Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education, and for other purposes.
2005-03-02: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen for their bravery in fighting for our freedom in World War II, and for their contribution in creating an integrated United States Air Force.
2005-05-10: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should develop and implement a plan to begin the immediate withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq.
2006-12-05: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8705-8706)
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.
2005-03-02: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Recognizing the contributions of Jibreel Khazan (Ezell Blair, Jr.), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain, the "Greensboro Four", to the civil rights movement.
2005-02-16: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that schools in the United States should honor the contributions of individuals from the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States by including such contributions in the teaching of United States history.
2005-02-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Disabled Federal Employees Protection Act
2004-10-11: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1867-1868)
United States Intelligence Operations Reform bill
2004-11-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Protecting Railroad Operators, Travelers, Employees, and Communities with Transportation Security Act of 2004
2004-07-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2004
2004-07-13: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
New United States Global HIV Prevention Strategy to Address the Needs of Women and Girls Act of 2004
2004-07-21: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6539-6540)
Community Restoration and Revitalization Act of 2004
2004-11-17: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension Act of 2004
2004-08-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises.
Voter Protection Act of 2004
2004-11-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Second Chance Act of 2004
2004-08-04: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
To require the Secretary of Transportation, in computing the estimated tax payments attributed to highway users for purposes of title 23, United States Code, to take into account any law that replaces the reduced rates of tax on gasohol with an excise tax credit.
2004-09-29: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
High School Athletics Accountability Act of 2004
2004-09-29: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1722-1723)
Stealth Lobbyist Disclosure Act of 2004
2004-07-22: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social Security COLA Protection Act of 2004
2004-08-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Coordinated Environmental Health Network Act of 2004
2004-10-11: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1902-1903)