TORRES, ESTEBAN EDWARD (a Representative from California)
Amendments offered by, to
Solid Waste Disposal Act: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2867), 22727 [3AU], 26204 [28SE], 27683 [6OC]
Appointments
Funeral Committee for Phillip Burton, 8096 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Contadora nations: support for the objectives of the negotiations (see H.J. Res. 363), 24726 [19SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: amend Constitution to establish legislative authority in Congress and States (see H.J. Res. 59), 5833 [16MR]
Aged: home maintenance and repair assistance (see H.R. 2660), 22327 [2AU]
Air Transportation: assure protection of traveling public (see H.R. 2053), 11932 [11MY]
Air transportation: encourage inflight emergency care aboard aircraft (see H.R. 2088), 23255 [4AU]
Anti-Defamation League Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 408), 30887 [3NO]
Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 12252 [12MY]
Aquino, Benigno, Jr.: call for impartial international tribunal to investigate assassination (see H. Con. Res. 165), 24217 [14SE]
Armenians: 1915 genocide (see H. Res. 171), 21518 [28JY]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 14361 [2JN]
Banks and banking: increase U.S. participation in Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and African Development Fund (see H.R. 2586), 8959 [19AP]
Burton, Phillip: Golden Gate National Recreation Area dedicate to (see H.R. 2600), 8960 [19AP]
California Wilderness Act: enact (see H.R. 1437), 2194 [15FE]
Caribbean basin: protect possessions (see H.R. 3108), 13618 [24MY]
Central America: sense of House in support of peace initiatives (see H. Res. 282), 23931 [13SE]
———U.S. and Honduras should enter into negotiations with Nicaragua (see H. Con. Res. 232), 34221 [18NO]
Chile: call for restoration of democracy (see H. Res. 310), 26536 [29SE]
Clean Air Act: control sources of sulfur dioxides and nitrogen oxides to reduce acid deposition (see H.R. 3400), 23255 [4AU]
Commission on Civil Rights: establish in legislative branch (see H. Con. Res. 200), 29782 [28OC]
Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians: accept findings and implement recommendations (see H.R. 4110), 27722 [6OC]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 16), 1231 [1FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 14609 [6JN]
Council on Industrial Competitiveness and a Bank for Industrial Competitiveness: establish (see H.R. 4362), 32201 [10NO]
Crime: provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3498), 32766 [15NO]
Defense Production Act: extend by 6 months (see H.R. 2112), 5830 [16MR]
———revitalize the defense industrial base (see H.R. 2057, 2782), 4715 [10MR], 9873 [27AP]
Dept. of Education: postpone reorganization of certain programs relative to GAO study (see H. Con. Res. 157), 28325 [19OC]
Disasters: loan program (see H.R. 1375), 5250 [15MR]
Economic Cooperation Council: establish (see H.R. 2991), 21751 [29JY]
Economic summit: use meetings to indicate willingness to pursue monetary and fiscal policies to stimulate growth in this country (see H.J. Res. 208), 7742 [7AP]
Education: assistance to local agencies and institutions of higher (see H.R. 3750), 31845 [9NO]
———authorize national program of improving quality (see H.R. 881), 17193 [23JN]
———national policy that Federal Government contribute to support (see H. Con. Res. 118), 11933 [11MY]
———provide for a national summit conference (see H.R. 3245), 18799 [12JY]
Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 17194 [23JN]
El Salvador: declare President's certification null and void (see H.R. 1270), 1583 [3FE]
———require that assistance funds be contributed to a multilateral postwar reconstruction (see H.R. 2233), 6528 [22MR]
———suspend military assistance and sales (see H.R. 2232), 6528 [22MR]
Employment: provide jobs repairing community facilities (see H.R. 1036), 6394 [21MR]
Energy and conservation programs: amend, extend and enhance (see H.R. 1595), 23255 [4AU]
Equal rights for men and women: amend Constitution (see H.J. Res. 1), 73 [3JA]
FCC: provide a moratorium on changes to rules (see H.R. 2250), 6529 [22MR]
———provide moratorium on changes to rules (see H.R. 4260), 34223 [18NO]
———sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 16092 [16JN]
Federal Election Campaign Act: limit contributions in congressional elections (see H.R. 4428), 33189 [16NO]
———provide financing for House elections and limit campaign contributions (see H.R. 2490), 19808 [19JY]
Federal elections: provide that registration and polling places be accessible to handicapped and elderly (see H.R. 1250), 7741 [7AP]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to electric consumers (see H.R. 4402), 33188 [16NO]
Federal Reserve Act: amend (see H.R. 2546), 8453 [13AP]
Federal Supplemental Compensation Act: extend for additional 6 months (see H.R. 3433), 20275 [21JY]
Firearms: limit availability of handgun bullets capable of penetrating certain body armor (see H.R. 953), 12793 [18MY]
Fisheries: improve West Coast management (see H.R. 2351), 20123 [20JY]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]
Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]
Guatemala: prohibit sale of spare parts for helicopters (see H.J. Res. 65), 164 [6JA]
Health care: sense of House of affordable for elderly and all Americans (see H. Res. 281), 23257 [4AU]
Home buyers: provide equitable access to national secondary mortgage market (see H.R. 3420), 17271 [27JN]
Honduras: should enter into negotiations with Nicaragua (see H. Con. Res. 232), 34221 [18NO]
Honduras and Nicaragua: furnish certain information to House of Representatives regarding U.S. activities (see H. Res. 159), 8453 [13AP]
Housing: amend certain Federal laws (see H.R. 1), 11180 [5MY]
———emergency mortgage assistance to homeowners and emergency shelter for the homeless (see H.R. 1983), 4662 [9MR]
———provide emergency mortgage assistance and emergency shelter for the homeless (see H.R. 1330), 1942 [8FE]
———tenant contribution under lower income assistance programs (see H.R. 1648), 2908 [24FE]
Human rights: concerning observance by Romania of the Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 147), 34224 [18NO]
Industrial competitiveness: improve (see H.R. 4360), 32201 [10NO]
Industrial mortgages: expand availability of long-term capital (see H.R. 4363), 32201 [10NO]
Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, and African Development Fund: increase U.S. participation (see H.R. 2832), 10480 [28AP]
Interest and dividends: withholding of tax (see H.R. 500), 2910 [24FE]
Israel: U.S. should proceed with sale of F-16 aircraft (see H. Res. 166), 13393 [23MY]
Japanese Americans, Aleuts, and others: provide payments for those interned, detained, or forcibly relocated during World War II (see H.R. 3387), 16897 [22JN]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 32766 [15NO]
Kamehameha the Great National Monument, Hawaii: establish (see H.R. 3642), 31845 [9NO]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: designate birthday a legal public holiday (see H.R. 800, 3706), 15534 [13JN], 21750 [29JY]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 21518 [28JY]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 6844 [23MR]
Medicaid: acupuncturist coverage (see H.R. 3791), 30570 [2NO]
Medicare: acupuncturist coverage (see H.R. 3792), 30570 [2NO]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 21517 [28JY]
Motor vehicles: establish domestic content requirements (see H.R. 1234), 2066 [10FE]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 23930 [13SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 23930 [13SE]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans' Affairs: recognize (see H.R. 1142), 7425 [24MR]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 25188 [21SE]
National Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 638), 5250 [15MR]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 324), 24727 [19SE]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 21258 [27JY]
National Labor Relations Act: prohibit awarding of Federal contracts to violators of certain judicial orders (see H.R. 1743), 17193 [23JN]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5833 [16MR]
National Professions and Technology Foundation: establish (see H.R. 4245), 29781 [28OC]
National Sickle-Cell Anemia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 155), 18474 [11JY]
National Tenants Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 301), 29069 [24OC]
Natural Food Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 26536 [29SE]
Natural Gas Policy Act: limit prices and improve marketing practices (see H.R. 2154), 10481 [28AP]
Navy Wives Clubs of America: recognize (see H.R. 2372), 10570 [2MY]
Nicaragua: should enter into negotiations with Honduras (see H. Con. Res. 232), 34221 [18NO]
Nuclear weapons: calling for mutual freeze and reduction (see H.J. Res. 2), 73 [3JA]
Nutrition: Federal Government should maintain current programs (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2417 [17FE]
Office of Housing for the Elderly: establish within Dept. of HUD (see H.R. 672), 9619 [25AP]
OPM: prohibit implementation of certain regulations published in the Federal Register (see H.R. 2449), 14883 [8JN]
Petroleum: amend Export Administration Act (see H.R. 1197), 5085 [14MR]
Railroads: States to assume all costs associated with operating jointly funded service (see H. Res. 149), 7425 [24MR]
Revitalization areas: establish in distressed areas (see H.R. 1735), 9402 [21AP]
Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 16091 [16JN]
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Calif.: exchange of lands between BLM and Los Angeles (see H.R. 3331), 25188 [21SE]
Schools: encourage use of before and after hours (see H.R. 4193), 30570 [2NO]
Small business: provide assistance in acquiring procurement information and contracts (see H.R. 2130), 5831 [16MR]
———provide long-term capital gain treatment to certain participating debentures (see H.R. 1136), 1494 [2FE]
Small Business Act: amend (see H.R. 2133), 31526 [8NO]
———amend relative to disaster loan program (see H.R. 1375), 5250 [15MR]
———improve assistance to victims of disaster (see H.R. 2583), 10820 [3MY]
———provide assistance to areas of economic dislocation where currency fluctuation results (see H.R. 1593), 4234 [8MR]
Social security: grants to States for health care benefits for unemployed (see H.R. 2552), 10481 [28AP]
———restrict time period for penalty of late medicare enrollment (see H.R. 3405), 27146 [4OC]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
Taxation: increase energy investment credit for solar, wind, geothermal, and ocean thermal property (see H.R. 1775), 15723 [14JN]
———provide credit for expenses by employer in providing remedial education for employees (see H.R. 2941), 11482 [9MY]
———treatment of losses under Disaster Relief Act (see H.R. 3265), 19586 [18JY]
Technology: promote commercial application and diffusion in industrial sector (see H.R. 4361), 32201 [10NO]
Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]
Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 30336 [1NO]
———commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 126), 15534 [13JN]
U.S. Academy of Peace and Conflict Resolution: establish (see H.R. 1249), 19808 [19JY]
U.S.-flag vessels: promote increased ocean transportation of bulk commodities and strengthen defense industrial base (see H.R. 1242), 15723 [14JN]
Unemployed: hire to repair and renovate educational facilities (see H.R. 1720), 8220 [12AP]
Veterans: emergency job training assistance program for disabled (see H.R. 2355), 10820 [3MY]
Vocational Education Act: amend (see H.R. 2332), 7422 [24MR]
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act: designate a segment of the Tuolumne River in California as a component of the System (see H.R. 2474), 34222 [18NO]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 70), 2852 [23FE]
Election
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 132 [6JA]
Committee on Small Business, 132 [6JA]
Letters
Clinch River breeder reactor project funding: by, and 124 other Members of Congress, 25674 [23SE]
Undocumented aliens in criminal cases, 3 Members of Congress, 34201 [18NO]
Remarks by, on
Armenian Martyrs Day, 9389
California: unemployment, 17755 [28JN]
Central America: support for Contadora nations (H.J. Res. 363), 25241
———U.S. policy, 19788 [19JY]
Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 25077 [21SE]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3329), 16838 [22JN]
East Los Angeles, Calif., Community Union, 18349
El Salvador: U.S. policy, 19788 [19JY]
Employment: Puerto Rican opportunities, 32830
Fair Practices and Procedures in Automotive Products Act: enact (H.R. 1234), 29757 [28OC]
Foreign relations: Central America, 19788 [19JY]
Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 2867), 27683-27685 [6OC]
IMF: U.S. contribution, 21661 [29JY]
International Recovery and Financial Stability Act: enact (H.R. 2957), 21661 [29JY]
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement: 10th anniversary, 33275
Los Angeles, Calif.: Chicana Service Action Center honors Dolores Sanchez as Woman of the Decade, 30581
———Plaza Family Support Center tribute, 31864
———reduce funds for rail construction, 16838 [22JN]
Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements, 29757 [28OC]
Music: OTI International Song Festival, 28521
National Adoptions Week, 31864
National Hispanic Heritage Week: observance, 23913 [13SE]
National Hispanic University, 16719
National Small Business Week: observance, 11610
Natural gas: prices, 16383 [20JN]
Norwalk, Calif.: Health Fair Expo, 9782
Norwalk-La Mirada, Calif.: school district employees tribute, 10873
Personal explanation, 1877 [8FE], 6687
Pico Rivera, Calif.: anniversary, 324
———Perpetual Adoration Society of the Church of Saint Hilary 25th anniversary, 30370
Unemployment: Federal employment and training program (H.R. 1036), 25077 [21SE]
———home district, 17755 [28JN]
Votes: position on missed, 1877 [8FE], 6687
West Covina, Calif.: Rotary Club tribute, 4891
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 243 [25JA], 4661 [9MR], 6527 [22MR], 8175 [12AP], 9286 [20AP], 11620 [10MY], 12249 [12MY], 16383 [20JN], 16838 [22JN], 18230 [29JN], 19788 [19JY], 24811
Special order: granted, 31524 [8NO], 32763 [15NO]
Reports
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, 12433 [16MY], 30559 [2NO]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 12433 [16MY], 23244 [4AU], 30559 [2NO]
Rosters
East Los Angeles, Calif., Community Union Board of Directors, 18350
Statements
Equal Education, B. Robert Cruz, National Hispanic University annual report (publication), 16720
U.S.-Israeli Relations, by, 32814
Summaries
Federal Cutbacks on Employment and Training Opportunities for Puerto Ricans, National Puerto Rican Coalition, Inc., 32830
Tables
Unemployment—automobile and related industries, 29758 [28OC]
Texts of
H.J. Res. 363, support for Contadora nations of Central America, 25242
Tributes
Amezquita, Lisa, 29480
Burton, Phillip, 8175 [12AP]
Dobson, Clifford G., 31859
Garcia, Carlos J., 18345
Garcia, Matt, 27183
Gonzalez, Representative, 10796
Greenwell, Bud, 29483
Kraus, Henry, 32813
Peralta, Felix, 31086
Quinn, Anthony, 18427
Rodriguez, Armando, 26721 [30SE]
Sanchez, Dolores, 30581
Terrazas, Frank, 34728
Zapata, Geraldine, 31864