ORTIZ, SOLOMON P. (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

Commencement: by, Santa Rosa High School, TX, 11964 [22MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building (see H.R. 5194), 16966 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: establish occupational health and safety standard on field sanitation (see H.R. 4029), 12364 [4JN]

Air traffic controllers: permit the reappointment (see H.R. 4003), 3649 [5MR]

Alzheimer's disease: designation of 20 regional centers for treatment (see H.R. 524), 19117 [5AU]

American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 32329 [16OC]

American Liver Foundation National Liver Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 17693 [24JY]

Appropriations: authorize for Dept. of Transportation and Federal Maritime Commission (see H.R. 4175), 6057 [25MR]

Atomic weapons: limit deployment and maintenance of strategic with arms limitation agreements (see H.R. 4919), 13526 [12JN]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: exempt cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4057), 10282 [12MY]

———exempt Pell grant higher education assistance program (see H.R. 4722), 17506 [23JY]

Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 6932 [9AP]

Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 2017 [6FE]

Better Hearing and Speech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 475), 6931 [9AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to procedures (see H.J. Res. 643), 19952 [8AU]

Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1358 [3FE]

Civil service: correct inequities in credit for retirement purposes (see H.R. 3006), 10704 [14MY]

———cost of living adjustments in annuities payable shall be made in 1987 (see H.R. 4060), 8411 [22AP]

Communications Act: encoding of satellite-transmitted programming (see H.R. 3989), 8477 [23AP]

Community Development Block Grant Program: deferral of budget authority (see H.J. Res. 541), 5309 [18MR]

Congress: issue commemorative stamp for 100th (see H. Con. Res. 225), 1074 [30JA]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 12624 [5JN]

Crack/Cocaine Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 678), 18421 [31JY]

Crime and criminals: more effective penalties for violations of cocaine (see H.R. 5103), 16967 [17JY]

Developing countries: set aside surplus vessels for health and humanitarian services (see H.R. 4046), 7127 [10AP]

Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

Education Day U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 582), 7367 [14AP]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 12130 [3JN]

Export Administration Act: place restrictions on exporting crude oil from Cook Inlet, AK (see H.R. 3817), 6057 [25MR]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 561), 7556 [15AP]

FCC: ensure viability and effectiveness of rules, policies, and enhance ownership facilities by minority-owned entities (see H.R. 5253), 17692 [24JY]

Federal Aviation Act: prohibit smoking on passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4924), 14078 [17JN]

Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (see H.R. 5013), 13268 [11JN]

Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 7367 [14AP]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 745), 28824 [6OC]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 615), 22147 [15AU]

German American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 675), 23670 [17SE]

Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8412 [22AP]

Insurance: facilitate ability of organizations to establish risk retention groups (see H.R. 4301), 7555 [15AP]

Israel: congratulate for decision to establish diplomatic relations with Spain (see H. Res. 385), 3388 [3MR]

Jewish Heritage Week: proclamation (see H.J. Res. 606), 8212 [21AP]

Judges: authorize appointment of additional bankruptcy (see H.R. 4128), 17693 [24JY]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 10524 [13MY]

Language and languages: establish literacy programs for individuals of limited English proficiency (see H.R. 5042), 14078 [17JN]

Lasker, Mary: special gold medal (see H.R. 4153), 23245 [12SE]

Let Freedom Ring Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 664), 15288 [24JN]

Libya: commemorate death of Fernando A. Ribas-Dominicci and Paul F. Lorence in Lorain, OH (see H. Res. 492), 16504 [15JY]

———express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8412 [22AP]

Lorain, OH: commemorate death of Fernando A. Ribas-Dominicci and Paul F. Lorence in Libya (see H. Res. 492), 16504 [15JY]

Lorence, Paul F.: commemorate death in raid on Libya (see H. Res. 492), 16504 [15JY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 16504 [15JY]

Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 688), 28179 [2OC]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 16504 [15JY]

Nakasone, Yasuhiro: denounce for statements relative to U.S. minorities (see H. Res. 564), 26370 [25SE]

Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 25457 [23SE]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 617), 16326 [14JY]

National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]

National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 26076 [24SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 26370 [25SE]

National Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 10282 [12MY]

National Arts in the Schools Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), 4704 [13MR]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 29387 [7OC]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 3024), 4703 [13MR]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 5829 [20MR]

National Back to School—Back Off Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 698), 21247 [13AU]

National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 7556 [15AP]

National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]

National Black (Afro-American) History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 1780 [5FE]

National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 22738 [10SE]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481, 737), 1503 [4FE], 26370 [25SE]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 17318 [22JY]

National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 8763 [28AP]

National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 23016 [11SE]

National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19117 [5AU]

National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 4121 [10MR]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 8888 [29AP]

National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 29834 [8OC]

National defense stockpile: establishment by law of goals (see H.R. 3743), 2978 [26FE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 6932 [9AP]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 11449 [20MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 619), 16505 [15JY]

National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 694), 19117 [5AU]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 3107 [27FE]

National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 20744 [11AU]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 555), 5566 [19MR]

National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 6057 [25MR]

National Garden Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 4578 [12MR]

National Guard: recognize role played in national defense (see H.J. Res. 220), 5829 [20MR]

National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]

National Homelessness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 632), 11449 [20MY]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 23474 [16SE]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 692), 18670 [1AU]

National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 657), 27117 [29SE]

National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 21736 [14AU]

National Kidney Program Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 10990 [15MY]

National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 6932 [9AP]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 512), 16504 [15JY]

National Neighborhood Housing Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 492), 6057 [25MR]

National Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 2017 [6FE]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 510), 5566 [19MR]

National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 24802 [19SE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 27117 [29SE]

National Pedestrian Safety Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 670), 19117 [5AU]

National Pension Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 600), 7555 [15AP]

National Port Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 714), 29835 [8OC]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 451), 4121 [10MR]

National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 6639 [8AP]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 17693 [24JY]

National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 4578 [12MR]

National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 13269 [11JN]

National Sheriffs Week: designate (see H. Res. 182), 6933 [9AP]

National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 23474 [16SE]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 655), 18012 [29JY]

National Teacher Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 3854 [6MR]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 14742 [19JN]

National TRIO Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 278), 3108 [27FE]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 28180 [2OC]

National Year of Friendship With Finland: designate (see H.J. Res. 645), 23474 [16SE]

National Year of the Americas: designate (see H.J. Res. 640), 12130 [3JN]

Naval Aviation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 569), 9146 [30AP]

NIH: transfer research monkeys to custody of Primarily Primates, Inc. (see H. Con. Res. 351), 13268 [11JN]

NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 23016 [11SE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 3107 [27FE]

Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 7690 [16AP]

Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 19461 [6AU]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 15287 [24JN]

Public Health Service Act: extend health planning authority (see H.R. 5413), 21246 [13AU]

Queens County, NY: designate Joseph P. Addabbo VA Extended Care Center at St. Albans (see H.R. 5472), 22145 [15AU]

Railroads: enhance competition and ensure reasonable rates (see H.R. 4096), 1073 [30JA]

Ribas-Dominicci, Fernando A.: commemorate death in raid on Libya (see H. Res. 492), 16504 [15JY]

Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 7892 [17AP]

San Diego, CA: 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 682), 23670 [17SE]

Saudi Arabia: prohibiting proposed sales of missiles (see H.J. Res. 589), 8412 [22AP]

Scharansky, Anatoly: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8888 [29AP]

Scharansky, Avital: gold medal (see H.R. 4186), 8888 [29AP]

Sec. of the Army: study feasibility of construction of canal connecting Lake Erie and Ohio River in Ohio and Pennsylvania (see H.R. 1519), 12624 [5JN]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 538), 9553 [6MY]

Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 27117 [29SE]

Small Business Act: set aside procurement contracts (see H.R. 4097), 2979 [26FE]

Social Security: protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 23473 [16SE]

Space Exploration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 646), 16747 [16JY]

Spain: congratulate for decision to establish diplomatic relations with Israel (see H. Res. 385), 3388 [3MR]

States: establish Federal grants for drug abuse education (see H.R. 4155), 2015 [6FE]

———provide health education and training along border between U.S. and Mexico (see H.R. 4179), 13526 [12JN]

Strategic materials: establish requirements to stockpile (see H.R. 4781), 10214 [8MY]

Taxation: deduction for excise and tariff portion of business' cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 7893 [17AP]

———deductions for medical and dental expenses should not be greater than 5% of adjusted gross income (see H. Con. Res. 355), 18908 [4AU]

———effective date of any change in employees' annuities (see H. Res. 451), 13269 [11JN]

———effective date of municipal bonds reform provisions (see H. Con. Res. 279), 2979 [26FE]

———State collection from sales of tangible personal property by nonresident persons (see H.R. 5021), 22147 [15AU]

Telephones: availability of universal service in rural areas, 12365 [4JN]

Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 6930 [9AP]

Texas: authorize Corps of Engineers to issue permits for construction of water resources project (see H.R. 4693), 11949 [22MY]

Transportation: counter restrictive practices in marine transportation of automobiles (see H.R. 3655), 7127 [10AP]

Tuna: equalize duties on canned (see H.R. 3610), 14742 [19JN]

U.S.-Canada Days of Peace and Friendship: designate (see H.J. Res. 715), 22145 [15AU]

United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 22246 [8SE]

Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 1074 [30JA]

World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]

Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]

Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]

Yugoslavia: deny most favored nation treatment (see H.R. 5683), 30218 [10OC]

Remarks by, on

Armed Forces: revise retirement system for new members (H.R. 4420), 8355 [22AP]

Brownsville, TX: Charro Days, observance, 1013 [29JA]

———Raul Velasco, tribute, 1013 [29JA]

Commercial Fishing Vessel Liability and Safety Act: enact (H.R. 5013), 21034 [12AU]

Corpus Christi, TX: designate Dr. Hector Perez Garcia Post Office Building, 17020 [17JY]

———Fairnessee Girls Club anniversary, 13660 [12JN]

Courts: appointment of additional bankruptcy judges (H.R. 5316), 20991 [12AU]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 5052), 15476, 15505 [25JN]

Fishing industry: establish guidelines for damage awards for personal injury and require additional safety regulations (H.R. 5013), 21034 [12AU]

Foreign relations: Mexico, 9532 [6MY]

Mexico: U.S. policy, 9532 [6MY]

Narcotics: national abuse and trafficking prevention policy, 22699 [10SE]

Navy: strategic homeporting, 15505 [25JN]

Omnibus Drug Enforcement, Education, and Control Act: enact (H.R. 5484), 22699 [10SE]

Santa Rosa, TX: High School commencement, 11964 [22MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 702 [29JA], 8355 [22AP], 11623 [21MY], 13524 [12JN], 16964 [17JY], 20991, 21034 [12AU], 22699 [10SE], 23014 [11SE], 33156 [17OC]

Reports

Committee on Armed Services, 9762 [7MY], 21241 [13AU]

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 9762 [7MY], 21241 [13AU]

Tributes

Balukevich, James, 33657 [17OC]

Morales, Monica, 23250 [12SE]

Velasco, Raul, 1013 [29JA]