Valerie P. Foushee

To ensure continued appropriations for certain Small Business Administration programs during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 2024, and for other purposes.

Supporting the goals and ideals of Black History Month and honoring the outstanding contributions of African-American Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.

To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass in recognition of his contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights, and the abolition of slavery in the United States.

To establish an Interagency Task Force to examine the conditions and experiences of Black women and girls in education, economic development, healthcare, labor and employment, housing, justice and civil rights, to promote community-based methods for mitigating and addressing harm and ensuring accountability, and to study societal effects on Black women and girls, and for other purposes.

Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2024.

To require reports on the progress and implementation of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.

Expressing support for the designation of February 4, 2024, as Transit Equity Day.

To require States to carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which members of the public are informed of redistricting proposals and have the opportunity to participate in the development of such proposals prior to their adoption, and for other purposes.

To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish a program to provide grants to eligible recipients for eligible operating support costs of public transportation, and for other purposes.

Honoring Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by Celebrating Diversity, Promoting Tolerance, and Condemning Hate.

To direct the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a statue of Benjamin Franklin for placement in the Capitol.

To require certain libraries to maintain a diverse collection of books, and for other purposes.

To establish within the Department of Justice an Office for Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls.

To speed up the deployment of electricity transmission and clean energy, with proper input from affected communities, and for other purposes.

To reauthorize the National Quantum Initiative Act, and for other purposes.

To improve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s weather research, support improvements in weather forecasting and prediction, expand commercial opportunities for the provision of weather data, and for other purposes.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act to provide that an individual engaged in a labor dispute may receive unemployment benefits.

To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restore a national minimum standard of protection for the water resources of the United States while providing certainty to regulated entities.

Standing with Israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists.