RIDGE, THOMAS J. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

Amendments offered by, to

Railroad Retirement Act: assure sufficient resources to pay current and future benefits (H.R. 1646), 20668 [25JY], 21017 [26JY]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), 1878 [8FE]

Articles and editorials

U.S. Industial Policy—A Case Against, Harry B. Ellis, Christian, 33536 [17NO]

Why the Democrats Need To Come Up With an Industrial Policy, Norman Jonas, Business Week, 33538 [17NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Natural gas: reform of Federal laws relating to pricing and marketing (see H.R. 3719), 21751 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: collection of past-due child and spousal support (see H.R. 216), 5084 [14MR]

Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 1046), 8961 [19AP]

Bankruptcy: with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]

Banks and banking: require depository institutions to disclose practices with check deposits and payments of interest bearing accounts (see H.R. 4187), 28855 [21OC]

Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 24218 [14SE]

Budget: amend provisions relative to President's (see H.R. 1244), 20123 [20JY]

Central America: sense of House to convene bi-partisan commission to address long-term security and economic development (see H. Res. 240), 19588 [18JY]

Commodity distribution: appropriations (see H.R. 1300), 5833 [16MR]

———expand and improve program (see H.R. 1299), 5833 [16MR]

Congressional Budget Act: provide for a two-year cycle (see H.R. 750), 34222 [18NO]

Constitution: allow an item veto in appropriations bills (see H.J. Res. 404), 29782 [28OC]

———equal rights for men and women (see H. Res. 373), 32765 [15NO]

Credit cards: provide penalties for counterfeiting and related fraud (see H.R. 3181), 21258 [27JY]

Crime: penalties for violent felonies against older persons (see H.R. 1920), 14360 [2JN]

Defense Production Act: extend by 6 months (see H.R. 2112), 5830 [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish position of Director of Operational Testing and Evaluation (see H.R. 3106), 15723 [14JN]

Drugs: penalties for robbery (see H.R. 1255), 5833 [16MR]

Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 20276 [21JY]

Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 8220 [12AP]

Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend for additional 6 months (see H.R. 3433), 18917 [13JY]

Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: provide alternative State triggers (see H.R. 3575), 21752 [29JY]

Interest and dividends: delay effective date of withholding (see H.R. 1084), 4666 [9MR]

———withholding of tax (see H.R. 6, 500), 258 [25JA], 4234 [8MR]

Japan: urgency of extending the auto export restraints (see H. Con. Res. 178), 27146 [4OC]

Korean war: erect memorial in Washington, D.C., to honor members of Armed Forces (see H.J. Res. 236), 23256 [4AU]

Medicaid: extend home care coverage (see H.R. 1978), 16091 [16JN]

Medicare program: establish a bipartisan commission to study and make recommendations to assure solvency (see H.R. 2495), 8219 [12AP]

Members of Congress: pay adjustments (see H.R. 706), 6843 [23MR]

Money market deposit accounts: make equivalent and competitive with money market mutual funds (see H.R. 1013), 31526 [8NO]

Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 8454 [13AP]

National Commission on Federal Budget Deficit Reductions: establish (see H.J. Res. 382), 32766 [15NO]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 32766 [15NO]

National Hearing Impaired Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), 34224 [18NO]

National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14241 [1JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 12528 [17MY]

Natural Gas Policy Act: prevent acquisition or merger with an interstate pipeline company unless in public interest (see H.R. 4095), 34223 [18NO]

OPM: permit Federal employees to transfer health benefit plan enrollments (see H.R. 1025), 8220 [12AP]

Penn, William and Hanna C.: grant posthumously full rights of citizenship (see H.J. Res. 233), 18234 [29JN]

Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 8454 [13AP]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 1046), 8961 [19AP], 11622 [10MY]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: assure sufficient resources to pay benefits (see H.R. 459), 19808 [19JY]

REA: insure continued financial integrity of certain funds (see H.R. 3050), 20275 [21JY]

Sec. of Health and Human Services: continue to review social security disability program (see H. Con. Res. 139), 23257 [4AU]

Social security: collection of past-due child and spousal support under AFDC (see H.R. 216), 5084 [14MR]

Social Security Act: provide a monthly insurance benefit in which a recipient dies (see H.R. 951), 5833 [16MR]

———provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into U.S. (see H.R. 950), 5833 [16MR]

———provide procedures for crediting Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1276), 4666 [9MR]

Space: encourage and regulate commercial development (see H.R. 1011), 3619 [2MR]

Taxation: adjustment of income brackets to prevent inflation-caused increases (see H. Con. Res. 85), 21259 [27JY]

———implementation of reduction and indexing provisions of Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Con. Res. 115), 23738 [12SE]

———provide full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3737), 28211 [18OC]

———provide that a spouse having less than $250 of compensation shall not be disqualified from having a individual retirement account (see H.R. 2468), 23738 [12SE]

———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 6), 258 [25JA]

Truth in Lending Act: place restrictions on disclosure of credit card numbers (see H.R. 3622), 20274 [21JY]

VA Medical Center, Altoona, Pa.: name as James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (see H.R. 3720), 21751 [29JY]

———name James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4294), 30885 [3NO]

VA Medical Center, Dublin, Ga.: name as Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (see H.R. 4294), 30885 [3NO]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Dignity Act: enact (see H.R. 4158), 28324 [19OC]

Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 25967 [27SE]

———exposure to herbicides or other environmental hazards (see H.R. 1961), 23255 [4AU]

Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]

Election

Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 134 [6JA]

Letters

Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]

Lists

Communist dominated nations, 19590 [18JY]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3957 [3MR]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), conference report, 6494 [22MR]

Captive Nations Week: observance, 19590 [18JY]

Committee on Government Operations: meetings during sessions, 32704 [15NO]

Dairy industry: price support program, 18847 [13JY]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31783 [9NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2969), 15688 [14JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3132), 14673 [7JN]

Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend (H.R. 3929), 26437 [29SE]

Federal supplemental compensation program: extension, 24274 [15SE]

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18858 [13JY]

Immigration Reform and Control Act: proposed, 33011 [16NO]

Industry: national policy, 33533, 33535 [17NO]

Jobs: emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3957 [3MR]

———emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), conference report, 6494 [22MR]

Nuclear weapons: freeze (H.J. Res. 13), 12039 [11MY]

Pennsylvania: unemployment, 17768 [28JN]

Personal explanation, 29008 [21OC]

Poland: visit by Pope John Paul II, 16874 [22JN]

Railroad Retirement Solvency Act: enact (H.R. 1646), 22004 [1AU]

Special order: granted, 16896 [22JN]

States: unemployment compensation trigger for extended benefits, 24274 [15SE]

Unemployment: benefits extension, 26437 [29SE]

———home district, 17768 [28JN]

Votes: position on missed, 29008 [21OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 6494 [22MR], 11930 [11MY], 14687 [7JN], 17768 [28JN], 18847, 18858 [13JY], 22004 [1AU], 24274 [15SE], 26534 [29SE], 33011 [16NO], 33533 [17NO]

Testimonies

Challenge of Industrial Policy, Robert B. Reich, 33534, 33535 [17NO]