[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 153 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            PETITIONS, ETC.

  Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the 
clerk's desk and referred as follows:

       85. The SPEAKER presented a petition of The Legislature of 
     Rockland County, relative to Resolution 494 petitioning the 
     Congress of the United States to amend the existing statutes 
     to insert adequate safeguards against the abuses of mergers 
     of banking institutions; to the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services.
       86. Also, a petition of the Campaign of Spirit of America, 
     relative to Numerous petitions, demanding Congress end 
     funding for the National Endowment of the Arts effective 
     immediately; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       87. Also, a petition of The Campaign of Spirit of America, 
     relative to numerous petitions, demanding that Congress end 
     funding for the National Endowment of the Arts effective 
     immediately; to the Committee on Education and the Workforce.
       88. Also, a petition of Spirit of America, relative to 
     Numerous polls from U.S. Citizens about the U.N. Criminal 
     Court; to the Committee on International Relations.
       89. Also, a petition of the Campaign of Spirit of America, 
     relative to numerous petitions demanding that Congress end 
     the funding of U.N. pensions effective immediately; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       90. Also, a petition of The City Council of Detroit, 
     relative to a City Council Resolution Petitioning the 
     Congress to support the Clinton Administration's appeal of a 
     ruling last month barring the use of statistical sampling in 
     the U.S. Census for the Year 2000; to the Committee on 
     Government Reform and Oversight.
       91. Also, a petition of The Senate of Puerto Rico, relative 
     to Senate Resolution No. 1840 petitioning the Congress to 
     Express to the Honorable William J. Clinton, President of the 
     United States, its recognition for the agile, prompt and 
     efficient manner in which he responded to the petition for 
     federal aid made by the Government of Puerto Rico as the 
     result of the emergency caused by Hurricane ``Georges,'' that 
     hit the Island on September 21 and 22, 1998 and for the rapid 
     declaration and mobilization of Federal Government resources 
     and officials to attend to the damages caused by the 
     Hurricane in Puerto Rico; to the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure.