Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House and Senate met in a Joint Session to receive a message from
the President of the United States.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2389-S2432
Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolution were introduced,
as follows: S. 457-467, and S. Res. 53.
Page S2423
Measures Reported:
Special Report entitled ``Further Revised Allocation to
Subcommittees''. (S. Rept. No. 111-4)
Page S2423
Measures Considered:
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act: Senate began
consideration of S. 160, to provide the District of Columbia a voting
seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of
Representatives, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to
consideration thereto.
Pages S2390-99
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 62 yeas to 34 nays (Vote No. 65), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to
consideration of the bill.
Pages S2397-98
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, February 25,
2009.
Page S2432
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from
the President of the United States:
Transmitting an address by the President delivered to a Joint Session
of Congress on February 24, 2009; which was ordered to lie on the
table. (PM-8)
Pages S2419-23
Cloture Motion--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached
providing that the previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke
cloture on the nomination of Hilda Solis, of California, to be
Secretary of Labor, be vitiated.
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 80 yeas 17 nays (Vote No. 66), Hilda L. Solis, of California, to
be Secretary of Labor.
Pages S2399-S2412
Messages from the House:
Page S2423
Measures Referred:
Page S2423
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2423-24
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2424-31
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Page S2431
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S2431
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S2432
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--66)
Pages S2397-98, S2620-21
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:18 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2009. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S2432.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Monday, February
23, 2009, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced the following
subcommittee assignments for the 111th Congress:
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Subcommittee on AirLand: Senators Lieberman (Chair), Bayh, Webb,
McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Thune, Inhofe, Sessions, Chambliss,
and Burr.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Reed
(Chair), Kennedy, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Bayh, Udall (CO),
Wicker, Graham, Martinez, Burr, and Collins.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chair), Kennedy,
Lieberman, Akaka, Webb, McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Graham,
Chambliss, Thune, Martinez, Wicker, Vitter, and Collins.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Bayh
(Chair), Byrd, Akaka, McCaskill, Udall (CO), Burris, Burr, Inhofe,
Chambliss, and Thune.
Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kennedy (Chair), Liebermann, Reed,
Akaka, Nelson (FL), Webb, Hagan, Martinez, Sessions, Wicker, Vitter,
and Collins.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chair), Byrd,
Reed, Nelson (NE), Udall (CO), Begich, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and
Vitter.
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the
Congress, after receiving testimony from Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee adopted its
rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SRI LANKA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East and South and
Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine recent
developments in Sri Lanka, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey J.
Lunstead, former United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Middlebury,
Vermont; Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.; and Robert
Dietz, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, New York.
NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine addressing underinsurance in national
health reform, after receiving testimony from Cathy Schoen, The
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York; Gail Shearer, Consumers Union,
and Diane Rowland, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute,
Alexandria, Virginia.
MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the
Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger, focusing on consumers and the concert
business, after receiving testimony from Irving Azoff, Ticketmaster
Entertainment, Inc., West Hollywood, California; Michael Rapino, Live
Nation, Beverly Hills, California; Jerry Mickelson, Jam Productions,
Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; and David A. Balto, Center for American
Progress Action Fund, and Seth Hurwitz, 9:30 Club/I.M.P., both of
Washington, D.C.
DISABLED VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, after
receiving testimony from Raymond E. Dempsey, Disabled American
Veterans, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee adopted its rules of
procedure for the 111th Congress.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 23 public bills, H.R.1142-
1164; and 5 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 58-59; and H. Res. 185-187 were
introduced.
Pages H2631-32
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H2632
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H.R. 200, to amend title 11 of the United States Code with respect to
modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, with an
amendment (H. Rept. 111-19) and
H. Res. 184, providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1105)
making omnibus appropriations for
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the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009 (H. Rept. 111-20).
Page H2631
Recess: The House recessed at 11:03 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
Page H2608
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a
yea-and-nay vote of 242 yeas and 163 nays, Roll No. 75.
Pages H2609, H2620-21
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Honoring the life, achievements, and contributions of Paul Newman: H.
Res. 18, to honor the life, achievements, and contributions of Paul
Newman;
Pages H2612-15
Recognizing the significance of Black History Month: H. Res. 83, to
recognize the significance of Black History Month, by a \2/3\ yea-and-
nay vote of 420 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 78; and
Pages H2615-19, H2623-24
Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr. Post Office Building Designation Act: 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'', by a \2/3\ yea-
and-nay vote of 417 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 79.
Pages H2619-20, H2624
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measures which were debated on Monday, February
23rd:
Captive Primate Safety Act: H.R. 80, to amend the Lacey Act
Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife
species under that Act and to make corrections in the provisions
relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, by a \2/3\
recorded vote of 323 ayes to 95 noes, Roll No. 76 and
Pages H2606-07, H2622
South Orange County Recycled Water Enhancement Act: H.R. 637, to
authorize the Secretary, in cooperation with the City of San Juan
Capistrano, California, to participate in the design, planning, and
construction of an advanced water treatment plant facility and recycled
water system, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 402 yeas to 16 nays, Roll
No. 77.
Pages H2622-23
Recess: The House recessed at 2:33 p.m. and reconvened at 4:45 p.m.
Page H2624
Recess: The House recessed at 4:46 p.m. and reconvened at 8:40 p.m.
Page H2625
President Obama's Address to the Joint Session of Congress: President
Barack H. Obama delivered a message to a joint session of Congress. He
was escorted into the House Chamber by a committee comprised of
Representatives Hoyer, Clyburn, Larson (CT), Becerra, Van Hollen,
George Miller (CA), DeLauro, Schakowsky, Boehner, Cantor, Pence,
McCotter, McMorris Rodgers, Carter, Sessions, and McCarthy (CA) and
Senators Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Murray, Menendez, Dorgan, Stabenow,
Leahy, McConnell, Kyl, Alexander, Thune, Ensign, and Cornyn. The
President's message was referred to the Committee of the Whole House on
the State of the Union and ordered printed (H. Doc. 111-1).
Pages H2625-29
Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Solis (CA),
wherein she resigned as Representative for the 32nd Congressional
District of California, effective Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Pages H2629-30
Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in
light of the resignation of the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Solis,
the whole number of the House is adjusted to 432.
Page H2630
Quorum Calls Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2620-21,
H2622, H2622-23, H2623-24 and H2624. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:20 p.m.
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Corps of Engineers
Oversight. Testimony was heard from LTG Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA,
Commanding General, Army Corps of Engineers and Chief of Engineers.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and
Related Agencies held a hearing on Possible Move of Forest Service to
the Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Robin Nazzaro,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Mike Dombeck, former
Chief, Forest Service, USDA, and Acting Director, Bureau of Land
Management, Department of the Interior; Leah MacSwords, Forester, State
of Kentucky; and public witnesses.
MILITARY LANDS ACQUISITION/DISPOSAL
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a
hearing on Acquisition and Disposal of Military
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Lands: Department of Defense's Real Property Management Challenges
in the 21st Century. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Wayne Arny, Deputy Under
Secretary, Installations and Environment; Keith Eastin, Assistant
Secretary of the Army, Installations and Environment; and B. J.
Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and
Environment; and Kevin W. Billings, Acting Assistant Secretary, Air
Force, Installations, Environment and Logistics.
WORKER RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Strengthening
Worker Retirement Security. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications,
Technology, and the Internet held a hearing on Reauthorization of the
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
CLIMATE LEGISLATION--ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing on Energy Efficiency: Complementary Policies
for Climate Legislation. Testimony was heard from Philip Giudice,
Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources, State of Massachusetts;
and public witnesses.
MORTGAGE MODIFICATIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community
held a hearing entitled ``Loan Modifications: Are Mortgage Servicers
Assisting Borrowers with Unaffordable Mortgages.'' Testimony was heard
from Vance Morris, Director, Single Family Asset Management, Department
of Housing and Urban Development; Grovetta Gardineer, Managing
Director, Corporation and International Activities, Office of Thrift
Supervision; and Joseph H. Evers, Deputy Comptroller, Large Bank
Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, both with the
Department of the Treasury; and Patrick J. Lawler, Chief Economist,
Federal Housing Finance Agency; and public witnesses.
TARP OVERSIGHT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``A Review of TARP Oversight,
Accountability and Transparency for U.S. Taxpayers.'' Testimony was
heard from Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General, Office of the
Special Inspector General, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Department of
the Treasury; Gene L. Dadaro, Acting Comptroller General, GAO; and
Elizabeth Warren, Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
Committee on Natural Resources: Continued oversight hearings entitled
``Offshore Drilling: State Perspectives. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Farr and Rohrabacher; Frank W. Wagner, State Senator,
Virginia; Mike Chrisman, Secretary, Natural Resources Agency,
California; Robert G. Marvinney, Geologist and Director, Geological
Survey, State of Maine; Garrett Graves, Director, Office of Coastal
Activities, Governor's Office, State of Louisiana; and a public
witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by a non-record vote, a rule
providing for consideration of H.R. 1105, the ``Omnibus Appropriations
Act, 2009''. The rule provides one hour of general debate in the House
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Appropriations.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule
provides the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules
shall be considered as adopted and that the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the
bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or
without instructions. Finally, the resolution lays on the table House
Resolution 158. Testimony was heard from Chairman Obey, Representatives
Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Smith of New Jersey, Castle, Pence,
Dent, Schmidt, Lance and Paulsen.
MONITORING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing on How Do We Know What We Are Emitting?
Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Testimony
was heard from John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and
Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 ACCIDENT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on
Aviation held a hearing on U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Accident. Testimony
was heard from Robert L. Sumwalt, III, member, National Transportation
Safety Board; Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator, Aviation
Safety; and Patrick F. Harten, Air Traffic Control Specialist, New York
Terminal Radar Approach Control, both with the
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FAA, Department of Transportation; the following members of the crew of
Airways Flight 1549: CAPT Chesley B. Sullenberger, III; First Officer
Jeffrey B. Skiles; Sheila Dail; Donna Dent and Doreen Welsh, all Flight
Attendants; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
met for organizational purposes.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold
hearings to examine the nominations of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to
be Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings on
Afghanistan and Pakistan, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to
examine an update on the latest global warming science, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine scoring health
care reform, focusing on Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) budget
options, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine ensuring
television carriage in the digital age, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of
David S. Kris, of Maryland, and Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana,
both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 2
p.m., SD-226.
Special Committee on Aging: business meeting to consider
committee's rules of procedure for the 111th Congress; to be
followed by a hearing to examine securing retirement in a volatile
economy, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign
Operations, and Related Programs, hearing on Building a 21st Century
Workforce, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces
and the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, joint
hearing on U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) airlift,
sealift, and surface lift programs, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on beneficiary and
advocacy overview, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the future of missile
defense testing, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Renewing America
through National Service and Volunteerism, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, hearing on monetary policy and
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on From Competition to
Collaboration: Strengthening the U.S.-Russia Relationship, 10 a.m.,
2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``DHS: The Path
Forward,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on House Administration, to continue hearings on
Committee Funding for the 111th Congress, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Copyright Licensing in a
Digital Age: Competition, Compensation and the Need to Update the
Cable and Satellite TV Licenses, 10 a.m; and to mark up the
following bills: H.R. 157, District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of
2009; H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number
Enforcement Act of 2009; H.R. 628, To establish a pilot program in
certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of
expertise in patent cases among district judges; and H.R. 1107, To
enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United
States Code, ``Public Contracts,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, to continue oversight hearings
entitled ``Offshore Drilling: Industrial Perspectives,'' 10 a.m.,
1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, to hold a
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 860, Coral Reef Conservation
Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; and H.R.
934, To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same
benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and
American Samoa in their submerged lands, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save
Their Homes Act of 2009, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Impacts of U.S.
Export Control Policies on Science and Technology and
Competitiveness, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Drop in Retirement
Savings: The Challenges Small Businesses Face Funding and
Maintaining Retirement Plans in a Struggling Economy,'' 1 p.m., 2360
Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management,
hearing on Post-Katrina Disaster Response and Recovery: Evaluating
FEMA's Continuing Efforts in the Gulf Coast and Response to Recent
Disasters, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on climate
change, with emphasis on Scientific Objectives for Climate Change
legislation, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on
World Wide Threats, 9 a.m., 304 HVC.
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Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
hearing entitled ``Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can
Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions,'' 9:30 a.m., 2247
Rayburn.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 25
Senate Chamber
Program for Wednesday: Senate will continue consideration of S. 160,
District Of Columbia House Voting Rights Act.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Wednesday, February 25
House Chamber
Program for Wednesday: Consideration of H.R. 1105--Omnibus
Appropriations Act.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Baca, Joe, Calif., E309
Bachmann, Michele, Minn., E309, E312
Barton, Joe, Tex., E334
Blackburn, Marsha, Tenn., E311, E313, E317, E337
Bonner, Jo, Ala., E331
Boustany, Charles W., Jr., La., E323
Brady, Kevin, Tex., E339
Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E313
Capps, Lois, Calif., E331
Castor, Kathy, Fla., E312
Conaway, Michael K., Tex., E324
Ehlers, Vernon J., Mich., E335
Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E342
Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., American Samoa, E342
Giffords, Gabrielle, Ariz., E324
Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E330
Granger, Kay, Tex., E309
Graves, Sam, Mo., E311, E313, E313, E314, E315, E317
Himes, James A., Conn., E311
Kingston, Jack, Ga., E327
Lungren, Daniel E., Calif., E338
Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E312, E336, E338, E342
Miller, Candice S., Mich., E326
Miller, Jeff, Fla., E330
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E340
Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E315
Poe, Ted, Tex., E317, E318, E319
Putnam, Adam H., Fla., E314
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E311, E313, E337
Ross, Mike, Ark., E317
Schauer, Mark H., Mich., E321, E323
Schwartz, Allyson Y., Pa., E321
Shimkus, John, Ill., E341
Shuster, Bill, Pa., E328, E335
Smith, Lamar, Tex., E319
Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E313, E330, E337
Souder, Mark E., Ind., E321
Thompson, Mike, Calif., E318
Wolf, Frank R., Va., E318
Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E324
Yarmuth, John A., Ky., E318