Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty.
2007-04-26: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200)
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring victims of HIV/AIDS and recognizing the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the United States and throughout the world.
2007-01-04: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax give away since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America.
2007-04-26: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4200)
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
2007-01-04: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
2007-06-28: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 244.
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)
International Commission To Monitor United States-Held Prisoners in Iraq Act of 2004
2004-05-20: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in the Republic of India, and for other purposes.
2004-05-20: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Family Life Education Act
2004-04-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Assistance for Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2004
2004-06-15: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
To establish the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.
2004-03-09: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
New Partnership for Haiti Act of 2003
2003-10-30: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2173-2174)
Right to Know School Nutrition Act
2003-10-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Josephine Butler United States Health Service Act
2003-09-23: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Allston Way in Berkeley, California, as the "Maudelle Shirek Post Office Building".
2003-06-18: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.