[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 25, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H10907]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

  Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials were presented and referred as 
follows:

       482. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the Senate of the 
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, relative to a resolution 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States to review the 
     actions of the Food and Drug Administration, whose marketing 
     guidelines appear to promote and advance the best interests 
     of the drug companies and their advertising outlets rather 
     than the consumer and also, the FDA move to prohibit direct 
     consumer marketing or in the alternative to impose tighter 
     restrictions; to the Committee on Commerce.
       483. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to a resolution memorializing the 
     President and the Congress of the United States to proclaim 
     and designate the week of October 8 through 14 this year and 
     each year hereafter as ``The Mighty Eighth Air Force Week''; 
     to the Committee on Government Reform.
       484. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of 
     the Commonwealth of The Mariana Islands, relative to 
     Resolution 12-85 memorializing the United States House of 
     Representatives to oppose the application of the U.S. federal 
     minimum wage to the Commonwealth; to the Committee on 
     Resources.
       485. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the Commonwealth of 
     Pennsylvania, relative to a resolution memorializing the 
     United States Congress to enact additional Balanced Budget 
     Act relief in 2000 through adequate payments to Medicare 
     insurers and Medicare providers; jointly to the Committees on 
     Ways and Means and Commerce.