Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
2009-01-06: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expressing support for designation of the week beginning on the second Sunday of September as Arts in Education Week.
2010-12-23: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes.
2010-05-17: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Congratulating the Commandant of the Coast Guard and the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy and its staff for 100 years of operation of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, and for other purposes.
2010-07-28: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Earth Day and honoring the founder of Earth Day, the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin.
2010-04-26: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights and for the dignity of a people and a Nation.
2010-03-01: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the freedom, security, and stability of Taiwan.
2009-10-15: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expressing the sense of Congress that we reaffirm the historic ties between the United States and the Netherlands by recognizing the Quadricentennial celebration of the discovery of the Hudson River and honoring the enduring values of the settlers of New Netherland that continue to permeate American society.
2009-10-06: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Expressing support for the designation and goals of "Hire a Veteran Week" and encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those goals.
2009-06-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's Health Week, and for other purposes.
2009-05-20: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to honor our Nation's disabled veterans.
2009-04-29: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Shi'ite Personal Status Law in Afghanistan violates the fundamental human rights of women and should be repealed.
2009-04-23: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding executive and employee bonuses paid by AIG and other companies assisted with taxpayer funds provided under the Troubled Assets Relief Program of the Secretary of the Treasury.
2009-03-19: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 255 - 160 (Roll no. 144).
Expressing the need for enhanced public awareness of traumatic brain injury and support for the designation of a National Brain Injury Awareness Month.
2009-02-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Protecting Hospital Outpatient and Community Clinic Services Act of 2008
2008-09-29: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2008
2008-09-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008
2008-11-21: Became Public Law No: 110-449.
To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.
2008-10-13: Became Public Law No: 110-398.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to conform the mileage reimbursement rates used under the beneficiary travel program administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the mileage reimbursement rates for Government employees on official business who use privately owned vehicles, to eliminate all deductibles under the beneficiary travel program, to ensure that all veterans can participate in the beneficiary travel program, and for other purposes.
2008-07-31: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
COMBAT Act
2008-09-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.