Rep. Harry E. Mitchell

Recent Activity

• Jan. 20 Cosponsored HR4495: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office".

• Dec. 14 Cosponsored HRES971: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding guidelines for breast cancer screening for women ages 40 to 49.

• Dec. 10 Cosponsored HRES965: Repealing rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.

• Dec. 08 Sponsored HR4255: To prevent Members of Congress from receiving any automatic pay adjustment in 2011.

• Dec. 01 Cosponsored HRES942: Commending the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup.

• Nov. 04 Cosponsored HR3907: To amend the Animal Welfare Act to ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally.

• Nov. 03 Cosponsored HR3926: To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to jointly conduct a study on the incidence of breast cancer among members of the Armed Forces and veterans.

• Nov. 02 Cosponsored HR3943: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow members of the Armed Forces who served on active duty on or after September 11, 2001, to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HRES867: Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or further consideration of the "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict" in multilateral fora.

• Nov. 01 Cosponsored HR2136: To establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program within the Department of Education to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems, or other fire suppression or prevention technologies, in quali…

• Oct. 28 Cosponsored HRES877: Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.

• Oct. 27 Cosponsored HR3949: Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection Act of 2009

• Oct. 22 Cosponsored HRES839: Condemning the illegal extraction of Madagascar's natural resources.

• Oct. 21 Cosponsored HRES838: Welcoming to the United States and to Washington, DC, His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch on his current trip on October 20, 2009, through November 6, 2009.

• Oct. 19 Cosponsored HR988: To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program, and for other purposes.

• Oct. 14 Cosponsored HR1829: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize physical therapists to evaluate and treat Medicare beneficiaries without a requirement for a physician referral, and for other purposes.

• Cosponsored HR2360: To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed that would offer a choice of private health plans and make health coverage more affordable, predictable, …

• Oct. 13 Cosponsored HR2452: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 5-year carryback of operating losses, and for other purposes.

• Oct. 12 Sponsored HR3791: Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009

• Oct. 07 Cosponsored HRES800: Expressing sympathy for the citizens of the Philippines dealing with Tropical Storm Ketsana and Typhoon Parma.