O'BRIEN, GEORGE M. (a Representative from Illinois)
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2965, making Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies appropriations, 33691 [3DE]
———H.R. 3424, making Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, 30454 [5NO]
Group of the North Atlantic Assembly: member, 10020 [1MY]
Articles and editorials
Beirut Crisis Is Not at End, Aurora (IL) Beacon-News, 18506
Better Nuclear Reactor, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 6444 [27MR]
Great Relief for Everyone, Joliet (IL) Herald-News, 18507
Statistics Tell Terrorism's Story, Peter Sacopulos, Chicago (IL) Tribune, 18507
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Constitution: terms of office for Members of the House of Representatives (see H.J. Res. 273), 9827 [30AP]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, 427), 3569 [26FE], 28701 [23OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural industry: establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 10024 [1MY]
Agriculture: assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 12010 [15MY]
———market expansion and income protection for farmers (see H.R. 1965), 10695 [7MY]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 29375 [29OC]
Appropriations: amend House rules to require rollcall vote (see H. Res. 347), 37855 [18DE]
Armed Forces: allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain improper medical care (see H.R. 1161), 5988 [21MR]
———allow members to sue U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 3174), 22682 [1AU]
Asbestos: prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 1626), 5727 [20MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 263), 10696 [7MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 18730 [11JY]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 5049 [7MR]
Blue Angels: authorize Postmaster General to issue commemorative stamp to honor (see H.J. Res. 245), 27643 [16OC]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 4703 [6MR]
Camp Fire, Inc.: recognizing 75 years service (see H.J. Res. 298), 23549 [12SE]
CCC Act: amend relative to exports of agriculture commodities (see H.R. 1760), 10521 [6MY]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 32215 [18NO]
Children: provide State assistance to establish clearinghouse for missing (see H.R. 604), 11292 [9MY]
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), 1878 [6FE]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 1315 [30JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 7), 34789 [5DE]
Congressional pay adjustments: defer until March 1 (see H.R. 1395), 4299 [4MR]
Constitution: item veto in appropriations bills (see H.J. Res. 49), 5585 [19MR]
Eastern Caribbean Center: establish at the College of the Virgin Islands: establish (see H.R. 3650), 29685 [30OC]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 23913 [17SE]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt employees of State and local public agencies from minimum wage and overtime requirements (see H.R. 3173), 24179 [18SE]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 10696 [7MY]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 32642 [20NO]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
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]
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 16414 [19JN]
Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor, IL: establish (see H.R. 1308), 3949 [27FE]
Higher Education Act: reduce the default rate on student loans (see H.R. 2687), 18730 [11JY]
Highway funds: provide for administrative release (see H.R. 1059), 23443 [11SE]
House of Representatives: correct disproportional seating on committees (see H. Res. 24), 2293 [7FE]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 16123 [18JN]
Learning Disabilities Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), 15216 [11JN]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 25051 [26SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 30493 [5NO]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 18516 [10JY]
Lottery: establish nationwide (see H.R. 1878), 12559 [20MY]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 5727 [20MR]
Members salaries: require recorded vote (see H. Res. 109), 5727 [20MR]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 7240 [2AP]
MIA's: secure full accounting (see H.J. Res. 105), 1314 [30JA]
———sense of Congress (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12822 [21MY]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 28317 [22OC]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 21633 [30JY]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 3379 [25FE]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 59, 282), 7613 [4AP], 27420 [11OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 77, 112), 2434 [19FE], 5585 [19MR]
National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 3024), 28701 [23OC]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 17520 [26JN]
National Autism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 440), 30199 [1NO]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30199 [1NO]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 27019 [9OC]
National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 10696 [7MY]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 4231 [28FE]
National Child Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 33), 5585 [19MR]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 6610 [28MR]
National Community College Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 9745 [29AP]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 5988 [21MR]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 6471 [27MR]
National DECA Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), 828 [22JA]
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 Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 22686 [1AU]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 4402 [5MR]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 15593 [13JN]
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 Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 207), 33843 [3DE]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 6367 [26MR]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 32642 [20NO]
National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), 36210 [12DE]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 9297 [24AP]
National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 19867 [22JY]
National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 20264 [24JY]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 18730 [11JY]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 8299 [17AP]
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 362), 25051 [26SE]
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), 23913 [17SE]
National Jaycee Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 447), 35788 [10DE]
National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), 36106 [11DE]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 18139 [9JY]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Mental Retardation Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 5586 [19MR]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 30384 [4NO]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 479), 16413 [19JN]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 31515 [12NO]
National Organ Donation Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 123), 5729 [20MR]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 16414 [19JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 1878 [6FE]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 5586 [19MR]
National Pedestrian Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156), 15216 [11JN]
National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 19702 [18JY]
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 5586 [19MR]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 205, 451), 16123 [18JN], 32643 [20NO]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 14337 [5JN]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 8058 [16AP]
National School Library Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 4402 [5MR]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20681 [25JY]
National Scleroderma Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 6087 [25MR]
National security policy: reflect strategy of peace through strength (see H. Con. Res. 150), 12276 [16MY]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 19230 [16JY]
National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145), 8474 [18AP]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 8058 [16AP]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 20838 [26JY]
National Taste and Smell Disease Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), 30199 [1NO]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 5048 [7MR]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 18060 [8JY]
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola: authorize the furnishing of military assistance (see H.R. 3609), 32642 [20NO]
National Veterans' Health Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 15500 [12JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 903 [24JA]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 18730 [11JY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19230 [16JY]
Pediculosis Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 17913 [27JN]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 1314 [30JA]
Railroad Retirement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 289), 21938 [31JY]
Right to life: amend Constitution to protect (see H.J. Res. 94), 902 [24JA]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 38734 [20DE]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Scott Air Force Base, IL: rename as Mel Price Air Force Base and Airport (see H.R. 2458), 11291 [9MY]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Sesquicentennial Year of the National Library of Medicine: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 33843 [3DE]
Social Security: direct medicare payment for services of nurse anesthetist (see H.R. 2504), 20264 [24JY]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Society of the Third Infantry Division: erect memorial in District of Columbia (see H.R. 2440), 22685 [1AU]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 19702 [18JY]
Soviet Jewry: sense of House relative to Solidarity Sunday (see H. Res. 127), 8474 [18AP]
Soviet Union: direct President to begin talks to establish student exchange for peace programs (see H.J. Res. 336), 23444 [11SE]
Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 18730 [11JY]
Square dance: designate as the national folk dance (see H.J. Res. 316), 15879 [17JN]
Steel: limit importation of products (see H.R. 539), 693 [21JA]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 828 [22JA]
Taxation: repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 826 [22JA]
Terrorism: President should declare national emergency (see H. Con. Res. 219), 28316 [22OC]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 36766 [16DE]
VA: adjudication of claims for benefits (see H.R. 585), 903 [24JA]
Very Special Arts U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 10262 [2MY]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
Walt Disney Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 377), 32631 [20NO]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 6611 [28MR]
Young Astronaut Program: striking of medals to commemorate (see H.R. 2578), 34789 [5DE]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9829 [30AP]
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1273 [30JA]
Letters
Offshore petroleum leasing moratorium: 200 businesses and associations, 17552
Oaths of office
House of Representatives, 689 [21JA]
Poems
``Death,'' Noel Coward, 11655 [13MY]
``Whoever Is Fighting for Liberty Is Defending America'': E.B. White, 18507
Prayers
Rescue Those Unjustly Deprived of Liberty, 35430
Rescue those unjustly deprived of liberty, 32897
Remarks by, on
Anderson, Terry: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 14609, 14611, 14615 [6JN], 15413 [12JN]
Argonne National Laboratory: integral fast reactor, 30355
———tribute, 6443 [27MR]
Bobs Hill Gang: tribute, 814 [22JA]
Buckley, William: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
Cuba: Radio Marti funding, 19448 [17JY]
Dept. of Energy: clean coal technology reserve funding, 21879 [31JY]
Dept. of the Interior: Outer Continental Shelf leasing program, 21852 [31JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3011), 21852, 21879 [31JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 19405, 19439, 19446, 19448, 19459 [17JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), conference report, 34621 [5DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2965), unanimous-consent agreement, 34163 [4DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3424), 25677 [2OC]
FBI: counterintelligence programs funding, 19459 [17JY]
FCC: authority, 14615 [6JN]
———relocation of Fort Lauderdale, FL, monitoring station, 14609 [6JN]
Government spending: reduce, 25677 [2OC]
Health Research Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2409), conference report, 28623
House of Representatives: extended terms, 12208
Indiana: recount procedure in 8th Congressional District, 6547 [28MR], 9986 [1MY]
Jacobsen, David P.: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
Jenco, Lawrence M.: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395, 18506
Joliet, IL: Central High School wrestling team, Class AA Championship, 6504
———Christ Episcopal Church anniversary, 12199
Kilburn, Peter: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
Lebanon: kidnapping of American citizens, 11068 [8MY]
———kidnapping of U.S. citizens, 17396 [26JN], 17883 [27JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395, 18506
LSC: establish Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center, 14611 [6JN]
McIntyre, Representative: seat as Member of House, 6547 [28MR]
McIntyre, Richard D.: seat as Member of House, 9986 [1MY]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (H.J. Res. 170), 4106 [28FE]
———designate (S.J. Res. 83), 10637 [7MY]
National Asthma Awareness Week: enact (H.J. Res. 170), 3503 [26FE]
Nicaragua: humanitarian assistance for Contras, 15413 [12JN]
———providing for humanitarian assistance (H.J. Res. 247), 9250 [24AP]
NIH: funding (H.R. 2409), conference report, 28623
Nuclear energy: integral fast reactor, 30355
Personal explanation, 8624 [22AP], 24992 [26SE]
Petroleum: domestic energy supplies, 17552
———offshore leasing moratorium, 17552
Power resources: integral fast reactor, 30355
Sakharov, Andrei, and family: expressing solidarity with, in efforts to exercise rights of freedom of expression, of travel, and of communication (S. Con. Res. 62), 24252 [19SE]
SBA: direct loan programs, 19446 [17JY]
Semyonov, Alexei: hunger strike in protest of treatment of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner, 24252 [19SE]
Sports: Joliet, IL, Central High School wrestling team, Class AA Championship, 6504
Sutherland, Thomas: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
Terrorism: airline hijacking by Shiite Moslems, 17396 [26JN], 17883 [27JN]
———efforts to prevent hijackings, 17396 [26JN]
U.N.: U.S. contribution, 19439 [17JY]
Votes: position on missed, 8624 [22AP], 24992 [26SE]
Weir, Benjamin: kidnapping in Lebanon, 17396 [26JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18710
———release from captivity in Lebanon, 24229 [19SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 814 [22JA], 1291 [30JA], 3503 [26FE], 4106 [28FE], 6443, 6468 [27MR], 6547 [28MR], 8759 [22AP], 9986 [1MY], 10637 [7MY], 11068 [8MY], 11655 [13MY], 12007 [15MY], 17396, 17517 [26JN], 17883 [27JN], 18082 [9JY], 18395 [10JY], 18728 [11JY], 19227 [16JY], 19615 [18JY], 19990 [23JY], 20178 [24JY], 21494 [30JY], 21838 [31JY], 22515 [1AU], 23140 [10SE], 23358 [11SE], 23492 [12SE], 23862 [17SE], 24123 [18SE], 24229 [19SE], 25047 [26SE], 25658 [2OC], 26107 [3OC], 26689 [8OC], 26928 [9OC], 28700 [23OC], 28859 [24OC], 29373 [29OC], 29684 [30OC], 30912 [6NO], 31830 [14NO], 32616 [20NO], 33840 [3DE], 34787 [5DE], 35287 [9DE], 35563 [10DE], 36132 [12DE], 38353 [19DE]
Special order: granted, 18727 [11JY], 20677 [25JY]
Reports
Committee on, 23440 [11SE]
Committee on Appropriations, 32616 [20NO]
Delegation to North Atlantic Assembly, 23440 [11SE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 6603 [28MR], 23440 [11SE], 32616 [20NO]
North Atlantic Assembly, 6603 [28MR]
Texts of
Extended terms for Members of the House of Representatives, 12209
Tributes
Arends, Leslie C., 19684 [18JY]
Bethe, Hans, 30355
Burton, Charles P., 814 [22JA]
Davis, Carolyne K., 21582
Goldwater, Margaret (Peggy), 36053 [11DE]
Long, Gillis W., 1291 [30JA]
Mainland, Keith F., 3503 [26FE]
McNear, James, 8792
O'Brien, William and Mary Jane, 11655 [13MY]