9 to 4, a rule
providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R.
1, the ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.'' The rule
provides 90 minutes of debate on the conference report.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the
conference report except those arising under clause 9 of rule XXI and
provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. The
rule waives all points of order against the conference report. Finally,
the rule provides on motion to recommit, if applicable. Testimony was
heard from Chairman Obey.
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and
Innovation held a hearing on an Overview of Transportation R&D:
Priorities for Reauthorization. Testimony was heard from David Wise,
Acting Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; Amadeo Saenz,
Director, Department of Transportation, State of Texas; Paul Brubaker,
former Administrator, Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES COMMITTEE'S OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:. Ordered reported the
following measures: H. R. 608, ``Smithsonian Institution Facilities
Authorization Act of 2009;'' H.R. 813, To designate the Federal
building and United States courthouse located at 306 East Main Street
in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the ``J. Herbert W. Small Federal
Building and United
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States Courthouse;'' H.R. 837, To designate the Federal building
located at 799 United Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the
``Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations
Building'', H.R. 842, To designate the United States Courthouse to be
constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 869, To designate the Federal building and
United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington,
Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed Federal Building and United States
Courthouse;'' H.R. 887, To designate the United States courthouse
located at 131 East 4th Street in Davenport, Iowa, as the ``James A.
Leach United States Courthouse;'' H. Con. Res. 37, authorizing the use
of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby; H.
Con. Res. 38, Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; and H. Con. Res.39,
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia
Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run.
The Committee also approved its Oversight Plan for the 111th
Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight met for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session
for organizational purposes.
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security: Senators
Schumer (Chair), Leahy, Feinstein, Durbin, Whitehouse, Wyden, Cornyn,
Grassley, Kyl, and Sessions.
Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Senators Cardin
(Chair), Kohl, Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, Wyden, Kaufman, Kyl, Hatch,
Sessions, Cornyn, and Coburn.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: On Wednesday, February 11, 2009,
Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution authorizing
expenditures by the Committee.
ANNUAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine the annual threat assessment of the intelligence community,
after receiving testimony from Dennis C. Blair, Director of National
Intelligence.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
Joint Meetings
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1, making supplemental
appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure
investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the
unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D 117)
S. 352, to postpone the DTV transition date. Signed on February 11,
2009. (Public Law 111-4)
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
No meetings/hearings scheduled.
House
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on
Hot-Spots, 9 a.m.; and executive, briefing on Counter Intelligence,
10 a.m., 304 HVC.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
10 a.m., Friday, February 13
Senate Chamber
Program for Friday: Senate will be in a period of morning business.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 a.m., Friday, February 13
House Chamber
Program for Friday: To be announced.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.
HOUSE
Arcuri, Michael A., N.Y., E256
Berry, Marion, Ark., E257
Bishop, Timothy H., N.Y., E253
Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E256
Cummings, Elijah E., Md., E249, E250
Davis, Geoff, Ky., E261
Davis, Lincoln, Tenn., E269
Edwards, Chet, Tex., E252
Etheridge, Bob, N.C., E264
Filner, Bob, Calif., E251, E254, E254
Frank, Barney, Mass., E257
Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E250, E251, E260
Granger, Kay, Tex., E264
Green, Gene, Tex., E257
Grijalva, Raul M., Ariz., E258
Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E261
Hirono, Mazie K., Hawaii, E265
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E253, E254, E258, E267
Hunter, Duncan, Calif., E255
Inslee, Jay, Wash., E249
Jackson-Lee, Sheila, Tex., E252, E254, E259, E263
Johnson, Timothy V., Ill., E254
Kennedy, Patrick J., R.I., E252
Kildee, Dale E., Mich., E266
Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E266
Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E253, E263
McCollum, Betty, Minn., E264
Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E250
Miller, George, Calif., E261
Murtha, John P., Pa., E257
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E266
Peters, Gary C., Mich., E265
Radanovich, George, Calif., E253, E262
Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E256
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E260
Ryan, Paul, Wisc., E251
Sanchez, Linda T., Calif., E250
Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E265, E269
Schauer, Mark H., Mich., E249
Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, E261
Souder, Mark E., Ind., E268
Space, Zachary T., Ohio, E254, E255, E256, E257, E259, E260, E261,
E262, E263
Tanner, John S., Tenn., E264
Welch, Peter, Vt., E265
Young, C.W. Bill, Fla., E249