Supporting responsible fatherhood, promoting marriage, and encouraging greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, especially on Father's Day.
2006-06-13: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing the need to move the Nation's current health care delivery system toward a defined contribution system.
2005-06-22: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4903)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Social Security is a vital program facing bankruptcy, which must be reformed.
2005-03-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) should affirm its commitment to a policy of discouraging alcohol use among underage students by ending all alcohol advertising during radio and television broadcasts of collegiate sporting events.
2005-04-18: Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
To express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Communications Commission should reconsider and revise rules governing broadband over power line systems based on a comprehensive evaluation of the interference potential of those systems to public safety services and other licensed radio services.
2005-05-13: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Directing the Speaker of the House of Representatives to provide for the display of the Ten Commandments in the chamber of the House of Representatives if the Supreme Court of the United States rules against religious freedom by holding that the display of the Ten Commandments in public places by State and local governments constitutes a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
2005-04-14: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States.
2005-09-29: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 3.
Recognizing the contributions of the United States Marine Corps and other units of the United States Armed Forces on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
2005-03-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Commending fire chiefs associations.
2005-02-15: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the Social Security totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico.
2005-01-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Extending the appreciation of Congress and the Nation to the Department of Defense organizations, military departments, and personnel engaged in the mission to achieve the fullest possible accounting for all Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Nation's wars, to the POW/MIA families and veterans who support the mission, and to foreign nations that assist in the mission.
2006-09-14: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber.
2006-11-17: House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 8, 2006.
Commemorating the anniversary of, commending, and reaffirming the national motto of the United States on the 50th anniversary of its formal adoption.
2006-05-22: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that, as a matter of economic and national security, the United States Government should protect and support United States currency.
2006-05-23: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E932)
Recognizing the 58th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
2006-05-03: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Budget resolution FY2007
2006-03-30: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Expressing the sense of Congress relating to a free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan.
2006-02-16: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day.
2006-05-01: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Encouraging all Americans to increase their charitable giving, with the goal of increasing the annual amount of charitable giving in the United States by one percent.
2006-02-08: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
2005-11-17: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.