The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the in the Senate section section on pages S647-S648 on Feb. 10.
The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS
S. 564
At the request of Mr. Merkley, the name of the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) was added as a cosponsor of S. 564, a bill to prohibit Members of Congress from purchasing or selling certain investments, and for other purposes.
S. 1079
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1079, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the troops from the United States and the Philippines who defended Bataan and Corregidor, in recognition of their personal sacrifice and service during World War II.
S. 1596
At the request of Mr. Rounds, the names of the Senator from Arizona
(Ms. Sinema), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse) were added as cosponsors of S. 1596, a bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, and for other purposes.
S. 1625
At the request of Mr. Cramer, the name of the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Reed) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1625, a bill to authorize notaries public to perform, and to establish minimum standards for, electronic notarizations and remote notarizations that occur in or affect interstate commerce, to require any Federal court to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any State, to require any State to recognize notarizations performed by a notarial officer of any other State when the notarization was performed under or relates to a public Act, record, or judicial proceeding of the notarial officer's State or when the notarization occurs in or affects interstate commerce, and for other purposes.
S. 1725
At the request of Mr. Rounds, the name of the Senator from Oklahoma
(Mr. Lankford) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1725, a bill to grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.
S. 1873
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Delaware
(Mr. Coons) was added as a cosponsor of S. 1873, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests.
S. 2013
At the request of Mr. Casey, the name of the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2013, a bill to provide for the coverage of medically necessary food and vitamins and individual amino acids for digestive and inherited metabolic disorder under Federal health programs and private health insurance, to ensure State and Federal protection for existing coverage, and for other purposes.
S. 2295
At the request of Mr. Crapo, the name of the Senator from Georgia
(Mr. Ossoff) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2295, a bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, improve Department of Agriculture enforcement of the Act, and for other purposes.
S. 2342
At the request of Mrs. Gillibrand, the name of the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2342, a bill to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration of disputes involving sexual assault and sexual harassment.
S. 2613
At the request of Mr. Menendez, the name of the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2613, a bill to provide for climate change planning, mitigation, adaptation, and resilience in the United States Territories and Freely Associated States, and for other purposes.
S. 2675
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Illinois
(Ms. Duckworth) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2675, a bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase appropriations to Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and for other purposes.
S. 2937
At the request of Mr. Cardin, the name of the Senator from Wisconsin
(Ms. Baldwin) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2937, a bill to authorize humanitarian assistance and civil society support, promote democracy and human rights, and impose targeted sanctions with respect to human rights abuses in Burma, and for other purposes.
S. 3412
At the request of Mr. Thune, the name of the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Scott) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3412, a bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds to enforce the rule submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services relating to COVID-19 vaccine and mask requirements for Head Start programs.
S. 3448
At the request of Mr. Warnock, the names of the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the Senator from Minnesota
(Ms. Smith), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Virginia (Mr. Kaine), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), the Senator from Illinois
(Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Bennet), the Senator from Delaware (Mr. Coons), the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), the Senator from Rhode Island (Mr. Whitehouse), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal), the Senator from Michigan (Ms. Stabenow), the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Heinrich), the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Menendez), the Senator from New Hampshire (Mrs. Shaheen) and the Senator from Oregon
(Mr. Merkley) were added as cosponsors of S. 3448, a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to the Freedom Riders, collectively, in recognition of their unique contribution to Civil Rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel.
S. 3508
At the request of Mr. Blumenthal, the name of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) was added as a cosponsor of S. 3508, a bill to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley.
S. 3541
At the request of Mr. Wyden, his name was added as a cosponsor of S. 3541, a bill to improve health care and services for veterans exposed to toxic substances, and for other purposes.
S. 3571
At the request of Mr. Heinrich, the names of the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. Lummis) were added as cosponsors of S. 3571, a bill to promote remediation of abandoned hardrock mines, and for other purposes.
S. 3600
At the request of Mr. Peters, the names of the Senator from Virginia
(Mr. Warner), the Senator from Maine (Ms. Collins), the Senator from Maine (Mr. King), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Casey), the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), the Senator from Nevada
(Ms. Rosen), the Senator from California (Mr. Padilla), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Ossoff) were added as cosponsors of S. 3600, a bill to improve the cybersecurity of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
S. 3606
At the request of Mr. Tuberville, the names of the Senator from California (Mrs. Feinstein), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Warnock) were added as cosponsors of S. 3606, a bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement to specify an effective period of transfer of Post-9/11 educational assistance to a dependent, and for other purposes.
S. 3623
At the request of Mrs. Feinstein, the names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. Cortez Masto) and the Senator from Missouri (Mr. Blunt) were added as cosponsors of S. 3623, a bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, and for other purposes.
S. RES. 183
At the request of Mr. Wyden, the name of the Senator from West Virginia (Mrs. Capito) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 183, a resolution condemning the Government of Iran's state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
S. RES. 499
At the request of Mr. Durbin, the name of the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) was added as a cosponsor of S. Res. 499, a resolution celebrating 100 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and the Baltic States.
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