ROTH, TOBY (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6287 [12AP]

Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 12501 [20JN], 12814 [21JN], 13904 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN]

———H.R. 1487, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 23402 [5OC]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]

Articles and editorials

Crippled but Not Crushed—In Panama, Noriega Still Is in Charge, Bob Lowe, Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent, 2210 [9FE]

Escaped Officer Urges U.S. to Shun Mengistu—Leader of Failed Ethiopian Coup Warns Against ``Accommodation'', Cites Weakened Military, David B. Ottaway, Washington (DC) Post, 24148 [11OC]

Ethiopia Seen Threatened by Rebel Advance—Tigrayan Army in Position To Cut Off Vital Supply Link to Capital, Neil Henry, Washington (DC) Post, 24147 [11OC]

Forever Riding the Air Waves—Eddy Jason's Show Still Strong at 40, Ferdinand de Leon, 12611 [20JN]

Shawano Girls Preside Over Courts—Six Player Nucleus Unbeaten in Volleyball/Basketball This Year, Kevin Isaacson, Green Bay (WI) Press Gazette, 1368 [31JA]

What if Tables Were Turned? Bob Lowe, Appleton (WI) Post-Crescent, 2211 [9FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 425), 208 [4JA]

Banks and banking: foreign ownership (see H.R. 1316), 3690 [8MR]

Corps of Engineers: acceptance of a voluntary payment of a toll or operating charge (see H.R. 3689), 29605 [16NO]

Cuba: plebiscite (see H. Con. Res. 56), 2553 [22FE]

Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (see H.R. 3667), 29070 [15NO]

Foreign countries: assessment and ranking relative to engagement in international trade (see H.R. 3668), 29070 [15NO]

Foreign trade: control on items related to terrorism (see H.R. 1316), 3690 [8MR]

Interstate commerce: uniform treatment of selected product liability problems (see H.R. 359), 206 [4JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3253), 20204 [12SE]

Milk: repeal minimum adjustments to prices of fluid milk under Federal marketing orders and to establish basing points in geographical areas (see H.R. 501), 212 [4JA]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), 4112 [14MR]

Rowe, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 133), 10050 [23MY]

Social Security: receipt of benefits relative to the amount of outside income (see H.R. 358), 206 [4JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: farm program payment fairness relative to married couples (see H.R. 2973), 15762 [21JY]

Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 30408 [20NO]

Arms control: export of chemical and biological weapons (see H.R. 3033), 16563 [27JY]

Banks and banking: enhance competition in the financial services sector (see H.R. 1992), 6805 [17AP]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1278), 3499 [6MR]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 134), 10050 [23MY]

Community Foundation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), 26345 [26OC]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 14076 [11JY]

Crime and criminals: international narcotics production and trafficking (see H.R. 3611), 28017 [8NO]

Cuba: condemn civil liberties violations (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

———plebiscite (see H. Con. Res. 75), 15437 [20JY]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 9140 [15MY]

Education: demonstration program for educational performance agreements for school restructuring (see H.R. 3347), 24131 [11OC]

———require colleges to implement a drug-free campus program (see H.R. 3572), 26876 [1NO]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 20774 [19SE]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 20404 [13SE]

Export Administration Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2653), 12179 [15JN]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 7545 [26AP]

Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]

Foreign Ownership Disclosure Act: enact (see H.R. 5), 7436 [25AP]

Foreign trade: bipartisan task force on export development (see H.R. 3836), 31243 [21NO]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin for bicentennial of death (see H.R. 3056), 17096 [31JY]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 19333 [4AU]

Great Lakes: preserve percentage of agricultural commodities exported from port facilities (see H.R. 3002), 16202 [25JY]

———promote maritime trade interests (see H.R. 2504), 10242 [25MY]

House of Representatives: prevent distortions in reapportionment (see H.R. 744), 5895 [10AP]

Housing: amend laws relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 3570), 27087 [3NO]

Income: adjust minimum wage and increase earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2637), 11817 [14JN]

Indians: interpretation of treaties with Chippewa of Wisconsin (see H.J. Res. 261), 8208 [4MY]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 24131 [11OC]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Medicaid: permit States to include certain long-term care services (see H.R. 2499), 10241 [25MY]

Medicare: delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 4033 [13MR]

———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 1393 [2FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 19329 [4AU]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 8074 [3MY]

National Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 416), 31245 [21NO]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20775 [19SE]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 13624 [27JN]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230), 10051 [23MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 11242 [7JN]

Nuclear energy: deny tax deductions for loss on certain abandonments of powerplants (see H.R. 2654), 13846 [28JN]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 19557 [6SE]

Panama: elections (see H. Con. Res. 122), 9407 [16MY]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 3102 [1MR]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1060), 5275 [23MR]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 19332 [4AU]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13847 [28JN]

Tariff: disposable surgical gowns and drapes (see H.R. 1997), 6457 [13AP]

Taxation: deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 1204 [31JA]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 2902 [28FE]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 1398 [2FE]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 20205 [12SE]

Terrorism: preblast detection taggant on explosives to determine the country of origin (see H. Con. Res. 191), 19331 [4AU]

U.N. Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances: support (see H. Res. 263), 24235 [12OC]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337, 350), 13622 [27JN], 14077 [11JY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 304), 14077 [11JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 13846 [28JN]

Valladares, Armando: Presidential Medal of Freedom award (see H. Con. Res. 176), 16564 [27JY]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 14475 [12JY]

Vietnam: release and emigration of reeducation camp detainees (see H. Con. Res. 113), 10162 [24MY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 30117 [19NO]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 20205 [12SE]

Letters

Sale of savings and loan institutions: by, 121 [3JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: milk marketing system, 152 [3JA]

———pending farm legislation, 13991 [29JN]

Animal Welfare Protection Act: enact (H.R. 425), 141 [3JA]

Banks and banking: cost of rescuing savings and loan industry, 10087 [24MY]

———establish a Resolution Trust Corp. and Office of Thrift Supervision, 30384 [20NO]

———insurance of the thrift industry, 121 [3JA], 2029 [9FE], 11554 [13JN], 17113 [31JY]

———prosecution of fraud and abuse in the thrift industry, 18542 [3AU]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 10737 [1JN], 11789 [14JN], 12070, 12087 [15JN]

———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18542, 18551, 18571 [3AU]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22226 [28SE], 23231 [4OC]

Caucus on travel and tourism: tribute, 2362 [21FE]

Chile: FDA ban on imported fruits, 4481 [16MR]

Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 165), 6866 [18AP]

Cuba: congressional support for plebiscite, 2599 [22FE]

Department of Commerce and Trade: establish (H.R. 3667), 31834 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16504 [27JY]

———extend contract goal for small and disadvantaged businesses, 16504 [27JY]

Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6275, 6277, 6287, 6288 [12AP]

Ethiopia: administration of Mengistu regime, 24029 [11OC], 24147 [11OC]

Eximbank Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2494), 25077 [18OC]

Export Administration Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2653), 14042 [11JY]

Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 12734, 12764 [21JN], 13715 [28JN], 13901, 13904, 13905 [29JN]

Foreign trade: improving U.S. competitiveness, 31834 [11DE]

Hungary: economic assistance (H.R. 2550), 12444 [20JN]

———political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25226 [19OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions, 1677 [6FE]

Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22226 [28SE]

Lincoln Savings and Loan of California: investigation, 28178 [9NO]

Medicare: budget cuts, 13498 [27JN]

———catastrophic illness coverage, 19514 [6SE], 23231 [4OC]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal certain provisions (H.R. 3253), 20096 [12SE], 20985-20989, 20991, 20993, 20994 [20SE]

Mexico: encourage private creditors to help reduce debt (H. Con. Res. 86), 14037, 14038 [11JY]

Mirecki, Lee: GAO report on Navy training, 3660 [7MR]

Namibia: U.N. peacekeeping operations, 5475 [4AP]

National Endowment for Democracy: authorizing appropriations, 6275, 6277 [12AP]

National Housing Trust: assistance to first-time homebuyers (H.R. 1), 28833 [14NO]

Navy: death of servicemen while in training, 87 [3JA]

Pepper, Claude: death (H. Res. 163), 10409 [31MY]

Poland: economic assistance (H.R. 2550), 12444 [20JN]

———political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25226 [19OC]

Rowe, James N.: assassination (H. Con. Res. 121), 10036, 10037, 10038 [23MY]

Rural development, agriculture, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14943 [18JY]

Seymour, WI: home of the hamburger, 15727 [21JY]

Shawano, WI: tribute to girls basketball and volleyball team, 1368 [31JA]

Taxation: capital gains, 22226 [28SE]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (H.R. 634), 19680 [6SE]

Tourist trade: future of domestic industry, 3197 [1MR]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 337), 13649 [27JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 95 [3JA], 3098 [1MR], 13620 [27JN], 13958 [29JN], 17095 [31JY], 24129 [11OC]

Special order: granted, 94 [3JA], 4487 [16MR], 19553 [6SE], 20203 [12SE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 8441 [8MY], 19327 [4AU]

Navy Training—Safety Has Been Improved but More Still To Be Done: GAO, 3660 [7MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Assassination of James N. Rowe, 10036 [23MY]

Statements

Men's Labors: Albert Einstein, 20195 [12SE]

Military Construction Appropriations: by, 17052 [31JY]

Summaries

Department of Commerce and Trade (H.R. 3667), 31836 [11DE]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Formulation of Farm Legislation, D400 [28JN]

Committee on Rules: Authorize and Enhance Appropriations for Foreign Assistance Programs (H.R. 2655), D372 [20JN]

———Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (H.R. 1278), D328 [7JN]

Tributes

Jason, Eddy, 12610 [20JN]

Leland, Mickey, 20194 [12SE]

Pepper, Claude, 10409 [31MY]

Rodgers, Kenneth, 6368 [13AP]