TRAXLER, BOB (a Representative from Michigan)
Addresses
Motor Vehicle Industry and the Future of General Motors: Roger B. Smith, 27341
Appointments
Committee on Hunger (Select): member, 5673 [20MR]
Conferee: H.J. Res. 465, making further continuing appropriations, 35944 [11DE]
———H.R. 1239, African Famine Relief and Recovery Act, 6405 [27MR]
———H.R. 2942, authorizing legislative branch appropriations, 26669 [8OC]
———H.R. 3037, making Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 35174 [9DE]
———H.R. 3038, making Dept. of HUD and independent agencies appropriations, 30730 [6NO]
Articles and editorials
Blame the President, Please—He's Responsible for Ruinous Deficit, and Making It Worse, George F. Will, Saginaw (MI) News, 30349
Grassley—Iowa's ``Gipper-Basher,'' Rowland Evans and Robert Novak, Detroit (MI) News, 9377
``New Heartland?'' James Botkin, Dan Dimancescu, and Ray Stata, 20847
Politics and Policy, Dennis Farney, Wall Street Journal, 5664
Quotas Help Keep Us Competitive, Representative Dingell, Detroit (MI) Free Press, 1119
Valerian Przygocki Tribute, Joe Ershun, 14259
Bills and resolutions introduced by
National Commission on Illiteracy: establish (see H.J. Res. 213), 6366 [26MR]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 902 [24JA]
Taxation: treatment of fringe benefits provided to parents of employees (see H.R. 847), 1313 [30JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Act: establish limitations on milk products (see H.R. 1629), 5727 [20MR]
———price support program for milk (see H.R. 2850), 17231 [25JN]
Agriculture: extend and improve domestic food programs (see H.R. 1856), 6923 [1AP]
———market expansion and income protection for farmers (see H.R. 1965), 8473 [18AP]
Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 26691 [8OC]
American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 30199 [1NO]
Ammunition: regulate manufacture, importation, and sale of armor-piercing (see H.R. 13), 1315 [30JA]
Animal Welfare Act: ensure proper treatment of laboratory animals (see H.R. 2653), 37487 [17DE]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Asbestos: prompt, exclusive, and equitable compensation for inadequate tort remedies (see H.R. 1626), 5727 [20MR]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 10696 [7MY]
Beekeeper Preservation Act: enact (see H.R. 2382), 10693 [7MY]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 20139 [23JY]
Berlin, Irving: designate day to honor (see H.J. Res. 352), 23150 [10SE]
Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 169), 12559 [20MY]
Central America: calling for peace (see H. Res. 67), 6368 [26MR]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 19867 [22JY]
Child abuse: encourage States to enact protection reform (see H.R. 1205), 13127 [22MY]
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: encourage States to enact protection reforms (see H.R. 2999), 20264 [24JY]
Child Nutrition Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11147 [8MY]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 2293 [7FE]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 25), 461 [7JA]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 461 [3JA]
Communications Act: promote fairness in telecommunications policy for lifeline telephone service (see H.R. 151), 1387 [31JA]
Contadora process: direct consultations for promoting peace (see H.R. 1335), 5585 [19MR]
Copyright: make permanent requirements of manufacturing clause (see H.R. 3465), 38372 [19DE]
Corporations: 50% nondeductible excise tax on certain profits from takeover attempts (see H.R. 1100), 15500 [12JN]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Education: establish program to strengthen and improve State and local agencies (see H.R. 3263), 27018 [9OC]
———promote effective schools and excellence (see H.R. 747), 3378 [25FE]
ERISA: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 28132 [21OC]
———require pension plans to allow participation and benefit accrual to continue past normal retirement age (see H.R. 2700), 25050 [26SE]
Ethnic American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 25497 [1OC]
Eugene Ormandy Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 347), 31888 [14NO]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: effectiveness requirements shall not apply to laetrile (see H.R. 1471), 17519 [26JN]
Federal Home Loan Bank Board: effective date of limitations on certain investments (see H. Con. Res. 34), 4231 [28FE]
Federal Power Act: provide protection to consumers of electric power (see H.R. 44), 445 [3JA]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 1874 [6FE]
———right of ownership (see H. Con. Res. 13), 2942 [21FE]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Freedom of the Press Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2940 [21FE]
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]
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]
Homeless: emergency shelter and related services (see H.R. 1526), 5728 [20MR]
Housing: opposition to program reductions for elderly and handicapped (see H. Res. 37), 1878 [6FE]
Ignacy Jan Paderewski Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), 26109 [3OC]
Indian lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Insurance: prohibit discrimination on basis of blindness (see H.R. 2741), 15499 [12JN]
Intergenerational education volunteer network programs: establish (see H.R. 1587), 5582 [19MR]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 19526 [17JY]
Japan: Presidential response to trade practices (see H. Con. Res. 106), 7238 [2AP]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 5728 [20MR]
Job Corps Program: reaffirm commitment (see H. Res. 72), 7498 [3AP]
Job Training Partnership Act: establish education component in summer youth employment programs (see H.R. 1090), 2291 [7FE]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 16942 [24JN]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17520 [26JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 19230 [16JY]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 36211 [12DE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 18516 [10JY]
Michigan: designate certain public lands as wilderness (see H.R. 148), 7238 [2AP]
Milk: impose limitations on amount of imported protein products (see H.R. 431), 903 [24JA]
Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act: disclosure of mileage when vehicles are transferred (see H.R. 780), 11147 [8MY]
Motor vehicles: restrict temporarily quantity of imported (see H.R. 1050), 2289 [7FE]
Mule Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 76), 2942 [21FE]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 37487 [17DE]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 24289 [19SE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 229), 7496 [3AP]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 5048 [7MR]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 27420 [11OC]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 8762 [22AP]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 10521 [6MY]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 170), 8763 [22AP]
National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), 30914 [6NO]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 359), 35288 [9DE]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 18138 [9JY]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 14336 [5JN]
National Commission on Neurofibromatosis: establish (see H.R. 615), 22685 [1AU]
National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 183), 19526 [17JY]
National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man: designate (see H.J. Res. 192), 8763 [22AP]
National Dental Hygiene Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 218), 23913 [17SE]
National DES Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 8474 [18AP]
National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 158), 9829 [30AP]
National Disability in Entertainment Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 19867 [22JY]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135), 11686 [13MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 29375 [29OC]
National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 160), 2940 [21FE]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 34885 [6DE]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 7612 [4AP]
National Foster Grandparents Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 27163 [10OC]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 32465 [19NO]
National Hemophilia Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 18730 [11JY]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 11147 [8MY]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 319), 32464 [19NO]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 23913 [17SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 74), 5048 [7MR]
National Labor Relations Act: increase stability of collective bargaining in building and construction industry (see H.R. 281), 12276 [16MY]
National Make-A-Wish Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 23009 [9SE]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 312), 21938 [31JY]
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), 7240 [2AP]
National Osteopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175), 16414 [19JN]
National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46), 9105 [23AP]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 30914 [6NO]
National Pedestrian Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156), 9105 [23AP]
National School Lunch Act: extend and improve (see H.R. 7), 11147 [8MY]
National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 20681 [25JY]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 9829 [30AP]
National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 222), 19230 [16JY]
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), 20838 [26JY]
National Theater Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 25), 5988 [21MR]
National Theatre Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 32978 [20NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 296), 20139 [23JY]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 20), 30914 [6NO]
Nuclear weapons: prohibit explosive testing (see H.J. Res. 3), 7240 [2AP]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 15593 [13JN]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19527 [17JY]
Pediculosis Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 223), 17913 [27JN]
Plant closings: require employers to notify and consult with employees (see H.R. 1616), 12822 [21MY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 1314 [30JA]
Popieluszko, Jerzy: authorize President to present gold medal (see H.R. 2263), 24179 [18SE]
Presidents: constitutional amendment providing for appointment of electors from insular areas (see H.J. Res. 23), 24288 [19SE]
Public lands: conservation, rehabilitation, and improvement of natural and cultural resources (see H.R. 99), 446 [3JA]
Religion: greater balance among military chaplains in Armed Forces (see H.R. 1875), 21632 [30JY]
Right to life: amend Constitution to protect (see H.J. Res. 94), 902 [24JA]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 31516 [12NO]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 8763 [22AP]
Small Issue Limit in Case of Certain Urban Development Action Grants: enact (see H.R. 2779), 17233 [25JN]
Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 20139 [23JY]
———develop recommendations for correcting benefit disparities (see H.R. 1916), 9745 [29AP]
———improve quality control standards under AFDC (see H.R. 1279), 3569 [26FE]
———moratorium on cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 31), 903 [24JA]
———reduce from 3% to 1% cost-of-living increase (see H.R. 1089), 3570 [26FE]
———restore and protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 7237 [2AP]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 16582 [20JN]
South Africa: opposition to system of apartheid (see H.R. 1460), 5044 [7MR]
———President to grant asylum to individuals rather than to serve in Armed Forces in support of apartheid (see H. Con. Res. 175), 20681 [25JY]
Soviet Union: agreement for strict mutual and verifiable limitations on space weapons (see H.J. Res. 252), 19867 [22JY]
———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]
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]
Summer youth educational enhancement program: appropriation of additional funds (see H.R. 1722), 6365 [26MR]
Tax Reform Act: repeal changes to treatment of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 242), 828 [22JA]
Taxation: additional and more effective controls on terminations of single-employer plans (see H.R. 2701), 28132 [21OC]
———allow a defined contribution plan of a rural electric cooperative (see H.R. 1615), 23150 [10SE]
———Alzheimer's disease deduction from gross income for care expenses (see H.R. 468), 3951 [27FE]
———exclude educational assistance programs from gross income (see H.R. 1356), 27018 [9OC]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 11686 [13MY]
———free distribution of low cost articles by nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 2492), 17913 [27JN]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 1877 [6FE]
———repeal certain substantiation and compliance provisions (see H.R. 531), 693 [21JA]
———require pension plans to allow participation and benefit accrual to continue past normal retirement age (see H.R. 2700), 25050 [26SE]
———revise and extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 983), 31887 [14NO]
———sense of House to employer-paid and life support benefits (see H. Res. 268), 24581 [20SE]
———treat use of law enforcement, fire protection, and emergency medical vehicles as nontaxable fringe benefit (see H.R. 773), 5048 [7MR]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 5582 [19MR]
Truck and Bus Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 37855 [18DE]
U.S. Post Office Building, Flushing, NY.: designate as Benjamin S. Rosenthal Post Office building (see H.R. 633), 899 [24JA]
U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations: display lights during summit talks (see H. Con. Res. 227), 30493 [5NO]
Unemployment: extend supplemental compensation program (see H.R. 982), 5585 [19MR]
———improve access to training for dislocated workers (see H.R. 1611), 5726 [20MR]
Unemployment compensation: extend Federal supplemental (see H.R. 890), 2293 [7FE]
Unemployment Trust Fund: establish a system of individual training accounts (see H.R. 26), 4230 [28FE]
VA: exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 15216 [11JN]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 31516 [12NO]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 50), 2434 [19FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 172), 14059 [4JN]
Youth Suicide Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 9829 [30AP]
Books
``Innovators,'' James Botkin, Dan Dimancescu, and Ray Stata, 20847
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1272 [4FE]
Lists
Cosponsors of National Correctional Officers Week (S.J. Res. 64), 10634 [7MY]
Remarks by, on
African Famine Relief and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1239), 4119 [28FE]
Agriculture: dairy price supports, 25020
———sugar production policy, 24981
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 15188 [11JN]
Bay City, MI: Raymond J. Kuhn, tribute, 25528
Bay Port, MI: Fish Sandwich Day, 18932
Budget: deficit, 30349
———Dept. of Agriculture funding, 20224-20227 [24JY]
———Dept. of HUD funding, 20560, 20561, 20562 [25JY]
———legislative branch funding, 19666 [18JY]
CCC: emergency funding, 19672 [18JY]
Coast Guard: supplemental appropriations, 15188 [11JN]
Congressional allowances: franking privileges, 19650, 19651 [18JY]
———funding for operation of grounds, 19656 [18JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 338), 19672 [18JY]
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 20224-20227 [24JY]
Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3038), 20560, 20561, 20562, 20579 [25JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3038), conference report, 31575 [13NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3038), unanimous-consent agreement, 31392 [12NO]
Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 1189), 4113 [28FE]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 24981
———enact (H.R. 2100), conference report, 37780
Frankenmuth, MI: Bavarian Festival observance, 14263
Government spending: reduce, 30349
Legislative branch: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2942), 19650, 19651, 19656, 19666, 19668 [18JY]
Michigan: economic comeback, 20847
———economic conditions, 5664
Motor vehicles: present state and future of General Motors Corp., 27341
———voluntary restraints on Japanese imports, 1119
Music: Wally Loesel and Marv Herzog inducted into Michigan Polka Hall of Fame, 14263
NASA: funding, 20579 [25JY]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (S.J. Res. 64), 10634 [7MY]
National Science Week: designate (S.J. Res. 59), 11238 [9MY]
NSF: funding, 20579 [25JY]
Personal explanation, 17894 [27JN], 26465, 26466 [7OC]
REA: anniversary, 10659
Saginaw, MI: First Ward Community Center anniversary, 26130
USIA: helping bring Michigan back, 20847
Votes: position on missed, 17894 [27JN], 26465, 26466 [7OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 898 [24JA], 3505 [26FE], 4119 [28FE], 5575 [19MR], 9295 [24AP], 11238 [9MY], 13887 [3JN], 14056 [4JN], 15213 [11JN], 15498 [12JN], 18728 [11JY], 20224 [24JY], 20677 [25JY], 20836 [26JY], 24981 [26SE], 25494 [1OC], 26107 [3OC], 26480 [7OC], 27161 [10OC], 37780 [18DE]
Special order: granted, 3376 [25FE], 17909 [27JN]
Reports
Committee on Appropriations, 19670 [18JY]
Statements
Impact of Sugar Program on Michigan Producers: James Blanchard, Governor of Michigan (excerpt), 24982
Motor Vehicle Industry Competitive Issues: Donald E. Peterson, 15244
———H.A. Poling, 15245
Studies
Sugar Production: Library of Congress (excerpt), 24982
Tributes
Baille, Edith B., 26130
Buerket, Raymond T., 20704
Daniels, Ruben, 26130
Heinlein, Ronald, 15535
Herzog, Marv, 14263
Kuhn, Raymond J., 25528
Loesel, Wally, 14263
Mainland, Keith F., 3505 [26FE]
Monahan, John, 16564 [20JN]
Przygocki, Valerian, 14259
Wiltse, Thomas R., 13952