[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               MEMORIALS

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

       22. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of the General 
     Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, relative to Senate 
     Resolution 849 memorializing the United States Congress to 
     enact legislation amending the Social Security Act to 
     prohibit recoupment by the federal government of state 
     tobacco settlement funds; to the Committee on Commerce.
       23. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, relative to Resolution Number 
     4493 memorializing the President of the United States and the 
     Secretary of State to use all means in their power to 
     intercede in behalf of the liberation of the people arrested 
     and subject to trial in Cuba, for the sole cause of 
     dissidence towards the policies of the government of said 
     Republic, or their exercise of freedom of the press, or their 
     support of the rights of dissidents and journalists; to the 
     Committee on International Relations.
       24. Also, a memorial of the House of Representatives of the 
     State of Michigan, relative to Resolution Number 26 
     memorializing the Congress of the United States and the 
     Veterans Affairs Administration to prevent the reduction of 
     hospital bed capacity at the Iron Mountain Veterans 
     Administration Medical Care Facility; to the Committee on 
     Veterans' Affairs.
       25. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the State of Maine, 
     relative to Senate Paper 517 recommending and urging Congress 
     to enact laws to encourage workers and their employers to 
     save or invest for retirement, but, these provisions should 
     supplement the basic benefits of Social Security insurance 
     and not substitute for core protections that are vital to 
     American working families; to the Committee on Ways and 
     Means.

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