MURTHA, JOHN P. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 738, continuing appropriations, 28705 [6OC]
———H.R. 5203, legislative branch appropriations, 22093 [15AU]
———H.R. 5234, making appropriations for Dept. of the Interior and related agencies, 29607 [8OC]
Articles and editorials
County's Hay Headed to Drought-Stricken Land, Somerset (PA) American, 21135
Farmers Here Sending Hay, Johnstown (PA) Tribune-Democrat, 21136
Gribble Lends Rigs for Hay, Sally Fike, Somerset (PA) American, 21135
Knight of the Highway, Somerset (PA) American, 21135
Pirelli Group, Wall Street Journal, 17158
Steel Industry Overcoming Bad Times, AISI Chief Says, Cynthia Piechowiak, Pittsburgh (PA) Press, 12304
Trade Opportunity, by, 7216
Zip Code Really Works, ``Skillets'' Will Attest, Clifton F. Crosbie, 17155
Bills and resolutions introduced by
House: amend rules to increase amount of outside earned income (see H. Res. 427), 8411 [22AP]
Steel Import Stabilization Act: amend (see H.R. 5591), 26075 [24SE]
Sugar: provide entry only from friendly developing countries and restore quota for Philippines (see H.R. 5512), 23244 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agriculture: loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 10524 [13MY]
Annuities: treat as if 3-year basis recovery rule had not been repealed (see H.R. 5600), 27117 [29SE]
Atomic explosions: funding for research on atmospheric, climatic, biological, health, and environmental consequences (see H.R. 5051), 23015 [11SE]
Auto parts: importance of inclusion in market-oriented negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 328), 9145 [30AP]
Aviation: uniform rules of liability damages arising out of accidents (see H.R. 4142), 12624 [5JN]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 8477 [23AP]
Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 9146 [30AP]
Brown, Lester R.: honor for years of service to his country (see H. Con. Res. 335), 10215 [8MY]
Budget: disapproval of rescission for urban development action grant program (see H.J. Res. 522), 2016 [6FE]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (see H.J. Res. 540), 3106 [27FE]
Charles E. Kelly VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA: designate (see H.R. 5657), 29386 [7OC]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.R. 3842), 12624 [5JN]
Copland, Aaron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3041), 11948 [22MY]
Courts: establish specialized corps of Federal judges (see H.R. 1213), 12364 [4JN]
Crime and criminals: civil remedies for persons injured by racketeering activity (see H.R. 2943), 2678 [25FE]
Critical Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 6932 [9AP]
Defense policy: establish commission to study consequences of atomic explosions (see H.R. 5051), 23015 [11SE]
Drugs: ban on reimportation, restrictions on samples, and resales purchased by hospitals (see H.R. 4820), 17054 [21JY]
———deny most favored nation treatment to source countries that refuse to cooperate in efforts to eliminate production and distribution (see H.R. 3404), 2978 [26FE]
———grants to States to increase enforcement relating to production, possession, and transfer (see H.R. 526), 2978 [26FE]
Education: establish adult literacy programs (see H.R. 2535), 1357 [3FE]
———establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
EPA: establish program of research and development to States for radon exposure (see H.R. 5202), 16966 [17JY]
ERISA: participation and benefit accrual to continue past normal retirement age (see H.R. 2700), 21736 [14AU]
Foreign Assistance Act: assistance to promote immunization and oral rehydration (see H.R. 3894), 17317 [22JY]
Foreign countries: require surety bond with relative to products manufactured (see H.R. 5688), 30117 [9OC]
Greek Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 6639 [8AP]
Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15605 [25JN]
Industry: improve competitiveness (see H.R. 4800), 10242 [9MY]
Job training: improve and establish Federal programs (see H.R. 5720), 32329 [16OC]
Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 4399), 4702 [13MR]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 688), 22738 [10SE]
Medicare: coverage of services performed by a physician assistant (see H.R. 3260), 27426 [30SE]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 23670 [17SE]
Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]
Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 20744 [11AU]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 27551 [1OC]
National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 29387 [7OC]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 7690 [16AP]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16327 [14JY]
National Ceramic Arts Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 661), 26370 [25SE]
National Children's Television Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 710), 23016 [11SE]
National China-Burma-India Veterans Association Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 681), 30218 [10OC]
National Civil Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 686), 19745 [7AU]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21131 [12AU]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 25374 [22SE]
National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 15605 [25JN]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 601 [28JA]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 6930 [9AP]
National Freedom of Information Act Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 580), 6057 [25MR]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]
National Humanities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 1779 [5FE]
National Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 657), 26370 [25SE]
National Independent Retail Grocer Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 511), 18420 [31JY]
National Intelligence Community Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 527), 8888 [29AP]
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 Nuclear Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 7892 [17AP]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]
National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 26370 [25SE]
National Park Service: authorize construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails (see H.R. 5256), 17692 [24JY]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 28179 [2OC]
National Reading Is Fun Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 502), 3481 [4MR]
National Safety in the Workplace Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 131), 499 [23JA]
National Save American Industry and Jobs Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 9776 [7MY]
National Social Studies Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 28179 [2OC]
National Telecommunicators' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 536, 649), 5898 [21MR], 13770 [16JN]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 642), 13269 [11JN]
National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 584), 12625 [5JN]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 25457 [23SE]
Occupational disease: establish system for identifying, notifying, and preventing illness and death (see H.R. 1309), 3649 [5MR]
OPM: study consequences of retroactively repealing 3-year basis recovery rule (see H.R. 5600), 27117 [29SE]
Packers and Stockyards Act: remedy burdens on commerce in poultry products (see H.R. 5061), 17318 [22JY]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 15287 [24JN]
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]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 26428 [26SE]
Small Business Act: allow not-for-profit organizations in the interest of handicapped to receive procurement grants (see H.R. 3866), 1779 [5FE]
Social Security: eliminate 3% trigger for cost of living adjustments (see H.R. 4633), 17819 [28JY]
———protect benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 (see H.R. 1917), 22246 [8SE]
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA: designate certain property (see H.R. 5555), 24687 [18SE]
Taxation: allow steel companies 15-year carryback of investment credit (see H.R. 5327), 18669 [1AU]
———deduction for excise and tariff portion of business' cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 7690 [16AP]
Trade adjustment assistance programs: extend (see H.R. 4034), 1074 [30JA]
Unemployment insurance: improve and establish Federal programs (see H.R. 5720), 32329 [16OC]
Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 628), 13074 [10JN]
Women's History Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 499), 1074 [30JA]
Designated
Speaker pro tempore, 22235 [8SE]
Interviews
High-technology management techniques: Filiberto Pittini with Wall Street Journal, 17157
Poems
``Irish Blessing'', 33098 [17OC]
``Tribute to Seven Souls,'' Mildred Metro, 6819
Remarks by, on
Aged: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare activities, 11123
Allegheny Electric Cooperative: William F. Matson, tribute, 14980
America (U.S.S.): Mediterranean inspection trip, 12820
American Iron and Steel Institute: Donald H. Trautlein, tribute, 12303
American Public Transit Association: Harold Jenkins, tribute, 28202
Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 738), conference report, 32106
Bethlehem Steel Corp.: Donald H. Trautlein, tribute, 12303
Boswell, PA: Homer (Skillets) Warnick, tribute, 17154
Boy Scouts: Louis Moses, tribute, 2247
Camp Hill, PA: William F. Matson, tribute, 14980
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5743 [20MR]
Dauntless Fire Co., Ebensburg, PA: tribute, 22313
Dept. of Defense: budget, 12820
Ebensburg, PA: Dauntless Fire Co. anniversary, 16514
Economic conditions: imports, 7216
———Pirelli Co., investment in U.S., 17157
El Salvador: earthquake, 32822 [17OC]
Foreign trade: Pirelli Co., 17157
House rules: amend relative to Members' outside earned income (H. Res. 427), 8328 [22AP]
Imports: steel, 26064
Iron and steel industry: U.S. policy, 5580
Italian Sons and Daughters of America, Johnstown, PA, Lodge: Mark Singel, tribute, 30456
Johnstown, PA: Black United Service Clubs, tribute, 7431
Members of Congress: amend House rules relative to outside earned income (H. Res. 427), 8328 [22AP]
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5743 [20MR]
Norwin, PA: Knights boys basketball team, tribute, 5328
O'Neill, Representative: commending (H. Res. 602), 33098 [17OC]
Pennsylvania: Louis Moses, tribute, 2247
Pennsylvania Knights of Columbus: Daniel J. Picciano, tribute, 14976
Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association: William F. Matson, tribute, 14980
Philadelphia, PA: James C. Crumlish, Jr., tribute, 18597
Philippines: economic and military assistance (H.R. 5081), 19709 [7AU]
———restore sugar quota (H.R. 5512), 23853
Pirelli Co.: investment in U.S., 17157
Postal Service: Homer (Skillets) Warnick, tribute, 17154
Religion: William G. Connare, tribute, 30422
Roosevelt, James: National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare activities, 11123
Somerset County, PA: farmers and truckers aid drought-plagued Southeast, 21135
Speaker: authority during sine die adjournment, 33675 [18OC]
Sports: Norwin, PA, Knights boys basketball team, tribute, 5328
Steel industry: decline, 26064
University of Pittsburgh: Theodore Biddle, tribute, 20759
Volunteer workers: tribute to Somerset County, PA, farmers and truckers aiding drought-plagued Southeast, 21135
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 234 [22JA], 5306 [18MR], 5562 [19MR], 6633 [8AP], 6926 [9AP], 7365 [14AP], 10988 [15MY], 12121 [3JN], 12622 [5JN], 14887 [23JN], 16502 [15JY], 17053 [21JY], 18417 [31JY], 20741 [11AU], 22242 [8SE], 23469 [16SE], 27550 [1OC], 30115 [9OC], 30216 [10OC], 32822, 33156 [17OC]
Special order: granted, 24800 [19SE]
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 23471 [16SE]
Statements
Honor in Past Generations: James C. Crumlish, Jr., 18598
Tribute to James C. Crumlish, Jr.: John M. Elliott, 18597
———Marvin Comisky, 18597
Testimonies
Steel Program: Malcolm Baldrige, Sec. of Commerce, 5580
Tributes
Andrews, Delphine, 7431
Bennett, John A., 7431
Biddle, Theodore, 20759
Connare, William G., 30422
Crumlish, James C., Jr., 18597
Jenkins, Harold, 28202
Lewis, Dorothy, 7431
Matson, William F., 14980
Moses, Louis, 2247
O'Brien, George M., 18406
O'Neill, Representative, 33098 [17OC]
Picciano, Daniel J., 14976
Polczynski, Rich, 5328
Singel, Mark, 30456
Trautlein, Donald H., 12303
Van Zandt, James E., 231
Warnick, Homer (Skillets), 17154
Williams, Lynn, 33667
Zakula, Robert, 7431
Vignettes
Argument against assistance to Nicaraguan Contras, 5743 [20MR]