S44 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE January 6, 2009 

Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. BIDEN, 

Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. BOND, Mrs. 

BOXER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. BROWNBACK, 

Mr. BUNNING, Mr. BURR, Mr. BYRD, 

Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mrs. 

CLINTON, Mr. COBURN, Mr. COCHRAN, 

Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CONRAD, Mr. CORKER, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

DEMINT, Mr. DODD, Mr. DORGAN, Mr. 

DURBIN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. ENZI, Mr. 

FEINGOLD, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. 

GRAHAM, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GREGG, 

Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. HARKIN, Mr. HATCH, 

Mrs. HUTCHISON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. 

INOUYE, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. JOHANNS, 

Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

KERRY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. KOHL, 

Mr. KYL, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. 

LIEBERMAN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. 

LUGAR, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. MCCAIN, 

Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON of 

Florida, Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, Mr. 

PRYOR, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. 

ROCKEFELLER, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. 

SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. SHELBY, 

Ms. SNOWE, Mr. SPECTER, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, 

Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. UDALL of 

New Mexico, Mr. VITTER, Mr. 

VOINOVICH, Mr. WARNER, Mr. WEBB, 

Mr. WICKER, and Mr. WYDEN): 

S. Res. 8. A resolution relative to the death 

of the Honorable Claiborne de Borda Pell, 

former United States Senator for the State 

of Rhode Island; considered and agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Con. Res. 1. A concurrent resolution to 

provide for the counting on January 8, 2009, 

of the electoral votes for President and Vice 

President of the United States; considered 

and agreed to. 

By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. 

MCCONNELL): 

S. Con. Res. 2. A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional 

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; considered and agreed to. 

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STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED 

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mrs. BOXER, 

Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. 

MCCASKILL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER): 

S. 1. A bill to create jobs, restore economic growth, and strengthen America’s middle class through measures 

that modernize the nation’s infrastructure, enhance America’s energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve 

afforrdable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need, 

and for other purposes; read the first 

time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 1 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. JOB CREATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND 

A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation to create jobs, restore economic 

growth, and strengthen America’s middle 

class through measures that— 

(1) modernize the nation’s infrastructure; 

(2) enhance America’s energy independence; 

(3) expand educational opportunities; 

(4) preserve and improve affordable health 

care; 

(5) provide tax relief; and 

(6) protect those in greatest need. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, Mrs. 

MCCASKILL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. MIKULSKI): 

S. 2. A bill to improve the lives of 

middle class families and provide them 

with greater opportunity to achieve 

the American dream; read the first 

time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 2 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Middle Class 

Opportunity Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation to improve the lives of middle 

class families and provide them with greater 

opportunity to achieve the American dream 

by— 

(1) providing middle class tax relief while 

making the tax laws simpler and more reliable; 

(2) promoting investments in the new economy and enacting policies that create good, 

well-paying jobs in the United States; 

(3) enhancing the incentives and protections to help middle class families adequately meet their needs in retirement; 

(4) improving programs to help families acquire the education and training to be productive participants in the modern economy; 

(5) promoting families by improving the 

access and affordability of child and elder 

care; 

(6) restoring fairness, prosperity, and economic security for working families by ensuring workers can exercise their rights to 

freely choose to form a union without employer interference; and 

(7) removing barriers to fair pay for all 

workers. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. KERRY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. DURBIN, 

Mr. WYDEN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. 

MENENDEZ, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. 

CASEY, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Ms. 

STABENOW, Mrs. MCCASKILL, 

Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. CLINTON, 

Mr. SCHUMER, and Ms. MIKULSKI): 

S. 3. A bill to to protect homeowners 

and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring the availability of 

credit for homeowners, businesses, and 

consumers, and reforming the financial 

regulatory system, and for other purposes; read the first time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be printed in 

the RECORD, as follows: 

S. 3 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 

Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Homeowner 

Protection and Wall Street Accountability 

Act of 2009’’. 

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

It is the sense of Congress that Congress 

should enact, and the President should sign, 

legislation— 

(1) to stabilize the housing market and assist homeowners by imposing a temporary 

moratorium on foreclosures, removing impediments to the modification of distressed 

mortgages, creating tax and other incentives 

to help prevent foreclosures and encourage 

refinancing into affordable and sustainable 

mortgage solutions, and pursuing other foreclosure-prevention policies through the 

Troubled Asset Relief Program or other programs; 

(2) to ensure the safety and soundness of 

the United States financial system for investors by reforming the financial-regulatory 

system, strengthening systemic-risk regulation, enhancing market transparency, and 

increasing consumer protections in financial 

regulation to prevent predatory lending 

practices; 

(3) to ensure credit-card accountability, responsibility and disclosure; and 

(4) to stabilize credit markets for smallbusiness lenders to enhance their ability to 

make loans to small firms, and stimulate the 

small-business loan markets by temporarily 

streamlining and investing in the loan programs of the Small Business Administration. 

By Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. 

LEVIN, Mr. DODD, Mr. KERRY, 

Mr. HARKIN, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. 

BEGICH, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. BOXER, Mr. MENENDEZ, 

Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. 

LAUTENBERG, Ms. STABENOW, 

Mrs. MCCASKILL, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, and Mr. SCHUMER): 

S. 4 A bill to guarantee affordable, 

quality health coverage for all Americans, and for other purposes; read the 

first time. 

Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill 

be printed in the RECORD. 

There being no objection, the text of 

the bill was ordered to be placed in the 

RECORD, as follows: 


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