Proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
2003-05-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States restoring religious freedom.
2003-05-05: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Estate Tax bill
2003-06-20: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.
Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003
2003-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Recognizing the 93d birthday of Ronald Reagan.
2004-03-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act
2004-07-21: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6537-6538)
Internet Access Tax bill
2003-09-18: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283.
Informed Choice Act
2003-09-09: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8020-8021)
To take certain steps toward recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
2003-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Federal Marriage amendment
2004-05-13: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Desecration of Flag resolution
2003-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Malpractice Liability bill
2003-03-21: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49.
Tornado Shelters Act
2003-12-03: Became Public Law No: 108-146.
To congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures for winning the privately funded $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement.
2004-10-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Commending the resiliency of the people of the State of Florida and the work of those individuals who have assisted with the recovery efforts after the devastation caused by Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
2004-09-28: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United Nations oil-for-food program, Kofi Annan should resign from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore confidence that the investigations into those allegations are being fully and independently accomplished.
2004-12-06: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Recognizing the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and for other purposes.
2004-07-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Deploring the misuse of the International Court of Justice by a plurality of the United Nations General Assembly for a narrow political purpose.
2004-07-15: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the laws of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws of the United States.
2004-05-13: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 3.
Congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual "Give Kids a Smile" program which emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.
2004-10-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.