Former U.S. Representative

Ed BryantNo longer serving

District TN‑7 Party Republican In office 1995–2003

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

150

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

4,297

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

Biography

A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Jackson, Cooksville County, Tenn. , September 7, 1948. Graduated from Jackson High School, Jackson, Tenn. , 1966. B. A. , University of Mississippi, University, Miss. , 1970. J. D. , University of Mississippi, University, Miss. , 1972. United States Army Reserve Officers Training Corps, 1970. United States Army, 1970-1978. Faculty, United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y. , 1977-1978. United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, 1991-1993. Elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003). One of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President William Jefferson Clinton. Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate.

Focus

Drawn from the 4 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 4.

Most frequent cosponsors

Times each has cosponsored a bill this member introduced.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 2126	On Agreeing to the Amendment	No	Sep 7, 1995
HR 2126	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Aye	Sep 7, 1995
HR 1854	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Yea	Sep 6, 1995
HR 1854	On Motion to Recommit Conference Report	No	Sep 6, 1995
HRES 206	On Ordering the Previous Question	Yea	Sep 6, 1995
HR 1555	On Passage	Aye	Aug 4, 1995
HR 1555	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	No	Aug 4, 1995
HR 1555	On Agreeing to the Substitute Amendment	Aye	Aug 4, 1995

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HCONRES 498	Honoring the United States Marines killed in action during World War II while participating in the 1942 raid on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and expressing the sense of Congress that a site in Arlington National Cemetery near the Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial at the corner of Memorial and Farragut Drives should be provided for the remains of those Marines.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.	Oct 18, 2002
HR 4487	Sales Tax Fairness Act of 2002	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Apr 18, 2002
HR 2465	To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to add Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Perry, and Wayne Counties, Tennessee, to the Appalachian region.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.	Jul 12, 2001
HR 1891	Clean Diesel Fuel Provider Relief Act	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.	May 22, 2001

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 5611	To designate the Federal building located at 324 Twenty-Fifth Street in Ogden, Utah, as the "James V. Hansen Federal Building".	Received in the Senate.	Oct 10, 2002
HR 5403	Military Survivor Benefits Improvement Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.	Sep 18, 2002
HR 2357	Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 178 - 239 (Roll no. 429). (consideration: CR H6932; text: CR 10/1/2002 H6913)	Sep 11, 2002
HR 4738	To facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures required in the public interest to meet the needs of wireless telecommunications consumers.	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6088-6089)	Sep 4, 2002
HR 5309	Wildfire Prevention and Forest Health Protection Act of 2002	Committee Hearings Held.	Jul 26, 2002
HR 5064	Pledge Protection Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.	Jul 24, 2002
HR 5035	Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2002	Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.	Jul 22, 2002
HR 4843	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development and Research.	Jul 18, 2002

Sections of the Congressional Record in which this member spoke or entered a written statement, as the Government Publishing Office tags them; floor business such as amendment texts is left out. Each links to the official Record.

Date	Record section	Where
Oct 10, 2002	Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002	House floor
Jul 24, 2002	Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002	House floor
Jun 27, 2002	Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002	House floor
Jan 23, 2002	Honoring Fairene Sewell	Written statement
Nov 8, 2001	Poems by Wendell Pigg and Edythe Owston	Written statement
Oct 12, 2001	Patriot Act of 2001	House floor
Sep 25, 2001	Personal explanation	Written statement
Sep 11, 2001	Expressing Sense of Senate and House of Representatives Regarding Terrorist Attacks Launched Against United States	House floor

Committees

Current committees first, each with its role and years, and the subcommittees held now beneath it. Full history opens every role with its date and official record, and earlier subcommittee seats.

Earlier committees

Energy and Commerce CommitteeMember2001–2003

Full history

Committee	Role	Served	Record
Energy and Commerce Committee	Member	Jan 6, 2001 to Jan 3, 2003	H.Res. 19 · End of the 107th Congress
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection	Member	Listed Mar 2001 to Oct 2002	Hearing, Mar 2001
Health	Member	Listed Feb 2001 to Oct 2002	Hearing, Feb 2001
Energy and Air Quality	Member	Listed Feb 2001 to Jun 2002	Hearing, Feb 2001

Judiciary CommitteeMember2001–2002

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.