Condemning the recent vote by the British National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education (NATFHE) to boycott Israeli academia.
2006-06-09: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.
2006-02-16: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
2006-02-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Texas Western's 1966 NCAA Basketball Championship and recognizing the groundbreaking impact of the title game victory on diversity in sports and civil rights in America.
2006-02-28: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of State should not accept the credentials of any representative of the Government of Libya until the Government of Libya has fully met its financial commitments to the families of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 and that the President should urge the Government of Libya to make a good faith effort to resolve other outstanding cases of United States victims of terrorism sponsored or supported by Libya.
2006-05-24: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Recognizing the African American Spiritual as a national treasure.
2006-05-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
Congratulating Mohamed ElBaradei and the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency on winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
2005-11-18: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Commending the outstanding efforts by members of the United States Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development in response to the earthquake in South Asia that occurred on October 8, 2005.
2005-12-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the White House Iraq Group.
2005-11-10: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 117.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Korean American Day.
2005-12-13: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the July, 2005, measures of extreme repression on the part of the Cuban Government against members of Cuba's prodemocracy movement, calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners, the legalization of political parties and free elections in Cuba, urging the European Union to reexamine its policy toward Cuba, and calling on the representative of the United States to the 62d session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to ensure a resolution calling upon the Cuban regime to end its human rights violations, and for other purposes.
2005-09-29: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution that began on October 23, 1956 and reaffirming the friendship between the people and governments of the United States and Hungary.
2005-12-06: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
To congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Discovery crew of Commander Eileen Collins, Pilot Jim Kelly, Mission Specialist Charlie Camarda, Mission Specialist Wendy Lawrence, Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi, Mission Specialist Steve Robinson, and Mission Specialist Andy Thomas on the successful completion of their 14 day test flight to the International Space Station for the first step of the Vision for Space Exploration, begun from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on July 26, 2005, and completed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 9, 2005, which historical mission represented a great step forward into the new beginning of the Second Space Age.
2005-09-20: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution
2005-09-15: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 7.
Congratulating the San Antonio Spurs for winning the 2005 National Basketball Association Championship.
2005-06-30: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Supporting the goals and ideals of The Year of the Museum.
2006-02-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Urging the United Nations to establish a commission on the prevention of slavery, human trafficking, and exploitation.
2005-10-31: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2226)
Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean Donovan, who were executed by members of the armed forces of El Salvador on December 2, 1980.
2005-12-14: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Supporting the goals of National Arson Awareness Week.
2005-04-28: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Weatherization Day to recognize the need for reducing home energy costs, particularly for low-income families, through the use of conservation technologies, and for other purposes.
2005-07-28: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.