Thursday, February 26, 2009
[[Page D179]]
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
Senate passed S. 160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights
Act.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2507-S2575
Measures Introduced: Seventeen bills and two resolutions were
introduced, as follows: S. 485-501, and S. Res. 57-58.
Page S2558
Measures Passed:
District Of Columbia House Voting Rights Act: By 61 yeas to 37 nays
(Vote No. 73), Senate passed 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 committee amendment in
the nature of a substitute, as amended, and taking action on the
following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S2507-42
(A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the bill,
having achieved 60 affirmatives votes, pass).
Page S2538
Adopted:
By 57 yeas to 41 nays (Vote No. 70), Durbin Amendment No. 591, to
encourage and promote diversity in communication media ownership, and
to ensure that the public airwaves are used in the public interest.
Pages S2517-20, S2522-24
By 87 yeas to 11 nays (Vote No. 71), DeMint Amendment No. 573, to
prevent the Federal Communications Commission from repromulgating the
fairness doctrine.
Pages S2524-25
By 62 yeas to 36 nays (Vote No. 72), Ensign Amendment No. 575, to
restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Pages S2507, S2513-16, S2526-38
Rejected:
By 30 yeas to 67 nays (Vote No. 69), Kyl Amendment No. 585, to
provide for the retrocession of the District of Columbia to the State
of Maryland.
Pages S2508-12
Withdrawn:
Thune Amendment No. 579, to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United
States Code, to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from
the State or the District of Columbia in which they reside to carry
concealed firearms in another State or the District of Columbia that
grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the
laws of the State or the District of Columbia.
Pages S2508, S2516-17, S2525-26
Ensign Amendment No. 587, to reauthorize the DC School Choice
Incentive Act of 2003 for fiscal year 2010.
Pages S2512-13, S2520-22
Coburn Amendment No. 576 (to Amendment No. 575), of a perfecting
nature.
Page S2507
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the
previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 160,
District Of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, be withdrawn.
Page S2525
Stanley J. Roszkowski United States Courthouse: Committee on
Environment and Public Works was discharged from further consideration
of S. 387, to designate the United States courthouse located at 211
South Court Street, Rockford, Illinois, as the ``Stanley J. Roszkowski
United States Courthouse'', and the bill was then passed.
Pages S2574-75
Appointments:
Congressional Advisers on Trade Policy and Negotiations Relating to
Trade Agreements: The Chair, in accordance with Public Law 93-618, as
amended by Public Law 100-418, on behalf of the President pro tempore
and upon the recommendation of the Chairman of the Committee on
Finance, appointed the following Members of the Finance Committee as
congressional advisers on trade policy and negotiations to
International conferences, meetings and negotiation sessions relating
to trade agreements: Senators Baucus, Rockefeller, Conrad, Grassley,
and Hatch.
Page S2575
[[Page D180]]
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from
the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States
Government for Fiscal Year 2009; referred jointly, pursuant to the
order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986;
which was referred to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations.
(PM-9)
Pages S2556-58
Messages from the House:
Page S2558
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S2507, S2558
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S2558
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S2558
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S2558-59
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2559-73
Amendments Submitted:
Page S2574
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S2574
Record Votes: Five record votes were taken today. (Total--73)
Pages S2512, S2524-25, S2538
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 5:11 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, February 27, 2009. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S2575.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
strategic options for the way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, after
receiving testimony from Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.),
Director, National Defense University Near East South Asia Center for
Strategic Studies, Washington, D.C.; James Dobbins, RAND Corporation
International Security and Defense Policy Center, Arlington, Virginia;
and Marin J. Strmecki, Smith Richardson Foundation, Westport,
Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee adopted its rules of procedure
for the 111th Congress.
HOMEOWNER AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY PLAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and
Stability Plan, after receiving testimony from Shaun Donovan, Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CREDIT CRISIS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine consumer protection and the credit crisis, after
receiving testimony from Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner, Federal
Trade Commission; Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, and
Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; Prentiss Cox, University of Minnesota Law School,
Minneapolis; and Nancy Dix, Ansted, West Virginia.
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
to examine recommendations for reducing energy consumption in buildings
through improved implementation of authorized Department of Energy
(DOE) programs and through other innovative federal energy efficiency
policies and programs, after receiving testimony from Arun Majumdar,
Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Philip Giudice,
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, Boston;
Edward Mazria, 2030, Inc./Architecture 2030, Santa Fe, New Mexico;
Jennifer Amann, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy,
Washington, D.C.; Ward Hubbell, Green Building Initiative, Portland,
Oregon; and Charles Zimmerman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville,
Arkansas.
ENGAGING WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine engaging with Muslim communities around the world, after
receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of
State; Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.), former Commander of
United States Central Command, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dahlia
Mogahed, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Washington, D.C.; Eboo
Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, Illinois; and Jim Sciutto,
London, United Kingdom.
PROTECTING ANIMAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine protecting public
and animal health, focusing on
[[Page D181]]
homeland security and the federal veterinarian workforce, after
receiving testimony from Lisa Shames, Director, Natural Resources and
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Nancy H. Kichak,
Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of
Personnel Management; Gerald W. Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services for Preparedness and Response; Jill M. Crumpacker, Director,
Office of Human Capital Management, Departmental Administration,
Department of Agriculture; Thomas J. McGinn, Chief Veterinarian, Office
of Health Affairs, Department of Homeland Security; and W. Ron DeHaven,
American Veterinary Medical Association, Michael Gilsdorf, National
Association of Federal Veterinarians, and Marguerite Pappaioanou,
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, all of Washington,
D.C.
INTEGRATIVE CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine integrative care, focusing on a pathway
to a healthier nation, after receiving testimony from Mehmet C. Oz,
Columbia University, New York, New York; Mark Hyman, Ultra Wellness
Center, Lenox, Massachusetts; Dean Ornish, Preventive Medicine Research
Institute, Sausalito, California; and Andrew Weil, Arizona Center for
Integrative Medicine, Vail.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee adopted
its rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.
YOUTH SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing
to examine youth suicide in Indian country, after receiving testimony
from Senator Reid; Robert G. McSwain, Director, Indian Health Service,
and Eric B. Broderick, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and
Human Services; Robert Moore, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota,
Rosebud, on behalf of the Greats Plains Tribal Chairman's Association
and the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board; R. Dale Walker,
Oregon Health and Science University One Sky Center American Indian/
Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services, Portland; Hayes A. Lewis, Center for Lifelong
Education at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New
Mexico; Teresa LaFromboise, Stanford University School of Education,
Stanford, California; and Dana Lee Jetty, Fort Totten, North Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorable reported the
nomination of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney
General, of the Department of Justice.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th
Congress.
VETERANS IN RURAL AREAS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine caring for veterans in rural areas, after receiving testimony
from Kara Hawthorne, Director, Office of Rural Health, and Adam
Darkins, Chief Consultant, Care Coordination, Office of Patient Care
Services, both of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of
Veterans Affairs; Ricardo C. Flippin, CARE-NET: Caring Beyond the
Yellow Ribbon, Charleston, West Virginia; Alan Watson, Saint Mary's
Medical Center of Campbell County, Lafollette, Tennessee; Thomas
Loftus, American Legion Post #45, Clarksville, Virginia; and Matthew
Kuntz, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Helena, Montana.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 public bills, H.R. 1205-
1240; and 13 resolutions, H.J. Res. 25; H. Con. Res. 64-68; and H. Res.
194-200 were introduced.
Pages H2872-75
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H2875
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Salazar to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
Page H2837
[[Page D182]]
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Reverend
Michael E. Askew, Sr., Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee,
Florida.
Page H2837
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009: The House began
consideration of H.R. 1106, to prevent mortgage foreclosures and
enhance mortgage credit availability. Further proceedings were
postponed.
Pages H2839-62
H. Res. 190, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was
agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 198 nays, Roll No. 89,
after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of
238 yeas to 183 nays, Roll No. 88.
Pages H2846-48
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and agree to the
following measure which was debated on Wednesday, February 25th:
Expressing condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of
the victims of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407: H. Res.
183, to express condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of
the victims of the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407, by a
\2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 399 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No.
90.
Page H2862
Providing for a recess of the House for a joint meeting to receive the
Right Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Agreed by unanimous consent that it
may be in order at any time on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, for the
Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of the chair, for the
purpose of receiving in joint meeting the Right Honorable Gordon Brown,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
Page H2862
Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to
meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2nd for morning hour debate.
Page H2862
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he
transmitted to Congress a report entitled A New Era of Responsibility--
referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H.
Doc. 111-19).
Pages H2864-65
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page
H2837.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 8 was held at the desk.
Page H2837
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2846, H2847-48 and H2862.
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 2:49 p.m.
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Outsourcing. Testimony was heard from Gordon S. Heddell, Acting
Inspector General, Department of Defense.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a
hearing on Disaster Response: Is FEMA up to the Challenge? Testimony
was heard from Dave Garrett, Acting Administrator, FEMA, Department of
Homeland Security; and Edward Tonini, Adjutant General, State of
Kentucky.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT INNOVATIONS
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 Cheryl Keenan, Director, Division of Adult Literacy,
Department of Education, District of Columbia; George Scott, Director,
Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues, GAO; Scandi Vita,,
Acting Secretary, Department of Labor and Industry, State of
Pennsylvania; and public witnesses.
TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Revisiting the Toxic Substances
Control Act of 1976. Testimony was heard from John Stephenson,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; former Representative
Calvin M. Dooley of California; J. Clarence Davies, former Assistant
Administrator for Policy, EPA; and public witnesses.
CLIMATE LEGISLATION--RENEWABLE ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing on Renewable Energy: Complimentary Policies
for Climate Legislation. Testimony was heard from Howard K.
Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator, Energy Information Administration,
Department of Energy; Ron Binz, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission,
Colorado; Stan Wise, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission,
Georgia; and public witnesses.
[[Page D183]]
MONETARY POLICY/STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Concluded hearings on monetary policy
and the state of the economy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS AFTER MUMBAI
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Middle East and South
Asia held a hearing on Building a Strategic Partnership: U.S.-India
Relations in the Wake of Mumbai. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
TICKETMASTER/LIVE NATIONAL MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Competition
Policy held a hearing on Competition in the Ticketing and Promotion
Industry. Testimony was heard from Representative Pascrell; and public
witnesses.
HARDROCK MINING AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 2009
Committee on National Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 699, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation
Act of 2009. Testimony was heard from Representative Heller; Robin M.
Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and public
witnesses.
NEW FEDERAL CONTRACTS--HOW CONVICTS AND CON ARTISTS RECEIVE THEM
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on How
Convicts and Con Artists Receive New Federal Contracts. Testimony was
heard from Gregory Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special
Investigations, GAO; the following officials of the GSA: James
Williams, Commissioner, Federal Acquisition Service; and David Drabkin,
Acting Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement Executive; BG
Edward Harrington, USA (ret.), Deputy Assistant Secretary, Procurement,
Department of the Army; and CAPT Michael Jaggard, U.S. Navy (ret.),
Chief of Staff/Policy for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy
(DASN) for Acquisition and Logistics Management (A&LM); and public
witnesses.
INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and
Science Education held a hearing on Beyond the Classroom: Informal STEM
Education. Testimony was heard from Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Division
Director, Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal
Settings, Education and Human Resources Directorate, NSF; and public
witnesses.
VA'S GI BILL IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
held a hearing on VA's Update on Short and Long-Term Strategies for
Implementing New G.I. Bill Requirements. Testimony was heard from Keith
M. Wilson, Director, Office of Education Service, Veterans Benefits
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; and CAPT Mark Krause,
USN, Chief Staff Officer, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center,
Atlantic, Department of the Navy.
ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing
on IRS Assistance for Taxpayers Experiencing Economic Difficulties.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the IRS, Department
of the Treasury: Linda E. Stiff, Deputy Commissioner, Services and
Enforcement; and Nina E. Olson, National Taxpayer Advocate.
Joint Meetings
RESTORING THE ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
restoring the economy, focusing on strategy for short-term and long-
term change, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, Chairman,
President's Economic Advisory Board; Roger C. Altman, Evercore
Partners, New York, New York; Adam S. Posen, Peterson Institute for
International Economics, Washington, D.C.; and Joseph R. Mason,
Louisiana State University, Berwyn, Pennsylvania.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
No meetings/hearings are scheduled.
House
No committee meetings are scheduled.
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087ÿ09390).
The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C.
The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported
by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to
directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by
appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code,
and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session,
excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually
small consecutive issues are printed one time.
Public access to the Congressional Record is available online
through GPO Access, a service of the Government Printing Office,
free of charge to the user. The online database is updated each
day the Congressional Record is published. The database includes
both text and graphics from the beginning of the 103d Congress,
2d session (January 1994) forward. It is available through GPO
Access at www.gpo.gov/gpoaccess. Customers can also access this
information with WAIS client software, via telnet at
swais.access.gpo.gov, or dial-in using communications software
and a modem at 202ÿ09512ÿ091661. Questions or comments regarding this
database or GPO Access can be directed to the GPO Access User
Support Team at: E-Mail: gpoaccess@gpo.gov; Phone 1ÿ09888ÿ09293ÿ096498
(toll-free), 202ÿ09512ÿ091530 (D.C. area); Fax: 202ÿ09512ÿ091262.
The Team's hours of availability are Monday through Friday,
7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time,
except Federal holidays.
The Congressional Record paper and 24x microfiche edition will
be furnished by mail to subscribers, free of postage, at the
following prices: paper edition, $252.00 for six months,
$503.00 per year, or purchased as follows: less than 200 pages,
$10.50; between 200 and 400 pages, $21.00; greater than 400 pages,
$31.50, payable in advance; microfiche edition, $146.00 per year,
or purchased for $3.00 per issue payable in advance.
The semimonthly Congressional Record Index may be purchased for
the same per issue prices. To place an order for any of these
products, visit the U.S. Government Online Bookstore at:
bookstore.gpo.gov. Mail orders to: Superintendent of Documents,
P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250ÿ097954, or phone orders to
866ÿ09512ÿ091800 (toll free), 202ÿ09512ÿ091800 (D.C. area), or fax to
202ÿ09512ÿ092104. Remit check or money order, made payable to the
Superintendent of Documents, or use VISA, MasterCard, Discover,
American Express, or GPO Deposit Account.
Following each session of Congress, the daily Congressional Record
is revised, printed, permanently bound and sold by the
Superintendent of Documents in individual parts or by sets.
With the exception of copyrighted articles, there are no
restrictions on the republication of material from the
Congressional Record.
POSTMASTER:
Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents,
Congressional Record,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,
Along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received.
[[Page D184]]
_______________________________________________________________________
Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Friday, February 27
Senate Chamber
Program for Friday: Senate will be in a period of morning business.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12:30 p.m., Monday, March 2
House Chamber
Program for Monday: To be announced.
_______________________________________________________________________
Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Baca, Joe, Calif., E464
Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E492
Brown, Corrine, Fla., E500
Buchanan, Vern, Fla., E465, E496
Calvert, Ken, Calif., E495
Carnahan, Russ, Mo., E493
Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E482, E484
Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E465
Courtney, Joe, Conn., E483
Davis, Geoff, Ky., E484
Davis, Susan A., Calif., E499
DeGette, Diana, Colo., E481
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E487
Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebr., E496
Foster, Bill, Ill., E463
Gallegly, Elton, Calif., E489
Garrett, Scott, N.J., E489
Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E477
Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E474, E488
Gutierrez, Luis V., Ill., E493
Harman, Jane, Calif., E495
Hirono, Mazie K., Hawaii, E492
Hoekstra, Peter, Mich., E494
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E463
Johnson, Timothy V., Ill., E476
Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E465, E501
Larson, John B., Conn., E481
Latham, Tom, Iowa, E472
Lee, Barbara, Calif., E464, E473
McCarthy, Kevin, Calif., E478
McCotter, Thaddeus G., Mich., E482
McGovern, James P., Mass., E499
Massa, Eric J.J., N.Y., E466
Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E483
Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E495, E501
Moran, James P., Va., E489
Ortiz, Solomon P., Tex., E489
Paul, Ron, Tex., E493, E502
Paulsen, Erik, Minn., E487
Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E463
Poe, Ted, Tex., E464, E465, E466, E472, E474, E475
Price, David E., N.C., E474
Putnam, Adam H., Fla., E483, E489
Radanovich, George, Calif., E472
Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E482, E501
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E466, E502
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E492
Royce, Edward R., Calif., E484
Sarbanes, John P., Md., E474
Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E467
Terry, Lee, Nebr., E483, E493, E502
Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E479
Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E466, E493
Whitfield, Ed, Ky., E463
Wilson, Joe, S.C., E463
Wolf, Frank R., Va., E492
Young, Don, Alaska, E479