Recognizing and supporting the success of the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 in increasing adoption and the efforts the Act has spurred including National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, and encouraging adoption throughout the year.
2006-09-19: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act
2006-02-10: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Repealing rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.
2006-06-29: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and its devastating effects on families and communities.
2006-09-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Urging the Secretary of Defense to immediately institute a zero-tolerance policy with regard to racial and ethnic extremism in the military.
2006-08-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Commending the Republic of Cyprus and thanking the Cypriot people for their support and assistance in the evacuation of Americans fleeing Lebanon.
2006-07-26: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Commending the outstanding efforts by members of faith-based and community organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.
2006-05-19: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Congratulating Kazakhstan on the 15th anniversary of the closure of the world's second largest nuclear test site in the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan and for its efforts on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
2006-07-18: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that individuals who commit acts of sexual violence against minor children should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
2006-04-06: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Recognizing the continued importance of the transatlantic partnership between the United States and the European Union by expressing support for the success of the forthcoming US-EU Summit in Vienna, Austria, on June 21, 2006.
2006-06-16: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of young women, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, and for other purposes.
2006-09-13: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Honoring the town of Nicodemus, Kansas, for its contribution to American history.
2006-07-24: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5653)
Expressing support for the restoration of multi-party democracy, prevention of Maoist conquest, re-establishment of security, government services, exercise of political rights, and respect for human rights in Nepal.
2006-05-04: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Expressing the sense of the House on the occasion of the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New London.
2006-06-20: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Flag Desecration resolution
2005-06-22: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House that Members of Congress are not immune from having their offices searched.
2006-07-10: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4920)
Condemning the decision by the city of St. Denis, France, to name a street in honor of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the convicted murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner.
2006-12-06: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Condemning the Government of Iran's offer of assistance to Hamas, a known terrorist organization which currently controls the Palestinian Authority, and its call for other Arab nations to do the same, and the anti-Israeli and anti-American statements of the leaders of Iran.
2006-03-02: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.
2006-04-06: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Anti-Slavery Day.
2006-02-16: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.