EDWARDS, MICKEY (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Drugs: civil penalty for possession of controlled substances, 23815 [14SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H. Con. Res. 268, setting forth the congressional budget for 1989-91, 7994 [20AP]

———H.R. 4586, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, 18407 [14JY]

———H.R. 4637, Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 23335 [9SE]

———H.R. 4781, Dept. of Defense: making appropriations, 23809 [14SE]

Articles and editorials

Arias Should Earn Nobel by Calling Ortega to Account, by, Wall Street Journal, 11333 [17MY], 11349 [17MY], 11527 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (see H.J. Res. 444), 326 [28JA]

———assistance and support for peace, democracy, and 8reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 484), 3275 [3MR]

House of Representatives: amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 599), 32358 [20OC]

Nicaragua: suppression of civil liberties (see H. Res. 589), 30642 [14OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: prohibit use of Federal funds unless life of mother is threatened (see H.R. 5020), 19861 [2AU]

Aeronautics: safety (see H.J. Res. 370), 11339 [17MY]

Agriculture: taxation of animals produced in a farming business (see H.R. 3907), 4798 [22MR]

Alcoholic beverages: health warning labels (see H.R. 4441), 12563 [26MY]

America Loves Its Kids Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 579), 25597 [26SE]

Budget: rescind certain authority (see H.R. 3884), 461 [1FE]

CBO: ensure political neutrality (see H.R. 4880), 21781 [10AU]

Chemical warfare: sanctions against firms transferring chemical agents to Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Syria (see H.R. 5396), 29163 [6OC]

Children: tax on income received for personal injuries (see H.R. 2311), 1443 [16FE]

Congress: relative voting strength of the political parties on congressional committees and in each House (see H.J. Res. 642), 29163 [6OC]

Contracts: prohibiting reimbursement by the U.S. to those in violation of laws or regulations (see H.R. 4360), 14743 [15JN]

Council on Competitiveness: establish (see H.R. 4788), 15722 [22JN]

Crime and criminals: child protection and obscenity enforcement (see H.R. 3889), 8306 [21AP]

———counsel funds are not to be used to assist defendants accused of violations of laws relating to distribution and use of drugs (see H.R. 3507), 18087 [13JY]

———death penalty for certain serious drug offenses (see H.R. 2856), 7098 [18AP]

———drug testing for individuals released on parole (see H.R. 3506), 18087 [13JY]

———penalties for use of imitation firearms in commission of crime (see H.R. 4420), 15287 [20JN]

Crime Victims Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 420), 6822 [14AP]

Customs Service: fee for provision of services relative to processing passengers on international flights (see H.R. 4822), 18925 [26JY]

Danville, VA: Dan Daniel Post Office Building (see H.R. 4726), 15889 [23JN]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 25828 [27SE]

Dept. of Defense: strengthen conflict-of-interest restrictions relative to procurement (see H.R. 4956), 18470 [14JY]

———transferring unobligated balance of funds between accounts (see H.R. 3955), 1654 [17FE]

Dept. of HUD: fraud and abuse (see H.R. 1028), 28243 [4OC]

Drug abuse: capital punishment for certain serious crimes (see H.R. 1095), 19696 [1AU]

———encourage drug-free society (see H.R. 4446), 8305 [21AP]

———increase penalties for certain offenses involving the possession of cocaine base (see H.R. 3508), 18087 [13JY]

———make ineligible for Federal financial assistance and Government contracts any entity that does not maintain a drug-free workplace (see H.R. 4467), 9156 [27AP]

Drugs: legalization of illicit drugs as method to address problem of trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 309), 15723 [22JN]

Education: grants for character education programs (see H.R. 5352), 25169 [23SE]

———State programs on early childhood education (see H.R. 5354), 25169 [23SE]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 931 [3FE]

Employment: encourage advance notification of major reductions (see H.R. 4652), 11753 [19MY]

Families: grants for family preservation programs (see H.R. 5353), 25169 [23SE]

———require preparation of family impact statements (see H.R. 5366), 25170 [23SE]

Federal employees: expedite the processing of applications for retirement benefits (see H.R. 4958), 19556 [28JY]

———include INS inspectors, Customs Service inspectors, and IRS revenue officers within hazardous occupations retirement provisions (see H.R. 2532), 5121 [24MR]

Firearms: prohibit undetectable (see H.R. 4014), 5949 [30MR]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 11418 [18MY]

Higher Education Act: amend to prevent double counting of income in conduct of needs analysis for student assistance (see H.R. 4830), 17108 [7JY]

House of Representatives: distortions in the reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 931 [3FE]

———Pledge of Allegiance (see H. Res. 501), 25597 [26SE]

Housing: apply maximum economic rents to residents of public housing (see H.R. 5351), 25169 [23SE]

Indians: qualifications of certain tribes for waste water treatment assistance (see H.R. 4834), 23676 [13SE]

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty: support (see H. Res. 422), 5948 [30MR]

Iraq: condemn use of chemical weapons (see H. Res. 532), 23398 [9SE]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 527), 6344 [11AP]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: location in District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 405), 1206 [8FE]

Kuwait: prohibit sale of aircraft and weapons (see H.J. Res. 609), 17812 [12JY]

Law enforcement officers: death penalty for certain killings of (see H.R. 4302), 16518 [29JN]

Lindelof, Jim: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 448), 9600 [29AP]

Long Beach, CA: designate Craig Hosmer Federal Building (see H.R. 3215), 11754 [19MY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 537), 24338 [16SE]

Medicare: hospital payment system (see H.R. 4511), 13867 [8JN]

Memorial Day: bell tolling by public buildings for one minute (see H.J. Res. 584), 17109 [7JY]

Narcotics: capital punishment for certain offenses (see H.R. 4796), 17813 [12JY]

———illegal use among college students (see H. Res. 272), 1657 [17FE]

———life imprisonment or capital punishment for certain drug trafficking offenses (see H.R. 4590), 23398 [9SE]

———production and traffic (see H.R. 4842), 14854 [16JN]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 15471 [21JN]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 9673 [2MY]

National Book Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 19227 [27JY]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 28244 [4OC]

National Day of Remembrance for Political Prisoners in Iran: designate (see H.J. Res. 669), 30168 [12OC]

National Drug Abuse Resistance Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 12563 [26MY]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 649), 28244 [4OC]

National Freedom Fighter Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 9673 [2MY]

National Gleaning Clearinghouse Act: enact (see H.R. 4721), 21408 [9AU]

National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 9901 [4MY]

National Invent America! Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 26818 [29SE]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 25597 [26SE]

National Library Sign-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 549), 14855 [16JN]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 13369 [3JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), 14080 [10JN]

National Poetry Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 18470 [14JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 16666 [6JY]

National Purple Heart Museum Committee: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 126), 11946 [23MY]

National Safe Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 481), 9673 [2MY]

National Safety Belt Use Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 485), 11946 [23MY]

National School Dropout Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 450), 13306 [2JN]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), 11946 [23MY]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 13186 [1JN]

National Thrift Institutions Commission: establish (see H.R. 4894), 22753 [7SE]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 581), 12562 [26MY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 576), 22753 [7SE]

NATO: continued security (see H. Res. 422), 5948 [30MR]

NATO Drug Strike Force: establish (see H.R. 4822), 18925 [26JY]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras (see H. Res. 412), 5062 [23MR]

———condemn antidemocratic actions (see H. Res. 497), 18087 [13JY]

———promote democracy through the National Endowment for Democracy (see H.R. 4617), 11338 [17MY]

———release all political prisoners in accordance with the Esquipulas II agreement (see H. Con. Res. 327), 16598 [30JN]

———U.S. policy relative to reforms made toward peace, pluralism, and democracy (see H.J. Res. 566), 10546 [11MY]

Nuclear energy: provide for a viable domestic uranium industry (see H.R. 4975), 16598 [30JN]

Nurses: extension of visas (see H.R. 4474), 9791 [3MY]

Omnibus Antidrug Abuse Act: enact (see H.R. 4230), 9673 [2MY]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: increase level of benefits in death of public safety officers (see H.R. 4758), 14373 [14JN]

Omnibus Drug Initiative Act: allocating funds for State and local governments (see H. Res. 546), 29693 [11OC]

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 5654 [29MR]

Panama: apprehension and prosecution of Manuel A. Noriega (see H. Con. Res. 302), 15723 [22JN]

Panama Canal: future security (see H. Res. 423), 5948 [30MR]

Pensions: veterans of World War I and certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 1918), 20332 [3AU]

Petroleum: tax-free purchase of fuels for farm or off-highway use (see H.R. 3865), 5063 [23MR]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3815), 327 [28JA]

Pornography: mailing of unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements (see H.R. 4257), 11339 [17MY]

Postal Service: designate as nonmailable matter, solicitations for the purchase of services or products provided by the Government at lower price (see H.R. 3382), 10546 [11MY]

Prisons: amounts from Dept. of Justice and Customs Service forfeiture fund to assist in providing for penal facilities (see H.R. 4932), 18925 [26JY]

———inmates at Atlanta, GA, and Oakdale, LA, detention centers should pay for or repair damage done during uprisings (see H. Res. 338), 18471 [14JY]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 11339 [17MY]

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 732), 1206 [8FE]

Shapiro, Lee: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Small business: assist and promote the creation, development, and growth of veteran-owned and controlled (see H.R. 5558), 32357 [20OC]

———developmental programs for those owned by women (see H.R. 5050), 18468 [14JY]

States: Federal funding contingent upon community service requirement relative to probation sentences of certain drug offenders (see H.R. 4822), 18925 [26JY]

Strategic petroleum reserve: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3698), 4220 [17MR]

Take Pride in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 530), 8307 [21AP]

Taxation: child care assistance credit for low-income working parents (see H.R. 4768), 13865 [8JN]

———deduction for adoption of child with special needs (see H.R. 5374), 25170 [23SE]

———delay for 1 year effective date for increase in current year liability test for estimated tax payments by individuals (see H.R. 3517), 2526 [25FE]

———dependents tax identification number (see H.R. 3324), 4798 [22MR]

———exemption for educational savings bonds (see H.R. 4091), 12563 [26MY]

———identify sponsor, beneficiary, and revenue cost of relief provisions of certain bills (see H. Res. 467), 14855 [16JN]

———reduce maximum capital gains rate to 15% (see H.R. 3552), 4798 [22MR]

———residential mortgages (see H. Con. Res. 342), 23036 [8SE]

———State and local government bonds (see H. Res. 487), 19227 [27JY]

Terrorism: screening of airline passengers for weapons and explosives (see H.R. 2862), 9976 [5MY]

Thornton, Charles E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 260), 12563 [26MY]

Treaties: require for territory relinquishment (see H.R. 341), 327 [28JA]

24th Infantry Regiment: tribute (see H. Res. 483), 26504 [28SE]

Uranium Revitalization, Tailings Reclamation and Enrichment Act: enact (see H.R. 4489), 9249 [28AP]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 4618), 13306 [2JN]

Volunteer fire departments: Dept. of Labor publication of certain standards (see H. Res. 516), 25024 [22SE]

Volunteer workers: importance of voluntarism (see H. Con. Res. 61), 19556 [28JY]

Western Hemisphere Force Drug Strike Force: establish (see H.R. 4822), 18925 [26JY]

World War II: memorial and museum (see H.R. 3742), 61 [25JA]

———recognizing defense of Wake Island against Japan by civilian construction workers (see H. Con. Res. 301), 12563 [26MY]

Wyeth, Andrew: gold medal (see H.R. 593), 3605 [9MR]

Year of the Young Reader: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 13306 [2JN]

Letters

International peacekeeping activities: by, 32265 [20OC]

Remarks by, on

Central America: appropriations (H.J. Res. 395), consideration (H.J. Res. 444), 776-832, 834, 846, 847, 865, 879, 906 [3FE]

———support peace, democracy, and reconciliation (H.J. Res. 523), 5906 [30MR]

Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption, and Family Services Act: enact (H.R. 1900), conference report, 5926 [30MR]

China, Republic of: anniversary, 29868 [11OC]

Committee on Agriculture: filing reports, 6968 [11AU]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military construction (H.R. 4586), 11382 [18MY]

———B-1B and B-2 aircraft programs, 8428 [21AP]

Drugs: manufacturing, distribution, and use of illegal (H.R. 5210), 23815, 23816, 23818 [14SE], 24087 [15SE]

Firearms: purchasing regulations, 24087 [15SE]

Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 4637), 12241, 12250, 12269, 12270, 12275 [25MY]

———enact (H.R. 4637), conference report, 26038, 26039 [28SE], 27317, 27318, 27320, 27322, 27323 [30SE]

———enact (H.R. 4637), conference report, Obey motions, 26099-26113 [28SE]

———enact (H.R. 4637), motion to recede and concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 554), 26725, 26730 [29SE]

House of Representatives: legislative program, 5914 [30MR], 23016, 23017 [8SE], 23344, 23345 [9SE]

———rules and operation, 12182 [24MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations for activities and CIA retirement and disability (H.R. 4387), 12516 [26MY]

Nicaragua: assistance to Contras, 776-832, 834, 846, 847, 865, 879, 906 [3FE], 31170 [14OC]

———assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 484), 3214, 3217, 3218, 3241, 3250 [3MR]

———condemn antidemocratic actions (H. Res. 497), 18444 [14JY]

———suffering under Communist leaders, 9877 [4MY]

———support for pro-democratic groups, 11260 [17MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, 776 [3FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8304 [21AP]

Special order: granted, 13367 [3JN], 13958 [9JN]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 11936 [23MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Hunger Emergency, D57 [24FE]

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, OK (S. 1967), D349 [26MY]

Committee on Rules: Appropriations for Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs (H.R. 4637), D338 [24MY]

———Condemning the Government of Nicaragua's Antidemocratic Actions (H. Res. 497), D502 [14JY]

———Omnibus Drug Initiative Act, D562 [8AU]

———Peace Process in Central America, D59 [24FE]