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# Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 8 – Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 and H.R. 1446 – Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021

Published 2021-03-08
March 8, 2021 (House Rules)
Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 8 – Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (Rep. Thompson, D-CA, and 131 cosponsors) H.R. 1446 – Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021 (Rep. Clyburn, D-SC, and 91 cosponsors)
Gun violence is a public health crisis. Every day, gun violence – community violence, domestic violence, suicides, and mass shootings – takes American lives and forever alters many more. Last year, we saw record levels of homicides in cities throughout our country, violence that disproportionately impacts Black and Latino communities.
The Federal gun background check system is a proven tool to reduce gun violence and save lives. This system, called the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, has kept millions of guns out of potentially dangerous hands. The Administration encourages the House to pass two bills that would help close existing loopholes in this system: H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021.
The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to strengthen the Federal gun background check system and take other commonsense steps to reduce gun violence.
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# Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 5 – Equality Act

Published 2021-02-23
February 23, 2021 (House Rules)
Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 5 – Equality Act (Rep. Cicilline, D-RI, and 224 cosponsors)
The Administration strongly supports House passage of H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which would amend existing Federal civil rights laws to expressly include non-discrimination protection on the basis of sex, including gender identity and sexual orientation.
Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals often continue to face discrimination, harassment, and violence at work, at school, and in public accommodations. H.R. 5 would amend existing Federal civil rights laws to expressly include non-discrimination protection on the basis of sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), providing security and equality to LGBTQ+ Americans in accessing housing, employment, education, public accommodations, healthcare and other federally funded services, credit, and more. The Supreme Court has already ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County, No. 17-1618, 590 U.S. (2020), that employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Equality Act confirms the implications of Bostock for other discrimination laws, consistent with the President’s Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, issued January 20, 2021, and further builds on Bostock, thereby securing such protections once and for all for LGBTQ+ Americans across Federal civil rights laws. Women also currently lack protection against sex discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs; the Equality Act would fill that gap in the law as well.
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# Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 6 – American Dream and Promise Act of 2021

Published 2021-03-18
March 18, 2021 (House Floor)
Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 6 – American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 (Rep. Roybal-Allard, D-CA, and 175 cosponsors)
The Administration supports House passage of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act of 2021, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrant youth, known as “Dreamers,” as well as individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
Americans recognize that our Nation is enriched by the contributions of immigrants. H.R. 6 is a critical milestone toward much-needed relief for the millions of undocumented individuals who call the United States home. Dreamers and TPS recipients are over-represented as essential workers and are helping to keep our economy and communities afloat during a global pandemic. Yet, these individuals continue to live in a state of precariousness and fear. Ensuring that Dreamers and TPS recipients have a clear path to citizenship would deliver much needed economic security and stability to millions of people who currently face perpetual uncertainty and vulnerability as a result of their immigration status.
Beyond the swift passage of H.R. 6, the Administration also urges the Congress to reform other aspects of our immigration system by passing the U.S. Citizenship Act, which would provide a path to citizenship to millions of undocumented immigrants, establish a new system to responsibly manage and secure our border, bring long overdue visa reforms to keep families together and grow our economy, and address the root causes of instability and unsafe conditions causing migration from Central America.
The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to create an earned pathway to citizenship for Dreamers and those with TPS. *******
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# Statement of Christopher Cox at nomination hearing to be Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on lawsuit from Werner Erhard & Associates

S. Hrg. 109-253 -- Nominations of: Christopher Cox Roel C. Campos, Annette L. Nazareth Martin J. Gruenberg, John C. Dugan and John M. Reich, July 26, 2005. Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. United States Senate. One Hundred Ninth Congress. First Session. (available online, alternate site)
Background of Werner Erhard and Associates v. Christopher Cox for Congress
HON. CHRISTOPHER COX
OF CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE
July 26, 2005
1. Give the full details of any civil or criminal proceeding in which you were a defendant or any inquiry or investigation by a Federal, State, or local agency in which you were the subject of the inquiry or investigation.
Werner Erhard & Assoc. v. Congressman Christopher Cox, filed in Orange County Superior Court in 1988, was a civil suit for defamation brought against me and other defendants in 1988 by the brother of an opposing candidate in the 1988 congressional election. The suit charged that by republishing an article from Los Angeles magazine, my campaign mailer defamed the EST organization and its founder, Werner Erhard (the opposing candidate's brother and employer). Following protracted discovery the case was dismissed with prejudice in 1992; I and the plaintiff executed a mutual release of claims. No settlement monies were paid.
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# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Alabama (river)

Edition of 1879. See also Alabama River on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
ALABAMA, a river of the state of Alabama, formed by the union of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers about 10 m. (direct) N. N. E. of Montgomery. It has a westerly course as far as Selma, whence it flows southerly until it joins the Tombigbee about 50 m. above Mobile, to form the Mobile river. It is navigable for vessels of 6 feet draught to Claiborne, 60 m. above the junction. Small steamboats ascend it to Montgomery, 320 m. by the course of the river, the depth of water being from 3 to 5 feet, and in high water about 20 m. further to Wetumpka on the Coosa. The river is very tortuous throughout its course, and on its banks are some of the largest cotton plantations in the South, and much valuable timber. The most important cities and towns on the Alabama are Montgomery, Selma, Cahawba, and Claiborne.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Albany (district)

ALBANY, an eastern district of Cape Colony, on the coast, traversed by the Sneeuw (snow) mountains and some other ranges, and by the Great Fish river; area, 1,792 sq. m.; pop. in 1865, 16,264, including 4,229 Caffres and 1,472 Hottentots. The surface is undulating, and the scenery varies from rugged heights to pleasant plains. The climate is healthy. The soil produces wheat, maize, barley, oats, and cotton. A chief occupation of the settlers is stock raising. Capital, Graham's Town.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Alabaster

Edition of 1879. See also Alabaster on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
ALABASTER, the name frequently given to two different mineral substances—the one a sulphate of lime, a pure variety of gypsum, and the other a carbonate of lime, of the same chemical composition as most of the marbles. It was used with the same ambiguity by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The resemblance of the two substances is in their delicate white color and fine grain. Each is easily carved and susceptible of a fine polish. They might well in ancient times have passed as varieties of the same substance: the gypsum alabaster being more delicate and softer to cut, and requiring much more care to polish; the calcareous alabaster more firm, and better adapted for the sculpture of larger figures. The latter was frequently obtained from the drippings of the water in limestone caves, which holds carbonate of lime in solution, and deposits it in the form of stalactites and stalagmites. These by a little ingenuity were made to take the forms of the mould the waters dripped upon; or the natural stalagmites of the purest colors were selected, and then wrought into the desired figures.—The name alabaster, now properly limited to the gypseous variety, is derived from the town Alabastron, the site of which is believed to have been between the Red sea and the Nile in Middle Egypt. Here the stone was
extensively wrought into boxes and pots for precious ointments and perfumes. A white granular gypsum, pure and in sound blocks, is quarried in Siena and in other places in Tuscany, and manufactured in Florence, Leghorn, Milan, and Volterra, into utensils similar to those used of old, as well as into vases, lamps, clock stands, &c. They are exported from these places in considerable quantity to the United States. The composition of this alabaster is 46.3 per cent. sulphuric acid, 32.9 lime, and 20.8 water. Its hardness is 1.5-2 of the mineralogical scale. It soon tarnishes on exposure to the air, and is easily injured by dust and smoke. Articles made of it should be kept under a glass cover.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Alcorn

Edition of 1879. See also Alcorn County, Mississippi on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
ALCORN, a N. E. county of Mississippi, bordering on Tennessee; pop. in 1870, 10,431, of whom 2,768 were colored. It was organized in 1870 from portions of Tippah and Tishemingo counties, and was named in honor of James L. Alcorn, governor of the state. The Tuscumbia and Hatchie rivers intersect the county, and the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio railroads run through it. The productions in 1870 were 11,597 bushels of wheat, 226,057 of corn, 14,892 of sweet potatoes, and 2,546 bales of cotton. Capital, Corinth.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Al-Mamoun, Abu Abbas Abdallah

Edition of 1879. See also Al-Ma'mun on Wikipedia; and the disclaimer.
​AL-MAMOUN, Abu Abbas Abdallah, an Abbasside caliph, son of Haroun-al-Rashid, reigned from 813 to 833. After the death of his father in 809 he contested the throne with his brother Al-Amin, who was killed. He converted his chief towns into seats of learning. Various works were translated from Greek and Sanskrit. Algebra and arithmetic were borrowed from the Hindoos, astronomy from the natives of the plains of Mesopotamia, and logic, natural history, and the Aristotelian system from the Greeks of the lower empire. In his wars Al-Mamoun was less successful, and the disintegration of the caliphate by the establishment of independent states in parts remote from the centre, which was begun in the preceding reigns, became more disastrous in his. He was succeeded by his brother Al-Motassem, under whose reign the Seljuks first became body guards of the caliphs, whose empire they were in time to usurp.
# The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Albany (counties)

ALBANY. I. An E. county of New York, bounded E. by the Hudson river and N. in part
by the Mohawk; area, 509 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 133,052. Normanskill and Catskill creeks furnish it with good water power. The land near the Hudson and some of the other streams is fertile; but in the N. and W., where the surface is mountainous, it is less productive, and in some places sterile. The E. part is covered with immense beds of clay, sand, and gravel, the sand in some places being 40 feet deep. Iron, hydraulic limestone, marl, and gypsum are found, though they are not abundant. The productions in 1870 were 14,859 bushels of wheat, 129,535 of rye, 165,350 of corn, 784,146 of oats, 37,205 of barley, 160,594 of buckwheat, 637,058 of potatoes, 115,655 tons of hay, 137,641 lbs. of wool, 1,142,783 of butter, and 133,964 of hops. In 1865 the value of farms was $16,951,183, of stock $1,820,376, and of tools $797,486. There were 364 manufacturing establishments, employing 9,292 hands, 130 churches, 18 newspapers and periodicals, and 7 savings banks. The Erie and Champlain canals and several railroads terminate in this county. The assessed value of real estate in 1870 was $38,557,176, and of personal property $7,535,171. Besides Albany, the capital, Cohoes and West Troy are important maufacturing places. Albany county was organized in 1683, and originally extended E. of the Hudson, and included the whole colony N. and W. of its present limits. II. An E. county of Wyoming, occupying the whole width of the territory, about 265 m.; area, about 12,000 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 2,021. The Union Pacific railroad passes through the S. part of the county. Capital, Laramie.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Fare ye weel, my Auld Wife

Fare ye weel, my Auld Wife.
[Printed in the 2d vol. of Herd's collection, 1776. It is also given, with the criminal music, in the 4th vol. of Johnson's Museum.]
And fare ye weel, my auld wife; Sing bum, bee, berry, bum; Fare ye weel, my auld wife; Sing bum, bum, bum. Fare ye weel, my auld wife, The steerer up o' sturt and strife. The maut 's abune the meal the nicht, Wi' some, some, some.
And fare ye weel, my pike-staff; Sing bum, bee, berry, bum: Fare ye weel, my pike-staff; Sing bum, bum, bum. Fare ye weel, my pike-staff, Wi' you nae mair my wife I'll baff; The maut 's abune the meal the nicht, Wi' some, some some.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell to Funery

Farewell to Funery.
[This is the production of the Rev. Dr. Norman Macleod, first, minister of Campbeltown, afterwards of Campsie, and now of St. Columba's church, Glasgow. It is very popular in the Highlands. The English of the chorus is "Arise and let us go."]
Eirich agus tiuginn, O! Eirich agus tiuginn, O! Eirich agus tiuginn, O! Farewell, farewell to Funery.
The wind is fair, the day is fine, And swiftly, swiftly runs the time; The boat is floating on the tide, That wafts me off from Funery. Eirich, &c.
A thousand, thousand tender ties Accept this day my plaintive sighs; My heart within me almost dies At thought of leaving Funery. Eirich, &c.
With pensive steps I've often stroll'd, Where Fingal's castle stood of old, And listen'd while the shepherds told The legend tales of Funery. Eirich, &c.
I've often paus'd at close of day, Where Ossian sang his martial lay, And grieved the sun's departing ray, Wandering o'er Dun-Funery. Eirich, &c.
Aultan Caluch's gentle stream, That murmurs sweetly through the green, What happy, joyful days I've seen, Beside the banks of Funery. Eirich, &c.
Farewell, ye hills of storm and snow, The wild resorts of deer and roe; In peace the heath-cock long may crow Along the moors of Funery. Eirich, &c.
It's not the hills nor woody vales, Alone my joyless heart bewails, But a mournful group this day remains Within the manse of Funery. Eirich, &c.
Can I forget Glen-turrit's name? Farewell, dear father, best of men, May heaven's joys with thee remain Within the manse of Funery? Eirich, &c.
Mother! a name to me so dear, Must I, must I, leave thy care, And try a world that's full of snares Far, far from thee and Funery? Eirich, &c.
Brother of my love, farewell— Sisters, all your griefs conceal— Thy tears suppress—your sorrows quell— Be happy while at Funery. Eirich, &c.
Archibald! my darling child, May heaven thy infant footsteps guide; Should I return, Oh! may I find Thee smiling still at Funery. Eirich, &c.
O must I leave these happy scenes— See, they spread the flapping sails— Adieu, adieu, my native plains— Farewell, farewell to Funery.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell to Whiskey

Farewell to Whiskey.
[This is called "Neil Gow's Farewell to Whiskey," but we have not learned who was the author of the words. Neil was born in Strathbrand, in Perthshire, in 1727, and died at Inver, near Bunkeld, in 1807.]
You've surely heard o' famous Neil, The man that play'd the fiddle weel; I wat he was a canty chiel, And dearly lo'ed the whiskey, O! And, aye sin he wore the tartan trews, He dearly lo'ed the Athole brose; And wae was he, you may suppose, To play fareweel to whiskey, O.
Alake, quoth Neil, I'm frail and auld, And find my blude grow unco cauld; I think 'twad make me blythe and bauld, A wee drap Highland whiskey, O. Yet the doctors they do a' agree, That whiskey's no the drink for me. Saul! quoth Neil, 'twill spoil my glee, Should they part me and whiskey, O.
Though I can baith get wine and ale, And find my head and fingers hale, I'll be content, though legs should fail, To play fareweel to whiskey, O. But still I think on auld lang syne, When Paradise our friends did tyne, Because something ran in their mind, Forbid like Highland whiskey, O.
Come, a' ye powers o' music, come; I find my heart grows unco glum; My fiddle-strings will no play bum, To say, Fareweel to whiskey, O. Yet I'll take my fiddle in my hand, And screw the pegs up while they'll stand, To make a lamentation grand, On gude auld Highland whiskey, O.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell

Farewell.
[James Murray.—Here first printed.]
When we're parted, think not thou I'll forget our plighted vow— Other looks from other eyes— Other whispers—other sighs— Other forms, though fair they be, Shall not wean my soul from thee.
Oft as balmy twilight flings Dewdrops from her dusky wings— Oft as coming morn again Trembles in the sparkling main, Shall my fervent prayer be— Light of life and joy, to thee!
When the noonday sun is high, Flaming in the arching sky— When the swain, with toil opprest, Seeks the shade and sinks to rest, Then, in fancy wild and free, I will live that hour with thee.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell, ye haunts of joy

Farewell, ye haunts of joy.
[Words by Miss Janet Ryland.—Here first printed.]
Farewell, ye haunts of joy, farewell Ye scenes of love and glee, Oh bonnie groves o' Rosemount dell, Ye'll smile nae mair for me; I'm dreary now, I'm left alane, Without a hope to ca' my ain, The jewel o' my heart is gane Far, far ayont the sea.
The last fond look my laddie gave, The parting words he said, I'll bear in mind till in my grave My weary head is laid; It may be fancy cheats my heart, And pains my head wi' wily art, But ah, wi' life I'll sooner part Than break the vows we made.
It's sair to think on friendship fled, And live while hope decays; It's sair to seek amang the dead The love o' early days; But wha can thole the dreary gloom That fills a lover's living tomb? Oh wha can bide the bitter doom That seals my nameless waes?
Ye stars and winds and things that guide The wand'rer to his rest, Ye cheer wi' dreams o' joyous pride The weary-laden breast; But ah! for me there shines nae ray O' balmy hope's returning day,— The tear o' death alone will say My heart is in the West.
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell to Ayrshire

Farewell to Ayrshire.
[This is given in the last volume of Johnson's Museum, adapted to an air by Allan Masterton, as a production of Robert Burns. It was, however, in reality written by Richard Gall, and the following particulars regarding it are given by Mr. Starke, the intimate friend of Gall, in his sketch of the life of that young song-writer, printed in the Biographica Scotica, at Edinburgh, in 1805.—"One of Mr. Gall's songs, in particuiar, the original manuscript of which I have by me, has acquired a high degree of praise, from its having been printed among the works of Burns, and generally thought the production of that poet. The reverse, indeed, was only known to a few of Mr. Gall's friends, to whom he communicated the verses before they were published. The fame of Burns stands in no need of the aid of others to support it; and to render back the song in question to its true author, is but an act of distributive justice due alike to both these departed poets, whose ears are now equally insensible to the incense of flattery or the slanders of malevolence. At the time when the Scots Musical Museum was pubhshed at Edinburgh by Mr. Johnson, several of Burns's songs made their appearance in that publication. Mr. Gall wrote the following song, entitled, 'A Farewell to Ayrshire,' pretixed Burns's name to it, and sent it anonymously to the publisher of that work. From thence it has been copied into the later editions of the works of Burns. In publishing the song in this manner, Mr. Gall probably thought that it might, under the sanction of a name known to the world, acquire some notice; while, in other circumstances, its fate might have been 'to waste its sweetness in the desert air.'"]
Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Scenes that former thoughts renew, Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Now a sad and tast adieu! Bonnie Doon, sae sweet at gloamin', Fare thee weel before I gang! Bonnie Doon, whare, early roaming, First I weaved the rustic sang!
Bowers, adieu! whare love decoying, First enthrall'd this heart o' mine; There the saftest sweets enjoying, Sweets that memory ne'er shall tine. ​Friends, sae near my bosom ever, Ye ha'e render'd moments dear, But, alas! whan forced to sever, Then the stroke, oh! how severe.
Friends, that parting tear, reserve it, Though 'tis doubly dear to me; Could I think I did deserve it, How much happier would I be! Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Scenes that former thoughts renew, Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Now a sad and last adieu!
# The Book of Scottish Song/Farewell to the Land

Farewell to the Land.
Farewell to the land of the rock and the wild-wood, The hill and the forest and proud swelling wave; To the land where bliss smiled on the days of my childhood, Farewell to thee, Scotia, thou land of the brave! Far dearer to me are thy heath cover'd mountains, Than Gallia's rich valleys, and gay fertile plains; And dearer by far than her murmuring fountains, The roar of the torrent, where liberty reigns.
Wherever I wander, sweet Isle of the ocean, My thoughts still shall turn to thy wild rocky shore; Ah! still shall my heart beat with fondest emotion, While musing on scenes I may visit no more. Adieu, then, dear land of romance and wild story, Thy welfere and honour for ever shall be The prayer of an exile, whose boast and whose glory, Is the tie that still binds him, loved country, to thee!