DREIER, DAVID (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Distinguished Service Award to Representative Hunter: Yonas Deressa, 30674
Amendments offered by, to
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 2763), 18369 [30JN], 18650 [1JY]
Housing: amend and extend certain assistance for homeless and displaced (H.R. 4), 15311 [10JN], 15533 [11JN]
Appointments
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Committee on Small Business (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]
Conferee: H.R. 27, facilitate provision of additional financial resources for the FSLIC, 15554 [11JN]
———H.R. 3030, Agricultural Credit Act, 35016 [11DE]
Funeral Committee of Sala Burton, 2694 [4FE]
Memorial service for Stewart B. McKinney, 12331 [13MY]
Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, 3898 [23FE]
Articles and editorials
Case for the Contras, Michael Kramer, U.S. News & World Report, 14191
Nine Percent of Afghans Perish Since Soviet Takeover, Washington (DC) Times, 34574 [9DE]
Our Friend India, V. Shurygin, Pravda (Soviet newspaper), 13681
Our Nuclear Program Is Not Weapons-Oriented, Jamsheed K. Marker, Washington (DC) Post, 32705
Pakistan—A Commitment to Nonproliferation, Jamsheed K.A. Marker, Washington (DC) Post, 7584
Pork on Wheels, Washington (DC) Post, 7350 [31MR]
President's Passion, Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report, 5460
President's Passion, U.S. News & World Report, 4924
Teaching of Democratic Values Urged—Coalition Calls for End to National Self-Criticism in Schools, Barbara Vobejda, Washington (DC) Times, 13105 [20MY]
Wall Lays Foundation to Rebuild Thrift Industry, Andrew Mollison, 25723
Wife of Filmmaker Accuses Soviets, Gus Constantine, Washington (DC) Times, 34424
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Banks and banking: financial services holding companies (see H.R. 3360), 25481 [29SE]
Consumer Banking Act: enact (see H.R. 3670), 33062 [20NO]
Executive departments: implementing certain recommendations of President's private sector survey on cost control (see H.R. 136), 855 [7JA]
Fire fighters: commend efforts during summer fire season (see H. Res. 284), 27175 [9OC]
House of Representatives: amend rules to require committees to review recommendations on cost controls (see H. Res. 40), 1075 [8JA]
———restore role of continuing resolutions as short-term funding measures (see H. Res. 210), 17211 [24JN]
Housing: credit against income tax for purchase and installation of locks and other security devices (see H.R. 2051), 8666 [9AP]
Railroad Retirement Act: taxation of tier 1 retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 866 [7JA]
Social Security: outside income (see H.R. 469), 867 [7JA]
———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 468), 866 [7JA]
Soviet Union: treatment of women and children in its occupation of Afghanistan is abuse of internationally recognized human rights (see H. Con. Res. 225), 34630 [9DE]
Tariff: unstuffed dolls (see H.R. 1991), 8385 [8AP]
Tax Reform Act: eliminate retroactivity in repeal of investment tax credit (see H.R. 1925), 7779 [2AP]
———provide for indexing of the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 1925), 7779 [2AP]
———repeal restrictions on retirement savings deductions and allow up to $2,000 deduction for retirement savings for a nonworking spouse (see H.R. 1924), 7779 [2AP]
———restore preferential treatment of capital gains (see H.R. 1925), 7779 [2AP]
Taxation: additional deduction for deafness (see H.R. 632), 1791 [21JA]
———credit against income tax for purchase and installation of locks and other security devices on residences (see H.R. 2051), 8666 [9AP]
———Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 468), 866 [7JA]
Value Engineering Council: establish (see H.R. 2205), 10585 [29AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 6284 [19MR]
AFDC: require State workfare programs (see H.R. 916), 3461 [18FE]
Afghanistan: Soviet occupation (see H.J. Res. 25), 2741 [4FE]
———Soviet POW (see H. Con. Res. 169), 34075 [3DE]
Afghanistan Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 5864 [17MR]
Air/Space America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 23), 109 [6JA]
Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
———enroll continuing appropriations legislation agreed to by both Chambers in same form as series of separate bills or resolutions (see H.R. 3199), 23077 [7AU]
———require 60% majority vote of both Houses of Congress for passage of any bill or joint resolution making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 3201), 23077 [7AU]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 10586 [29AP]
Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 32552 [17NO]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), 14059 [28MY]
Bank Holding Company Act: amend relative to treatment of developing country debt (see H.R. 2556), 18368 [30JN]
Banks and banking: certain financial, securities, real estate, and insurance activities (see H.R. 50), 2740 [4FE]
———quality of examinations (see H.R. 545), 1072 [8JA]
Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23877 [14SE]
Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]
Business: prohibitions on certain foreign corporations (see H.R. 2241), 10837 [30AP]
Chief Financial Officer of the U.S.: establish office (see H.R. 3142), 22796 [6AU]
Commission on Review of House Ethics: establish (see H. Res. 252), 23082 [7AU]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 4089 [25FE]
Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), 28619 [21OC]
Contracts: require use within Government (see H.R. 1606), 19900 [15JY]
Courts: reform fourth amendment exclusionary rule (see H.R. 1334), 4449 [2MR]
———reform habeas corpus procedures (see H.R. 1333), 4449 [2MR]
Credit: protect users of consumer and charge cards (see H.R. 1086), 6632 [24MR]
Cuba: human rights situation (see H. Con. Res. 67), 4918 [5MR]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 23078 [7AU]
Dept. of HUD: prevent fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 2990 [5FE]
Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]
82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 31635 [10NO]
Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 6208 [18MR]
EPA: data collection and dissemination relative to chemical emissions (see H.R. 2800), 24677 [21SE]
Ethiopia: promote development of democracy (see H.R. 588), 10274 [28AP]
FAA: development of collision avoidance systems (see H.R. 1517), 9647 [23AP]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 8671 [9AP]
Family planning: authorize grants for adoption services (see H.R. 1279), 4159 [26FE]
Foreign relations: affirm vital importance to U.S. and our allies and friends of actions necessary to preserve peace and security in Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 204), 32964 [19NO]
Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), 23712 [10SE]
Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 19056 [8JY]
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to revenue and appropriations bills (see H. Res. 19), 2225 [29JA]
———require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 31425 [9NO]
Housing: Sec. of HUD permanent authority to insure mortgages on single- and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 31424 [9NO]
Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]
International Lending Supervision Act: amend relative to treatment of developing country debt (see H.R. 2556), 18368 [30JN]
Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]
Japan: sense of Congress relative to trade barriers on competitive agricultural exports from U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 128), 13129 [20MY]
Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 22127 [3AU]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]
Medicare: coverage of physically or mentally impaired victims at their own expense (see H.R. 1971), 17438 [25JN]
———opposition to mandatory coverage of all State and local government employees (see H. Con. Res. 142), 16568 [17JN]
———retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 9648 [23AP]
Memorial Day for Victims of Communism: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 30649 [3NO]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 24353 [17SE]
National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 23079 [7AU]
National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 758), 5098 [9MR]
National Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Armenian Genocide: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 2739 [4FE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 299), 22127 [3AU]
National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 859 [7JA]
National Recycling Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), 29737 [28OC]
National security: counter Soviet electronic surveillance of U.S. Embassy activities in Moscow (see H.J. Res. 230), 11265 [5MY]
Ogurtsov, Igor V.: release (see H. Res. 62), 2519 [3FE]
Ohio State University: 300th commencement exercise (see H.J. Res. 280), 13130 [20MY]
Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]
Pesticide Price Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 2569), 18682 [1JY]
Petroleum: ensure energy security for the Nation by expanding the domestic base (see H.R. 2662), 19678 [14JY]
———excess profits tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 44), 13827 [27MY]
———excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 29307 [27OC]
Political campaigns: reform (see H.R. 2895), 19054 [8JY]
Poverty: vouchers for child care services (see H.R. 1572), 8019 [6AP]
POW/MIA: directing executive departments to make public, records concerning reported live sightings of personnel (see H.R. 2260), 10838 [30AP]
Public utilities: tax treatment of contributions in aid of construction (see H.R. 3250), 27716 [13OC]
Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122)
Social Security: improve child support enforcement program and require States to establish work programs for AFDC families (see H.R. 3200), 23077 [7AU]
———medigap insurance policies (see H.R. 3490), 35073 [11DE]
Social Security Administration: establish as an independent agency (see H.R. 1036), 8669 [9AP]
Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 21379 [28JY]
———occupation of Afghanistan (see H.J. Res. 25), 2741 [4FE]
———relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83), 31636 [10NO]
———U.S. citizens to maintain regular contact with relatives (see H. Con. Res. 68), 18683 [1JY]
Tax Reform Act: liability test for estimated tax payments (see H.R. 1117), 4780 [4MR]
Taxation: additional standard deduction for certain handicapped individuals (see H.R. 1395), 20906 [23JY]
———credit for amounts contributed to medical care savings accounts (see H.R. 955), 2736 [4FE]
———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 26814 [7OC]
———increase level of Federal excise taxes (see H. Res. 168), 21379 [28JY]
———indexing certain assets (see H.R. 533), 2740 [4FE]
———interest on educational loans (see H.R. 592), 16290 [16JN]
———make permanent the credit for increases in research expenses and for basic research payments (see H.R. 1957), 15368 [10JN]
———repeal certain provisions which require certain entities to adopt certain taxable years (see H.R. 666), 6285 [19MR]
Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 5494 [11MR]
Truth in Lending Act: amend (see H.R. 2609), 22314 [4AU]
VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 12388 [13MY]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 19900 [15JY]
Colloquies
Catastrophic illness care: with Representatives Lungren, D. French Slaughter, and Ballenger, 19566
Letters
Competitive Equality Banking Act: James A. Baker III, Sec. of the Treasury, 22084 [3AU]
FSLIC: by, 11233
Social Security penalties (sundry), 4034
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan: by, 17094 [23JN]
Toshiba/Kongsberg propeller milling technology diversion case: by, 16829 [19JN]
Poems
``NBA Dynasty'', 16207 [16JN]
Press releases
Tax Freedom Day is May 4: Tax Foundation, 11021
U.S. earner works 2 hours, 43 minutes per day to pay Federal, State, and local taxes: Tax Foundation, 11021
Questions and answers
Financial Services Holding Company Act, 26938
Remarks by, on
AFDC: restructure (H.R. 1720), 35903
Afghanistan: death of U.S. correspondents Lee Shapiro and Jim Lindelof, 34424
———human rights abuses (H. Res. 277), 28475 [20OC]
———Soviet atrocities, 32707
———Soviet invasion and occupation, 34100
Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 26641
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), 25954
Appropriations: budget resolution, 17620
———making continuing (H.J. Res. 395), 33999
Banks and banking: collapse in 1930's, 16302
———financial services holding companies (H.R. 3360), 25936
Brailovsky, Viktor: emigration from Soviet Union, 23603 [9SE]
Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3545), consideration (H. Res. 296), 29912
———resolution, 17620
Business: employee health coverage, 18390
Central America: peace initiative, 35554-35555 [14DE]
Challenger (space shuttle): space program disaster (H. Res. 55), 2039
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1988 (H.R. 2342), 19043
Congressional budget: setting forth for fiscal years 1988-90 (H. Con. Res. 93), 8355, 8357 [8AP]
Consumer Banking Act: enact (H.R. 3670), 33195
Credit cards: information on interest rates (H.R. 515), 29677, 29691 [28OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 11672 [7MY], 12076 [12MY], 13045
Dept. of the Treasury: authorizing appropriations for U.S. Mint (H.R. 2631), 26615 [6OC]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 2763), 18646, 18649, 18650-18653 [1JY]
Education: improve elementary and secondary (H.R. 5), 13105
Executive departments: procurement of goods and services from private sector (H.R. 136), 933
FSLIC: facilitate provision of additional financial resources (H.R. 27), 11218, 11235 [5MY]
———facilitate provision of additional financial resources (H.R. 27), conference report, 22084, 22101, 22110 [3AU]
Health: high risk occupational disease notification and prevention (H.R. 162), 27899
———long-term care, 16583
Homeless: assistance (H.R. 558), 4840
House of Representatives: adjournment, 10022 [27AP]
Housing: amend and extend certain assistance for homeless and displaced (H.R. 4), 15243, 15306, 15307, 15311 [10JN], 15533 [11JN], 32685
———community development programs (S.J. Res. 209), 30596 [3NO]
———Dept. of HUD Mortgage Insurance Program treatment of low and moderate income applicants, 36667
———eliminate fraud and abuse in Federal aid programs (H.R. 1028), 3202 [5FE]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 3), 10808
Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute, 16207 [16JN]
LSC: appropriations, 18646 [1JY]
Medical care: catastrophic illness care, 20104
Medicare: catastrophic medical expenses (H.R. 2941), 21560
Medicare Catastrophic Illness Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 2970), 20755 [22JY]
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2470), 20755 [22JY], 20794
———enact (H.R. 2941), 20755 [22JY]
NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2782), 19110
National Labor Relations Act: collective bargaining in building and construction industry (H.R. 281), 16514
National security: U.S. Embassies violations, 8304 [8AP]
Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 5245 [10MR]
———diversion of funds, 20855 [23JY]
———human rights violations, 12763 [19MY]
———humanitarian assistance to Contras, 4924
———limit U.S. participation, 13045
———moratorium on U.S. assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 175), 5459
Older Americans Act: appropriations for fiscal years 1988-91 (H.R. 1451), 14022
Pakistan: exemption from U.S. law prohibiting aid to countries trying to acquire or develop nuclear arsenals, 32705
Pensions: tax on Social Security benefits, 4034
Persian Gulf: involvement of U.S. Armed Forces, 19043
Polygraphs: employee protection against dismissal or discipline, 30883
———prohibit use by employers involved in or affecting interstate commerce (H.R. 1212), 30883
President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control: implement recommendations, 1110
———reexamine (H.R. 136), 933
Railroad retirement system: repeal taxation of benefits: (H.R. 468), 964
———repeal taxation of benefits (H.R. 468), 820 [7JA]
Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care: findings, 16327
Roads and highways: authorizing funds (H.R. 2), 1759 [21JA]
———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), conference report, 6169 [18MR]
———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), enrollment corrections (H. Con. Res. 77), 6181 [18MR]
———authorizing funds (H.R. 2), veto, 7350 [31MR]
———repeal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit, 6181 [18MR]
SBA: appropriations, 18650-18653 [1JY]
Small Business Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 13778 [27MY]
Small Business Development Centers: appropriations, 18649 [1JY]
Small Business Investment Act: amend (H.R. 2166), 13778 [27MY]
Social Security: outside earnings, 4034
———repeal income limitation (H.R. 469), 820 [7JA], 964
———repeal taxation of benefits (H.R. 468), 820 [7JA], 964
South Africa: immediate release of detained children (H. Res. 141), 28492 [20OC]
Soviet Union: international relations with India, 13680
———Krasnoyarsk radar system, 11672 [7MY]
———use of chemical weapons in Afghanistan, 33786
Strategic defense initiative: funding, 12076 [12MY]
Tax Freedom Day: observance, 11020
Tax Reform Act: amend, 7875
Taxation: capital gains, 7875
———credit against income tax for purchase and installation of locks and other security devices on residences (H.R. 2051), 9029
———individual retirement accounts, 7875
Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24108 [16SE]
Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 10808
Value Engineering Council: establish (H.R. 2205), 10622
Vietnamese Conflict: accounting of MIA, 10019-10021 [27AP]
Votes, position on missed, 31392 [9NO]
Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (H.R. 791), 33707
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 96 [6JA], 820 [7JA], 1068 [8JA], 2989 [5FE], 4007 [24FE], 4914 [5MR], 5459 [11MR], 7350, 7426 [31MR], 8304, 8355 [8AP], 8664 [9AP], 11003 [4MY], 11218 [5MY], 11672 [7MY], 12763 [19MY], 15306 [10JN], 16207, 16288 [16JN], 16566 [17JN], 17094 [23JN], 17209 [24JN], 18366 [30JN], 19561 [13JY], 19897 [15JY], 21468 [29JY], 25747 [30SE], 26060 [1OC], 31633 [10NO], 32551 [17NO], 32683 [18NO], 33055 [20NO], 33774 [2DE], 35740 [15DE], 36479 [18DE]
Special order: granted, 7726 [1AP], 17101 [23JN], 25479 [29SE], 37624 [21DE]
Special orders: granted, 10021 [27AP]
Tribute, 36134 [17DE]
Reports
Comparison of Housing Loan Markets Served by Private Insurers and FHA: Mortgage Insurance Companies of America, 36667 [19DE]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 24347 [17SE], 30898 [4NO]
Human Rights Situation in Afghanistan: Independent Counsel on International Human Rights, 32708
Private Sector Solutions for Long-Term Health Care: Republican Study Committee, 20104
Resolutions by organizations
Tax Freedom Day: Los Angeles County, CA, 11021
Statements
Catastrophic and Long-Term Health Care: Linda Schofield, Travelers Insurance Co., 19095
———Susan Van Gelder, Health Insurance Association of America, 19094
Competitive Equality Banking Act: Representative St Germain, 22084 [3AU]
Kennedy Health Plan Prescription for Less Jobs, Higher Prices: John Sloan, 18390 [30JN]
Medicare Catastrophic Protection Act: George R. Fisher, 20794
MIA: Eugene Tighe, 10019 [27AP]
———Robert Howard, 10020 [27AP]
Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing: Representative D. French Slaughter, Jr., 16328
———Representative Kyl, 16328
———Representative Regula, 16328
———by, 16328
Summaries
Financial Services Holding Company Act (H.R. 3360), 25936
Testimonies
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Whittier Narrows, CA, Earthquake, D805 [10NO]
Committee on Ways and Means: Catastrophic Illness Care Coverage Under Medicare, D107 [3MR]
Financial Burden for Catastrophic Illness: Elaine Yarbrough, 20756 [22JY]
Long-Term Health Care: Elaine Donnelly, 21560-21562
———Elaine Yarbrough, 16584
———Mr. and Mrs. Richard Long, 16584
Texts of
H.R. 3360, establish financial services holding companies, 26208
Transcripts
Republican Study Committee on Long-Term and Catastrophic Health Care Hearing, 16327
Tributes
Berry, Robert E., 36138 [17DE]
Hunter, Representative, 30674
Khan, Hazrat, 17094 [23JN]
McKinney, Stewart B., 11716 [7MY]
Wall, M. Danny, 25723