2003 Floor Statements (Text)

December 15, 2003
In Recognition of Larry Zarian, Recipient of the Boy Scouts of America, Verdugo Hills Council 2003 Glendale Distinguished Citizen of the Year

December 15, 2003
In Recognition of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society's 75th Anniversary Worldwide and 35th Anniversary of Establishment in California

December 8, 2003
Recognizing Woods-Valentine Mortuary's 75th Anniversary

December 8, 2003
In Memory of U.S. Army Specialist Rel Allen Ravago IV

December 8, 2003
Tribute to Ms. Margaret Ann Abdalla

December 8, 2003
In Recognition of the South Pasadena Kiwanis Club's 80th Anniversary

November 21, 2003
Education Funding

November 21, 2003
In Recognition of the Glendale General Richard Gridley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution

November 12, 2003
In Recognition of Judith Zitter

November 5, 2003
Recognizing and Honoring Firefighters and Other Public Servants Who Responded to 2003 California Wildfires

November 5, 2003
Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology Act of 2003

November 4, 2003
Commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1987

October 29, 2003
Fallen Patriots Tax Relief Act

October 28, 2003
In Recognition of the Family Service Agency of Burbank's 50th Anniversary

October 21, 2003
Recognizing the Homenetmen Ararat Chapter's 25th Anniversary

October 20, 2003
California Missions Preservation Act

October 16, 2003
Introduction of the Armenian Victims Insurance Fairness Act

October 15, 2003
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill, 2004

October 8, 2003
Permanent Authority for Exemption for Certain Members of the Armed Forces From Paying Subsistence Charges While Hospitalized

October 7, 2003
Honoring the Reverend Larry Stamper and Sue Stamper

October 7, 2003
Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Jackie Robinson in Recognition of His Many Contributions to the Nation

October 7, 2003
Condemning Bigotry and Violence Against Arab-Americans, Muslim-Americans, South Asian-Americans, and Sikh-Americans

October 2, 2003
In Honor of Reverend Joseph P. Shea

October 2, 2003
Hispanic Heritage Month: La Casa se San Gabriel

October 1, 2003
Appointment of a Special Counsel

September 30, 2003
Bob Hope Post Office Building

September 29, 2003
In Recognition of Dr. John A. Davitt, President and Superintendent of Glendale Community College

September 29, 2003
In Recognition of Glendale Community College's 75 Years of Educational Excellence and the Dedication of the Cimmarusti Science Center

September 17, 2003
Introduction of the Holocaust Victims Insurance Fairness Act

September 17, 2003
A Tribute to Friendship Baptist Church

September 11, 2003
In Recognition of Donald R. Froelich Who Will Retire After 13 Years of Dedicated and Distinguished Service with the City of Glendale's Department of Water and Power

September 11, 2003
Tribute to Paul Goldenberg

September 10, 2003
Safegaurding California's Consumer Protection Laws - Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003

September 5, 2003
A Tribute to Hillsides Home for Children

September 5, 2003
A Tribute to Ernestine L. Moore

September 5, 2003
A Tribute to Scott United Methodist Church

August 18, 2003
Remembering and Honoring the 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington

July 25, 2003
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004

July 25, 2003
In Remembrance of the 29th Anniversary of the Turkish Occupation of Cyprus

July 24, 2003
Introduction of The Cobra Coverage Act of 2003

July 23, 2003
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004

July 17, 2003
Opposing Recreation Fees on Public Lands

July 16, 2003
Honoring Julie M. Austin, Executive Director, Foothill Transit

July 16, 2003
Democratic Study Group on National Security

July 16, 2003
In Support of Amendment to Increase Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities

July 15, 2003
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005

July 15, 2003
Providing for Consideration of H.R. 1950, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005

July 10, 2003
In Opposition to Cutting Health and Education Funding

July 9, 2003
National Science Competition

June 25, 2003
Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Prime Minister Tony Blair

June 24, 2003
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004

June 19, 2003
Honoring Talmage V. Burke for Over 50 Years of Service to the City of Alhambra

June 17, 2003
A Tribute to Jeanette "Jay" Blackshaw

June 5, 2003
The Child Tax Credit: Supporting Families in Need

May 21, 2003
Opposing Exemption of Military Bases from Environmental Laws

May 21, 2003
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003

May 20, 2003
Envioronmental Orwellianism: Opposing the Healthy Forests Restoration Act

May 19, 2003
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May 9, 2003
Introduction of Legislation to Expand Defense Department Authority for Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Programs

May 9, 2003
Opposing Fiscal Irresponsibility

May 1, 2003
A Tribute to Temple Sinai of Glendale, Ca

May 1, 2003
United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003

April 29, 2003
Quota Clubs International in Temple City

April 29, 2003
In Honor of the City of Alhambra's Centennial Celebration

April 10, 2003
Energy Policy Act of 2003

April 9, 2003
Introduction of the DNA Database Enhancement Act

April 9, 2003
Expressing Support for Renewed Effort to Find Peaceful, Just, and Lasting Settlement to the Cyprus Problem

April 9, 2003
Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

April 3, 2003
Introduction of the Schip Web-Based Enrollment Act of 2003

April 2, 2003
Erecting An Edifice For Future World Peace

March 26, 2003
In Recognition of Sabino Cici Who Retires After 25 Years of Dedicated and Distinguished Service As City Council Member for the City of San Gabriel

March 26, 2003
In Recognition of Dominic Polimeni Who Retires After 13 Years of Dedicated and Distinguished Service As City Council Member for the City of San Gabriel

March 20, 2003
Supporting Fiscal Responsibility - Fiscal Year 2004

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Joan Vizcarra, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Pastor Jean Burch, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Sally Kendall Baldwin, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Anna Gutierrez, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Roberta H. Martinez, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Dorothy M. Cohen, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Annie Chin Siu, D.D.S., 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Jacqueline "Jacquie" Fennessy, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year—2003

March 13, 2003
Introduction of the Military Tribunals Act of 2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute To Mary Boger, 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year--2003

March 13, 2003
A Tribute to Sonia Bedrossian Peltekian

February 27, 2003
Air Cargo Security Act

February 27, 2003
Introduction of the Detention of Enemy Combatants Act

February 27, 2003
The Promise of Stem Cell Research

February 11, 2003
Introduction of the Rim of the Valley Corridor Study Act

February 5, 2003
Expressing Condolences of the House to the Families of the Crew of the Space Shuttle "Columbia"

January 28, 2003
The President's Credibility Gap

January 27, 2003
A Tribute to the Pasadena-Altadena Chapter of Links, Inc

January 7, 2003
Nuclear Threat Reduction Implementation Act of 2003

January 5, 2003
A Wartime Budget: Will Americans Be Called to Sacrifice?