Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2011.
2011-02-15: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Urging the Secretary of State to remove the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran from the Department of State's list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
2011-03-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia .
Expressing support for designation of the first Saturday in January after Congress reconvenes as "National Congress on your Corner Day".
2011-01-26: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
2011-02-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Recognizing 2011 as the Year for People of African Descent.
2011-03-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
Recognizing the significance of Black History Month.
2011-01-12: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Recognizing the anniversary of the tragic earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010, honoring those who lost their lives, and expressing continued solidarity with the Haitian people.
2011-03-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the current Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home should not be further restricted.
2011-01-06: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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).
2011-03-01: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps and expressing support for designation of March 2011 as Peace Corps Month.
2011-01-05: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the census surveys and the information derived from those surveys are crucial to the national welfare.
2012-08-03: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1443)
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 103rd anniversary.
2012-07-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Recognizing 375 years of service of the National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the Armed Forces.
2012-07-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Honoring Brigadier General Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown, the first African-American woman to hold the rank of General in the United States Armed Forces.
2012-02-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Expressing the sense of Congress that an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard should be provided for a memorial to honor the members of the Armed Forces who have served as divers and whose service in defense of the United States has been carried out beneath the waters of the world.
2011-12-08: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Supporting the goals and ideals of Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month.
2011-09-14: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Expressing the sense of Congress that any legislative language approved by the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients.
2011-08-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Expressing the sense of Congress that Social Security benefits should not be reduced.
2011-07-08: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Supporting the formation of a bipartisan Presidential Commission to study the establishment of a National Museum of the American People.
2011-07-07: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Supporting the goals and ideals of the National Day of Silence in bringing attention to anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender name-calling, bullying, and harassment faced by individuals in schools.
2011-07-11: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.