ROUKEMA, MARGE (a Representative from New Jersey)
Amendments offered by, to
Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22020 [27SE]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15161 [19JY]
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8458
Appointments
Committee on Interstate Child Support, 22201 [28SE]
Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN]
———H.R. 2742, amend and extend the Library Services and Construction Act, 26789 [1NO]
———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]
Articles and editorials
GOP's Myopic Vision of the Family, by, U.S. News and World Report, 1660
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Aeronautics: aircraft noise reduction (see H.R. 546), 267 [19JA]
———commission on security and terrorism (see H.R. 2507), 10242 [25MY]
Chemical warfare: prohibit production of weapons (see H.R. 545), 267 [19JA]
Day care: block grant (see H.R. 1708), 5514 [5AP]
———civil liability (see H.R. 1737), 5683 [6AP]
Education: improve needs analysis tests in student aid programs (see H.R. 1169), 2900 [28FE]
Housing: assist State and local strategies to obtain affordable housing and increase home ownership (see H.R. 1637), 5272 [23MR]
———improve procedures relative to Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 3377), 22291 [28SE]
Labor unions: deny crewmember status to certain strikes and lockouts (see H.R. 285), 204 [4JA]
Members of Congress: prohibit honoraria, remove from under Federal Salary Act, and rates of pay must be subject to recorded vote (see H.R. 502), 212 [4JA]
Pan American World Airways: joint congressional committee to coordinate investigations of the flight 103 bombing (see H. Con. Res. 105), 7614 [27AP]
Student aid: reduce costs to Government from defaults (see H.R. 2193), 7754 [2MY]
Taxation: deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 1151 [27JA]
Telephone: prohibit certain practices relative to automatic dialing devices (see H.R. 2131), 7543 [26AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Abortion: pregnancy-related services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 857), 5171 [22MR]
Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]
Aeronautics: prohibit smoking on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 160), 2553 [22FE]
———takeoff and landing of subsonic aircraft exceeding certain noise limits (see H.R. 1226), 3100 [1MR]
———transportation bankruptcy plans (see H.R. 1292), 10869 [6JN]
Aged: employment in providing child care for low-income families (see H.R. 1816), 6330 [12AP]
Agriculture: eligibility requirements for commodity price support programs relative to irrigation water (see H.R. 2386), 9482 [17MY]
———sugar and sugar trade balance among sources (see H.R. 1055), 5945 [11AP]
Air pollution: amend provisions relative to acid deposition (see H.R. 1470), 4488 [16MR]
American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), 11604 [13JN]
Banks and banking: deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 1688 [6FE]
———extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 5338 [3AP]
———reform Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 1278), 3499 [6MR]
Brick Township, NJ: designate the James J. Howard Veterans' Outpatient Clinic (see H.R. 2557), 10867 [6JN]
Broadcasting: codify the fairness doctrine (see H.R. 315), 5895 [10AP]
Centennial Year of the National Zoo: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 13847 [28JN]
Chemical warfare: nonproliferation of chemical, biological, and toxin weapons (see H.R. 2426), 9649 [18MY]
Chemicals: reduce threat of catastrophic accidents (see H.R. 2585), 11300 [8JN]
China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 134), 10162 [24MY]
Civil liberties: constitutional amendment relative to equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 348 [24JA]
Clay Center, NE: Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (see H.R. 3048), 16817 [28JY]
Clean Air Act: national air quality standards (see H.R. 2323), 8914 [11MY]
———ozone protection (see H.R. 2699), 12808 [21JN]
Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 15437 [20JY]
———verifying information on applications for certain commercial vessel licenses (see H.R. 1775), 21499 [25SE]
Columbus, Christopher: commemorative coin for discovery of America and establish the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation (see H.R. 2754), 26590 [31OC]
Committee on Education and Labor: expenses for investigations and studies (see H. Res. 67), 1687 [6FE]
Committee on Housing and Tax Policy (Select): establish (see H. Res. 113), 5171 [22MR]
Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 107 [3JA]
Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 8), 1748 [7FE]
Computers: penalties for interfering with operations by use of hidden commands (see H.R. 55), 16565 [27JY]
Consumers: prevent abuse by credit repair organizations (see H.R. 56), 4033 [13MR]
Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 13623 [27JN]
Credit: residential mortgage transactions (see H.R. 583), 325 [20JA]
Crime and criminals: procedures for preventing drug-related activity in public housing (see H.R. 1870), 6454 [13AP]
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 2070 [9FE]
Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 8074 [3MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: study forest resources and open space in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (see H.R. 3803), 31242 [21NO]
———study natural, historic, and recreational resources and open space in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania (see H.R. 3804), 31242 [21NO]
Dept. of Energy: financial liability of nuclear contractors (see H.R. 1102), 5895 [10AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recruitment and retention of nurses (see H.R. 1199), 10869 [6JN]
Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 326 [20JA]
Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 15437 [20JY]
Drug abuse: military assistance in the interdiction of illegal drug transportation (see H.R. 86), 1152 [27JA]
Education: treatment of family assets relative to determination of student aid needs (see H.R. 1581), 5270 [23MR]
Elections: enlarged print voting aids and ballots available to visually impaired voters (see H.R. 180), 201 [4JA]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 1747 [7FE]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 770), 1394 [2FE]
End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 26345 [26OC]
Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 5683 [6AP]
EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 4200 [15MR]
———rules relative to composition of certain plastic articles (see H.R. 1439), 8208 [4MY]
ERISA: amend (see H.R. 2794), 14695 [13JY]
Federal employees: adjust pay of those in high cost of living areas (see H.R. 3319), 21590 [26SE]
Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 29606 [16NO]
Firearms: prohibit possession of certain semiautomatic shotguns and rifles (see H.R. 825), 1688 [6FE]
———waiting period before the purchase of a handgun (see H.R. 467), 2072 [9FE]
Food industry: prohibit the use of the same vehicle for transportation of hazardous materials and food (see H.R. 2681, 3430), 12283 [19JN], 23739 [6OC]
Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 29606 [16NO]
FTC: study deceptive mail practices relative to the sale of products or services related to governmental functions (see H.R. 551), 267 [19JA]
Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25146 [18OC]
General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 5172 [22MR]
Government: restrict use of Federal funds to influence employees and officers (see H.R. 3136), 19327 [4AU]
Groundwater: authorizing research activities (see H.R. 37), 1152 [27JA]
Hazardous substances: analyses of transportation incidents (see H.R. 584), 325 [20JA]
———development of emergency response procedures (see H.R. 2234), 8206 [4MY]
Health: restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 2554 [22FE]
Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789), 30407 [20NO]
House of Representatives: amend rules relative to resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 4489 [16MR]
Housing: amend laws relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 3570), 26876 [1NO]
———grant basis for programs for the homeless (see H.R. 3502), 25239 [19OC]
———grants for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2420), 11301 [8JN]
———insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 812), 1396 [2FE]
Housing and Community Development Act: revise and improve Community Development Loan Guarantee Program (see H.R. 2779), 13844 [28JN]
Humanitarian assistance: authorizing appropriations for health and child survival activities (see H.R. 2312), 10161 [24MY]
Immigration: status of certain nurses (see H.R. 1507), 4989 [20MR]
Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 26962 [2NO]
Irradiated food: prohibit implementation of certain regulations (see H.R. 2405), 9649 [18MY]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 22876 [3OC]
Japan: sale of F-16 aircraft technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft (see H.J. Res. 254), 7754 [2MY]
Library Services and Construction Act: amend and extend (see H.R. 2742), 12934 [22JN]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 149), 13846 [28JN]
Medicare: amend provisions relative to terminology used in notices of nonpayment to certain physicians (see H.R. 3272), 24814 [17OC]
———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 8710 [9MY]
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 2900 [28FE]
Minimum wage: adjust (see H.R. 1392), 4111 [14MR]
National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 19333 [4AU]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 22744 [2OC]
National Commission to Aid Homeless Mentally Ill Individuals: establish (see H.R. 3236), 31245 [21NO]
National Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide: designate (see H.J. Res. 36), 12181 [15JN]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 25146 [18OC]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20775 [19SE]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 14695 [13JY]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 282), 10050 [23MY]
National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 19331 [4AU]
National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 26590 [31OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 11605 [13JN]
National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 2555 [22FE]
National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 1151 [27JA]
National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 15160 [19JY]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 8846 [10MY]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 9650 [18MY]
National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 21590 [26SE]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 7614 [27AP]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120), 6806 [17AP]
National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 11605 [13JN]
Nuclear energy: health and safety regulation for Dept. of Energy facilities (see H.R. 3838), 31244 [21NO]
———health and safety regulations (see H.R. 1643), 5272 [23MR]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]
OPM: include certain areas in its Study of Federal Employees Locality Pay (see H.R. 1244), 3242 [2MR]
Pan American World Airways: designate national day of mourning for victims of flight 103 (see H.J. Res. 243), 9140 [15MY]
Petroleum: export of domestically produced crude oil (see H.R. 567), 5379 [4AP]
———moratorium on leasing in certain areas off the coast of New Jersey (see H.R. 722), 1203 [31JA]
———opposition to import fee on crude oil (see H. Res. 17), 5172 [22MR]
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 5338 [3AP]
Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 5085 [21MR]
———restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 373), 207 [4JA]
Professional Medical Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2858), 15850 [24JY]
Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 28336 [9NO]
Roads and highways: expand the capacity of certain portions of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (see H.R. 961), 8208 [4MY]
Shipping industry: require double hulls on all tank vessels (see H.R. 2609), 11602 [13JN]
Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 181, 917), 1746 [7FE], 2901 [28FE]
———payment of benefits upon death of recipient (see H.R. 455), 2071 [9FE]
———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 2619 [23FE]
Soviet Union: mutual and verifiable restrictions on production of plutonium and uranium (see H.R. 2403), 9648 [18MY]
Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]
Taxation: child care services (see H.R. 575), 325 [20JA]
———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 1204 [31JA]
———deductions relative to hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1935), 7545 [26AP]
———increase Federal excise taxes on tobacco products (see H.R. 718), 1203 [31JA]
———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 10502 [1JN]
———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2318, 2319), 11604 [13JN]
———moratorium on and study relative to certain State tax laws (see H.R. 1921), 6455 [13AP]
———permanent exclusion of funding for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 2037), 6881 [18AP]
———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 5274 [23MR]
———State income tax on nonresidents (see H.R. 1091, 1096), 2617 [23FE], 2800 [27FE]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 348 [24JA]
Telephone: prohibit certain practices involving the commercial use of facsimile machines (see H.R. 2184), 10161 [24MY]
———prohibit certain practices relative to advertising and solicitation (see H.R. 2921), 14991 [18JY]
Television: primary commercial service to metropolitan areas (see H.R. 695), 1150 [27JA]
Thrift industry: deposit fee (see H. Con. Res. 41), 1688 [6FE]
Tongass National Forest, AK: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 987), 2068 [9FE]
U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 350), 14077 [11JY]
———Supreme Court ruling on desecration (see H. Res. 186), 13622 [27JN]
White House Conference on Homelessness: convene (see H.R. 2560), 15850 [24JY]
Women: surrogate motherhood (see H.R. 275), 1748 [7FE]
World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 21407 [22SE]
World War II: commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 14475 [12JY]
———memorial and museum (see H.R. 537), 266 [19JA]
———memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 14017 [10JY]
Letters
Dept. of HUD Reform Act: Jack Kemp, Sec. of Housing, 31187 [21NO]
Reform Federal deposit insurance system: Ann L. Combs, Dept. of Labor, 12046 [15JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 12732 [21JN]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: Federal funding, 24059 [11OC]
———Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, 25818 [25OC]
Aeronautics: Commission on Security and Terrorism (H.R. 2507), 10259
———FAA noise reduction plan, 1369
Appropriations: emergency supplemental (H.R. 2072), 7508 [26AP]
Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 11785 [14JN], 12042, 12046, 12070, 12131 [15JN]
———reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), conference report, 18567 [3AU]
Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 21539 [26SE], 22020, 22021 [27SE], 23215 [4OC], 23327 [5OC]
———reconciliation (H.R. 3299), conference report, 31109 [21NO]
Chemical warfare: ban on all weapons, 16493 [27JY]
———binary chemical munitions authorizations, 16486 [27JY]
Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: disapprove recommendations (H.J. Res. 165), 6302 [12AP]
Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2843
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2843
Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 84), 2843
Congressional budget: setting forth for 1990-92 (H. Con. Res. 106), 8148
Day care: block grant (H.R. 1708), 11954 [15JN], 12734 [21JN]
———civil liability (H.R. 1737), 5786
———tax credit, 5129 [22MR]
Dept. of Defense: appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), 16146 [25JY], 16486, 16493 [27JY]
———appropriations for military functions (H.R. 2461), conference report, 28197 [9NO]
Dept. of HUD Reform Act: enact (H.R. 1), 31187, 31189, 31190 [21NO]
Dept. of State: appropriations (H.R. 1487), 6251 [12AP]
Dept. of Transportation: appropriations (H.R. 3015), 18604
Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2990), 18095 [2AU]
———appropriations (H.R. 2990), conference report, 24059 [11OC]
———appropriations (H.R. 2990), veto, 25818 [25OC]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and related agencies: appropriations (H.R. 2916), 15363, 15394 [20JY]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 1660
Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13674 [28JN]
ERISA: amend (H.R. 2794), 14000
———clarification, 31109 [21NO]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: appropriations (H.R. 2939), conference report, 28761 [14NO]
Hillsdale, NJ: tribute to Hands Across Hillsdale, 24166
Housing: assist State and local strategies to obtain affordable housing and increase home ownership (H.R. 1637), 5299
———improve procedures relative to Federal assistance programs (H.R. 3377), 22466
Iran: compensation for U.S. downing of civilian airliner, 15103 [19JY]
Japan: sale of F-16 aircraft technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft, 7723 [2MY]
———sale of F-16 aircraft technology and codevelopment of FSX aircraft (S.J. Res. 113), 11169, 11189
Mahwah, NJ: tribute to Family Counseling Service, 4141
Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 22777 [3OC], 23215 [4OC]
Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5146 [22MR]
———adjust (H.R. 2710), 26810 [1NO]
National Housing Trust: assistance to first-time homebuyers (H.R. 1), 28826 [14NO], 31187, 31189, 31190 [21NO]
Nurses: adjust immigrant status of certain (H.R. 3259), 24779 [17OC]
Pensions: benefit plans, 21539 [26SE]
———trustee boards to consist of equal representation of employees and employers, 22020 [27SE], 22021 [27SE]
POW/MIA flag: use of the Capitol rotunda to display (S. Con. Res. 5), 2507
Ridgewood, NJ: day care program, 12425 [20JN]
Ridgewood (NJ) News: anniversary, 19470
Solid waste: application, requirements and sanctions at Federal facilities (H.R. 1056), 15112 [19JY]
Student aid: reduce costs to Government from defaults (H.R. 2193), 7861
Student Financial Aid Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 1169), 3073
Sudan: peace and famine relief (S. Con. Res. 15), 4071 [14MR]
Telephone: prohibit certain practices relative to automatic dialing devices (H.R. 2131), 7577
Terrorism: bombing of Pan American flight 103, 5012 [21MR]
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8458
Votes: position on missed, 22780 [3OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 261 [19JA], 1202 [31JA], 1392 [2FE], 1744 [7FE], 2798 [27FE], 2880 [28FE], 3689 [8MR], 4110 [14MR], 5269 [23MR], 5682 [6AP], 7542 [26AP], 7606 [27AP], 7752 [2MY], 10240 [25MY], 10501 [1JN], 18669 [3AU], 19320 [4AU], 22290 [28SE], 24129 [11OC], 28334 [9NO]
Special order: granted, 1202 [31JA], 6803 [17AP]
Testimonies
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Automated Telephone Solicitation Protection Act (H.R. 2131), D300 [24MY]
———Communications Act (H.R. 628), D300 [24MY]
———Facsimile Advertising Regulation Act (H.R. 2184), D300 [24MY]
———Telephone Operator Service Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 971), D300 [24MY]
Committee on Rules: Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (H.R. 1278), D328 [7JN]
———Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3299), D587 [21SE]
Texts of
H.R. 1737, Child Care Liability Reform Act, 5786
Transcripts
Congressional oversight of the Dept. of HUD scandal: with Roger Mudd, 27997 [8NO]
Tributes
Bosco, Giovanni M., 1198 [31JA]
Coppenrath, A.M., 3819
Giles, William R., 3824
Mas, Joseph, 10738
McBride, Peter W., 3813