McHUGH, MATTHEW F. (a Representative from New York)
Amendments offered by, to
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 37374 [17DE]
Appointments
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): member, 5673 [20MR]
Committee on Intelligence (Select), 1279 [30JA]
Conferee: H.R. 1239, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act, 6405 [27MR]
———H.R. 2419, authorizing appropriations for intelligence services, 28625 [23OC]
———H.R. 3037, making Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 35174 [9DE]
Articles and editorials
Concept of First Earth Run Is Catching Fire, Los Angeles (CA) Herald Examiner, 22945
Resnick Funds Scholarships, George Berkin, Kingston (NY) Freeman, 35145
Still Pretending To Balance the Budget, New York (NY) Times, 31414 [12NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
First Earth Run: support and encourage the goals (see H. Res. 160), 10695 [7MY]
Sub-Saharan Africa: contribution to special facility adminstered by International Development Association (see H.R. 1949), 7495 [3AP]
Taxation: full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 32463 [19NO]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: funds for food assistance and agricultural development (see H.R. 2080), 9745 [29AP]
Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 5727 [20MR]
AID: family planning service programs based on voluntarism and informed choice (see H.R. 3654), 29685 [30OC]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 4), 9297 [24AP]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Arms race: sense of Congress that escalation will threaten security (see H. Con. Res. 36), 7240 [2AP]
Beverage containers: require refund value (see H.R. 357), 7238 [2AP]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years of service (see H.J. Res. 298), 34267 [4DE]
Central America: Contadora peace process (see H.R. 1335), 13128 [22MY]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 11762 [14MY]
Chemical weapons: prohibit production (see H.R. 2124), 13128 [22MY]
Children: improve and expand care and early education services (see H.R. 2867), 17232 [25JN]
China, People's Republic of: stress the release from prison of Roman Catholic priests, Protestant pastors, and layworkers (see H. Con. Res. 26), 11687 [13MY]
Cigarettes: eliminate reduction in tax (see H.R. 1200), 5585 [19MR]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 7238 [2AP]
Coins and coinage: provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 2432 [19FE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Communities: facilitate economic adjustment (see H.R. 229), 20680 [25JY]
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: apply to petroleum and establish account for leaking tanks (see H.R. 2255), 13437 [23MY]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 27018 [9OC]
Crime and criminals: capital punishment for murders committed by prisoners serving life sentence (see H.R. 2398), 13890 [3JN]
Dept. of Defense: limit payment of costs to contractors (see H.R. 2397), 12559 [20MY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 9828 [30AP]
———promote development and use of technology by elementary and secondary students and teachers (see H.R. 3326), 24177 [18SE]
El Salvador: limit introduction of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 1865), 7235 [2AP]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64, 65), 6610 [28MR]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 3570 [26FE]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 7497 [3AP]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 5586 [19MR]
GAO: investigate conditions of displaced Salvadoran persons (see H.R. 822), 7497 [3AP]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 28317 [22OC]
Guatemala: commending for leading toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 200), 29375 [29OC]
Handicapped Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 285), 11686 [13MY]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 16414 [19JN]
Hungarians in Transylvania: observance of human rights by Romania (see H. Res. 56), 7803 [15AP]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Israel: tax treatment of loans (see H.R. 3258), 25496 [1OC]
Japan: relative to trade (see H. Con. Res. 105), 10262 [2MY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 15216 [11JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17520 [26JN]
Mengele, Josef: Congress should continue investigation into residence and activities (see H. Con. Res. 82), 5046 [7MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 22899 [4SE]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 11293 [9MY]
Milk handlers: make prompt payment to producers (see H.R. 366), 10024 [1MY]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12822 [21MY]
Monuments and memorials: erect to American Armored Force, Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 34885 [6DE]
Morocco: erection of gift monument in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2887), 32642 [20NO]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 25497 [1OC]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Advanced Technician Training Program: establish (see H.R. 2353), 25050 [26SE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 3379 [25FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 18139 [9JY]
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see H.R. 615), 8762 [22AP]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 6610 [28MR]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 8300 [17AP]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 13890 [3JN]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 8474 [18AP]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 12559 [20MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 29375 [29OC]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), 20838 [26JY]
National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 2681 [20FE]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 33843 [3DE]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32630 [20NO]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288), 21632 [30JY]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 23549 [12SE]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 14058 [4JN]
National Legion of Valor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 41), 7240 [2AP]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 23444 [11SE]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9829 [30AP]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 27019 [9OC]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), 13438 [23MY]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20681 [25JY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 17233 [25JN]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 16581 [20JN]
National Temporary Help Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 27829 [17OC]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 8299 [17AP]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 20264 [24JY]
Nicaragua: limit introduction of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 1865), 7235 [2AP]
NIH: full funding for new and competing research grants (see H.J. Res. 136), 6610 [28MR]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 8299 [17AP]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 23444 [11SE]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 15880 [17JN]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Public Health Service Act: provide services for pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents (see H.R. 927), 11762 [14MY]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Railroads: enhance rail competition (see H.R. 1190), 9828 [30AP]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 26109 [3OC]
Romania: human rights of Hungarians in Transylvania (see H. Res. 56), 7803 [15AP]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 38734 [20DE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 35288 [9DE]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 6471 [27MR]
Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 26691 [8OC]
———limit increase in the inpatient hospital deductible and charge extended care co-insurance (see H.R. 3630), 33842 [3DE]
———require States to establish, monitor, and enforce child care standards (see H.R. 2116), 14059 [4JN]
Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 3470), 31637 [13NO]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
South Africa: opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 8059 [16AP]
Soviet Union: allow Igor Ogurtsov to emigrate (see H. Res. 76), 15501 [12JN]
———direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 20264 [24JY]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children: release the remaining money appropriated (see H. Con. Res. 146), 13128 [22MY]
Tax Reform Act: amend (see H.R. 528), 14058 [4JN]
Taxation: increase on cigarettes and earmark to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630), 33842 [3DE]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 28702 [23OC]
———treatment of loans to Israel (see H.R. 3258), 25496 [1OC]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 7613 [4AP]
U.S. Savings Bonds Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 421), 31002 [7NO]
U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations: display lights during summit talks (see H. Con. Res. 227), 31888 [14NO]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 13437 [23MY]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 11293 [9MY]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 30914 [6NO]
Women: economic equity (see H.R. 2472), 11686 [13MY]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 459 [7JA]
World Court: deploring the intention of the U.S. to withdraw (see H. Con. Res. 208), 26482 [7OC]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5046 [7MR]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9829 [30AP]
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1272 [4FE]
Letters
Election process in Nicaragua: by, and several Members of Congress, 15460 [12JN]
Military aid to Nicaragua: Belisario Betancur, to President Reagan (excerpt), 15426 [12JN]
Poems
``American Spirit of Freedom,'' David Karp, 38663
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1239), 4123 [28FE]
Antisatellite weapons: testing, 17428 [26JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 14587 [6JN], 15168 [11JN], 15426 [12JN]
Armenian Martyrs' Day: commemorate, 9280
Budget: deficit reduction proposals, 31414 [12NO]
———Dept. of Agriculture funding, 20227 [24JY]
China, People's Republic of: nuclear capabilities, 35975, 35976 [11DE]
———nuclear cooperation agreement, 32510 [20NO]
Cornell University: research and development, 38709
Cyprus: Turkish occupation, 25476
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 20227 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1872), 17428 [26JN], 17767 [27JN]
Dept. of State, USIA, and Board for International Broadcasting: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2068), 11262 [9MY]
Economic assistance: sub-Saharan Africa, 7479 [3AP]
Education: Lou and Mildred Resnick scholarship funding, 35145
Elections: campaign finance laws, 32445
———tax treatment of campaign contributions, 35949 [11DE], 37375, 37378 [17DE]
Ellenville, NY: Lou and Mildred Resnick, tribute, 35145
Endicott, NY: Czechoslovak Moravan Club anniversary, 10400
Fish, Billy L.: tributes, 15146 [11JN]
Foreign relations: Cyprus, 25476
———nuclear cooperation agreement with People's Republic of China, 32510 [20NO]
Government spending: reduce, 31414 [12NO]
International Development Association: U.S. contribution to special facility for sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 1949), 7479 [3AP]
Kerhonkson, NY: David Karp, tribute, 38663
Middle East: supplemental appropriations for Economic Support Fund, 15168 [11JN]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (H.J. Res. 192), 9280
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15426 [12JN]
———introduction of combat forces, 17767 [27JN]
———making appropriations for military and paramilitary operations (H.J. Res. 239), 8996, 8997 [23AP]
Nicholson, Arthur D., Jr.: assassination, 11262 [9MY]
Nuclear exports: approval and implementation of proposed agreement between the U.S. and People's Republic of China (S.J. Res. 238), 35975, 35976 [11DE]
Personal explanation, 17893
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.J. Res. 372), conference report, 36082 [11DE]
Small Contribution Tax Credit Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3780), 32445
South Africa: Jonas Savimbi and UNITA, 34793
Soviet Union: assassination of Arthur D. Nicholson, Jr., 11262 [9MY]
Sports: Earth Run, 22945
———racehorse Exterminator's anniversary, 37858
St. Patrick's Day: observance, 5657
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 35949 [11DE], 37378 [17DE]
Turkey: occupation of Cyprus, 25476
Votes: position on missed, 17893
WIC: supplemental appropriations, 14587 [6JN]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 5575 [19MR], 7479 [3AP], 8996 [23AP], 9295 [24AP], 10260 [2MY], 14587 [6JN], 15426 [12JN], 17428 [26JN], 17909 [27JN], 20227 [24JY], 22893 [4SE], 31414 [12NO], 32510 [20NO], 34787 [5DE], 35975 [11DE], 36209 [12DE], 37375, 37486 [17DE], 37851 [18DE], 38369 [19DE]
Special order: granted, 17909 [27JN], 32462 [19NO]
Reports
Committee on Appropriations, 23427 [11SE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 23427 [11SE]
Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1985: Committee on Appropriations (excerpt), 14587 [6JN]
Resolutions by organizations
Exterminator's accomplishments: New York, 37858
Statements
Democracy and Human Rights in South Africa: Jonas Savimbi and UNITA, 34793
Telegrams
Cornell University research and development funds: Frank H.T. Rhodes, 38709
Texts of
H.R. 3780, Small Contribution Tax Credit Reform Act, 32446
Tributes
Donnelly, John, 5657
Gershon, David, 22945
Karp, David, 38663
Resnick, Joseph Y., 35145
Resnick, Lou and Mildred, 35145