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“INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS” mentioning Robert Menendez was published in the Senate section on pages S153-S154 on Jan. 26.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators' salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:
By Mr. TOOMEY (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tillis,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Risch, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Grassley, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Paul, Mr. Inhofe, Mr.
Daines, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Braun, and Mr.
Cornyn):
S. 42. A bill to ensure that State and local law enforcement may cooperate with Federal officials to protect our communities from violent criminals and suspected terrorists who are illegally present in the United States; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Cramer, Mr.
Toomey, Mr. Sasse, Mr. Young, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs.
Blackburn, and Mr. Lankford):
S. 43. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations and eligible workforce training organizations, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Toomey, Mr.
Sasse, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Paul):
S. 44. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to be paid from a 529 account; to the Committee on Finance.
By Mr. CRUZ:
S. 45. A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen school security; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Hirono, and
Mr. Scott of Florida):
S. 46. A bill to reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000 and to establish the United States Coral Reef Task Force, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. RUBIO:
S. 47. A bill to require software marketplace operators and owners of covered foreign software to provide consumers with a warning prior to the download of such software, to establish consumer data protections, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
By Mr. DAINES:
S. 48. A bill to reduce a portion of the annual pay of Members of Congress for the failure to adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget which does not provide for a balanced budget, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Mr. LEE:
S. 49. A bill to prohibit the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from overseeing lending institutions participation in the Paycheck Protection Program; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Booker):
S. 50. A bill to temporarily designate Venezuela under section 244(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit eligible nationals of Venezuela to be granted temporary protected status; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
By Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms.
Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Mr.
Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Coons, Ms. Cortez Masto, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Durbin,
Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms.
Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Markey, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen,
Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Smith, Ms.
Stabenow, Mr. Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and
Mr. Wyden):
S. 51. A bill to provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
By Ms. HASSAN (for herself, Mr. Young, Mr. Kaine, and
Ms. Collins):
S. 52. A bill to establish a career pathway grant program; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer,
Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker,
Mr. Brown, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Ms.
Duckworth, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs.
Gillibrand, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Ms.
Klobuchar, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Markey, Mr.
Merkley, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Peters, Mr.
Ossoff, Mr. Reed, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Schatz, Ms. Smith,
Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Warnock, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Wyden):
S. 53. A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Rubio):
S. 54. A bill to address health workforce shortages and disparities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic through additional funding for the National Health Service Corps and the Nurse Corps, and to establish a National Health Service Corps Emergency Service demonstration project; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
By Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hawley, and
Mr. Braun):
S. 55. A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress; to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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