Congratulating the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for its 150 years of commitment to advancing science and improving health.
2010-02-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding unfair and discriminatory practices of the government of Japan in its failure to apply its current and planned extension of the Government's Eco-friendly Vehicle Purchase and scrappage program to imported vehicles made by U.S. automakers.
2010-01-05: Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Recognizing that the rate of unemployment in the United States has reached the level of a national crisis, and for other purposes.
2009-12-03: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Honoring the citizen-soldiers of the Army National Guard of the State of Illinois, including the 33rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Illinois Army National Guard, which recently returned from deployment to Afghanistan.
2009-12-08: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.
2009-11-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict" in multilateral fora.
2009-11-03: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congratulating President Obama for winning of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
2009-10-23: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congratulating the staff, students, and faculty at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy for winning the 2009 Star Innovator in the Intel Schools of Distinction competition.
2010-01-13: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congratulating the Northwestern University Wildcats on winning the 2009 NCAA women's lacrosse championship, and to commend Northwestern University for its pursuit of athletic and academic excellence.
2009-11-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Congratulating the Aldine Independent School District in Harris County, Texas, on winning the 2009 "Broad Prize for Urban Education".
2009-11-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Commemorating the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. to sainthood.
2009-10-14: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing support for designation of a National Animal Rescue Day to create awareness, educate humans in the importance of adoption, and create a humane environment for any pet, including the importance of spaying and neutering of animals, and the encouragement of animal adoptions throughout the United States.
2009-09-23: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 16, 1989.
2009-10-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing the tragic loss of life that occurred at the Cherry Mine in Cherry, Illinois, on its 100th anniversary and the contributions to worker and mine safety that resulted from this and other disasters.
2009-11-16: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Congratulating the Chula Vista Park View Little League team of Chula Vista, California, for winning the 2009 Little League World Series Championship.
2009-09-29: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congratulating Mark Buehrle of the Chicago White Sox on pitching a perfect game on July 23, 2009.
2009-07-31: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Recommending that the United States Constitution be taught to high school students throughout the Nation in September of their senior year.
2009-10-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Supporting the goals and ideals of American Legion Day.
2009-09-15: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the life, contributions, and achievements of Koko Taylor and expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on her passing.
2009-10-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities.
Congratulating and honoring Barnes Jewish Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Integris Baptist Hospital for the completion of a successful 16 person kidney transplant.
2009-07-22: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.