Amending rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives with regard to the procedures of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
2005-04-26: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2534-2535)
Commending fire chiefs associations.
2005-02-15: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the life and accomplishments of the late Ossie Davis.
2005-02-09: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congratulating the Detroit Shock for winning the 2006 Women's National Basketball Association Championship, and for other purposes.
2006-12-09: Received in the Senate.
Honoring Shirley Chisholm for her service to the Nation and expressing condolences to her family, friends, and supporters on her death.
2005-01-04: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Supporting the goals and ideals of "Lights On Afterschool!", a national celebration of after-school programs.
2006-11-13: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Recognizing the low presence of minorities in the financial services industry and minorities and women in upper level positions of management, and expressing the sense of the Congress that active measures should be taken to increase the demographic diversity of the financial services industry.
2006-07-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Honoring 2006 Olympic team member Joey Cheek and recognizing the need to work with international partners to help bring an end to the ongoing genocide in Darfur region of Sudan and the suffering of children in Chad.
2006-05-02: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the victory of United States winemakers at the 1976 Paris Wine Tasting.
2006-08-03: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Honoring Mary Eliza Mahoney, America's first professionally trained African-American nurse.
2006-09-20: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Expressing the sense of Congress to encourage the State of Louisiana and the Department of Justice to establish satellite voting outside the State of Louisiana for the New Orleans elections scheduled for April 22, 2006.
2006-04-06: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Calling upon the President to meet with a joint session of Congress to discuss the Government's plan for post-Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
2006-03-14: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Authorizing the remains of Rosa Parks to lie in honor in the rotunda of the Capitol.
2005-10-28: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Honoring and praising the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its 97th anniversary.
2006-05-11: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Urging the President to issue a proclamation for the observance of an American Jewish History Month.
2006-02-14: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Affirming the obligation and leadership of the United States to improve the lives of the 37,162,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,600,000 of those who live in extreme poverty.
2005-09-07: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Expressing the sense of Congress welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on September 20, 2005.
2005-09-19: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Supporting the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and for other purposes.
2005-08-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Honoring the life and accomplishments of Judge Constance Baker Motley and recognizing her as a symbol of hope and inspiration for all men and women.
2006-02-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to enter into any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that would lead to a permanent United States military presence in Iraq.
2005-06-30: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.