BRENNAN, JOSEPH E. (a Representative from Maine)
Articles and editorials
In Cold Spell, U.S. Heating Assistance Plan Becomes a Lifesaver, Thomas W. Lippman, Washington (DC) Post, 2084
Recognizing Excellence in the Nation's Oldest VA Facility, Nina Tobler, VA Practitioner (magazine), 987
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Congregate Housing Services Program: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4419), 6057 [29MR]
Drug industry: packaging standards for prescription drug samples (see H.R. 5908), 33825 [24OC]
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: appropriations (see H.R. 3851), 37 [23JA]
Medicaid: studies to extend coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families (see H.R. 5424), 21675 [1AU]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
American Textile Industry Bicentennial Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 518), 27669 [4OC]
Armed Forces: payment of travel expenses to burial ceremonies for the parents of a deceased service member (see H.R. 4417), 6057 [29MR]
Baltic Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 493), 10926 [17MY]
Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9093 [1MY]
Cadigan, James L.: Congressional Medal of Honor for World War II service (see H. Con. Res. 178), 466 [24JA]
China, People's Republic of: suspend most favored nation treatment and OPIC operations (see H.R. 2613), 6357 [3AP]
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 4000), 1550 [7FE]
Coastal Barrier Resources Act: reauthorizing (see H.R. 2840), 15850 [27JN]
Dept. of Defense: environmental activities (see H.R. 5202), 16184 [28JN]
———termination of B-2 stealth bomber development (see H.R. 3978), 1549 [7FE]
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (see H.R. 3847), 1289 [6FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expansion of services to sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 3037), 4508 [19MR]
Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 4378 [14MR]
Drug abuse: funding for local drug enforcement programs (see H. Con. Res. 279), 3101 [1MR]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 5033 [22MR]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 24037 [12SE]
Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 16186 [28JN]
Ending Hunger Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 610), 25018 [18SE]
Federal employees: cost-of-living adjustments for civil service retirees (see H. Con. Res. 252), 1290 [6FE]
Fire fighters: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 5032 [22MR]
Fish and fisheries: inspection of food products (see H.R. 3508), 4275 [13MR]
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 10010 [10MY]
Foreign trade: imports of textiles, apparel, and footwear (see H.R. 4496), 6670 [4AP]
Franklin, Benjamin: minting of commemorative coins and enacting fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 4098), 2307 [22FE]
Freedom of Choice Act: enact (see H.R. 3700), 2124 [21FE]
Gerald R. Ford House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
Great Britain: Birmingham Six' detention case (see H. Con. Res. 249), 4509 [19MR]
Greyhound Co.: strike of employees (see H. Con. Res. 316), 8404 [26AP]
Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 11597 [22MY]
Head Start Program: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 490), 7340 [18AP]
Health: birth control and infertility (see H. Con. Res. 309), 7849 [23AP]
———bone marrow availability and registry (see H.R. 4650), 8403 [26AP]
———development of research centers for birth control and infertility (see H.R. 4583), 7849 [23AP]
———national program (see H. Con. Res. 375), 26176 [26SE]
———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 4377 [14MR]
Home Health Aide Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 618), 20940 [31JY]
Homeless: assistance (see H.R. 3789), 5033 [22MR]
———emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 505), 6059 [29MR]
Housing: alleviate homelessness and increase opportunities for low-income families (see H.R. 4621), 8303 [25AP]
———amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 1180), 4508 [19MR]
———preserve Federal Housing Administration's Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (see H.R. 5266), 17963 [18JY]
Immigration: revise and extend certain nonpreference programs (see H.R. 3511), 12099 [23MY]
Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 7341 [18AP]
International Visitors' Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 459), 9093 [1MY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 482), 4378 [14MR]
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 18923 [24JY]
Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 501), 6673 [4AP]
Korean War: issue commemorative silver dollar coin (see H.R. 5053), 17841 [17JY]
Korean War Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 575), 14705 [19JN]
Labor: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (see H.R. 3936), 26312 [27SE]
Law enforcement officers: lump-sum disability payment (see H.R. 2870), 5032 [22MR]
Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 528), 17324 [12JY]
Maine: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4145), 2933 [28FE]
Medicaid: funding of abortion in case of rape or incest (see H. Res. 314), 910 [31JA]
———State options to provide community care to the elderly (see H.R. 3933), 5780 [28MR]
Medicare: improve hospice care, screening mammography, and certain home health services (see H.R. 3880), 4377 [14MR]
———supplemental insurance policy standards (see H.R. 4840), 26909 [1OC]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 486), 5780 [28MR]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 23), 40 [23JA]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (see H.J. Res. 570), 16187 [28JN]
National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 464), 6059 [29MR]
National Critical Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 7341 [18AP]
National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet: designate (see H.J. Res. 556), 9905 [9MY]
National defense: promote economic stability in communities adversely affected by reductions in defense spending (see H.R. 3999), 14111 [14JN]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 24756 [17SE]
National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 8405 [26AP]
National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 627), 22532 [3AU]
National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 27669 [4OC]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 540), 8716 [30AP]
National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 16896 [11JY]
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 644), 25018 [18SE]
National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 565), 16897 [11JY]
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 566), 30090 [16OC]
National Parents of Murdered Children Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 523), 23678 [10SE]
National Prevent-a-Litter Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 441), 1896 [20FE]
National Radon Action Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 26692 [30SE]
National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 616), 23478 [5SE]
National Rice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 637), 28799 [12OC]
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 7341 [18AP]
National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 516), 13264 [6JN]
National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 15850 [27JN]
National Sheriffs' Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 14705 [19JN]
National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 427, 611), 6358 [3AP], 27395 [3OC]
National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, 509), 466 [24JA], 16690 [10JY]
Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 8716 [30AP]
NOAA: authorizing appropriations for certain ocean and coastal programs (see H.R. 4115), 2715 [27FE]
Occupational health and safety: system to identify and notify persons at high risk (see H.R. 3067), 8404 [26AP]
Olympic games: commemorative coins to support the training of U.S. athletes (see H.R. 4962), 23924 [11SE]
Pensions: cost-of-living adjustments for certain Government retirement programs (see H.R. 3914), 1289 [6FE]
Petroleum: opposition to import fee on crude oil (see H. Res. 17), 7984 [24AP]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 604), 20940 [31JY]
Public Health Service Act: amend provisions relative to certain minimum allotments under the program of formula grants (see H.R. 5443), 26176 [26SE]
Railroads: amend provisions of law relative to freight cars (see H.R. 5900), 32592 [22OC]
———treatment of revenue attributable to the taxation of certain railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 5625), 26176 [26SE]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 3986), 9093 [1MY]
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Family Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 596), 13671 [12JN]
Securities: continue provisions permitting certain small issues of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 4408), 15850 [27JN]
Small business: tax credit for handicap accessibility (see H.R. 3652), 10679 [16MY]
South Africa: economic sanctions (see H. Con. Res. 270), 4243 [12MR]
South African Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 588), 15041 [20JN]
Soviet Union: anti-Semitism (see H. Con. Res. 264), 1896 [20FE]
State-Supported Homes for Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), 1290 [6FE]
Taxation: reinstate the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 5758), 26692 [30SE]
———treatment of certain real estate activities (see H.R. 3732), 10926 [17MY]
———treatment of Federal annuities (see H.R. 214), 7339 [18AP]
Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. House of Representatives Office Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H. Res. 402), 12247 [24MY]
Tibet: additional immigrant visas (see H.R. 3705), 2717 [27FE]
University of Nevada: tribute to basketball team (see H. Con. Res. 300), 12249 [24MY]
Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 466 [24JA]
Voting Rights Celebration Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 625), 20940 [31JY]
Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 13993 [13JN]
White House Conference on Aging: convene (see H. Con. Res. 333), 12099 [23MY]
World War II: mint coins commemorating the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement (see H.R. 4365), 5031 [22MR]
Year of Clean Water: designate (see H.J. Res. 369), 23478 [5SE]
Essays
What Being an American Means to Me: Hilary Williams, 9119
Letters
Abortion rights: by, 263
Voter registration procedures for Federal elections: G. William Diamond, 1257
Motions offered by
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), consideration (H. Res. 391), 14702 [19JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, 2638 [27FE], 17437 [13JY]
Remarks by, on
Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify protection relative to employee benefit plans (S. 1511), 27067
Agriculture: veal calf treatment, 21576
Air pollution: clean air standards (H.R. 3030), 11975
Aliens: revise admission system relative to family reunification and identified labor shortages (H.R. 4300), 27090
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 4404), conference report, 12134
Augusta, ME: tribute to the Capitol City Junior Rifle Club, 13456
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, 17437 [13JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 268), 17751 [17JY]
———deficit, 28601 [11OC]
———setting forth congressional budget for 1991-95 (H. Con. Res. 310), 9036
———summit conference, 26746 [1OC]
Central America: authorizing supplemental economic assistance to Panama and Nicaragua (H.R. 4636), 11553
Child Development and Education Act: enact (H.R. 3), 6035 [29MR]
China, People's Republic of: readjust immigration status of certain nationals (H.R. 2712), veto, 442
Civil rights: strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (H.R. 4000), 21999 [2AU]
Congregate Housing Services Program: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4419), 6081
Crime: control (H.R. 5269), 27368
Crime and criminals: data on crimes manifesting prejudice based on race, religion, homosexuality, or heterosexuality (H.R. 1048), 6332
———sentencing guidelines for Federal offenses, 27368
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations and prescribing military personnel levels (H.R. 4739), 23955, 23990
———economic adjustment plan for displaced workers, 24005 [12SE]
———making appropriations for military construction (H.R. 5313), 20439
———of B-2 stealth bomber development (H.R. 3978), 1483
Dept. of Environmental Protection: establish (H.R. 3847), 5749 [28MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: recruitment of physicians, dentists, and nurses (H.R. 4557), 8999
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5257), 18286 [19JY]
Diseases: preventive health services relative to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (H.R. 4785), 13928
Drug abuse: funding for resistance education programs by local educational agencies (H.R. 5064), 16669
Drug industry: packaging standards for prescription drug samples (H.R. 5908), 33842
Ecology: protection of coastal zone resources (H.R. 4450), consideration (H. Res. 468), 25471
Education: improve (H.R. 5115), 18505
El Salvador: economic assistance, 11553
Elections: amend provisions of law relative to Federal elections and the costs of House elections (H.R. 5400), 22221
———establish national voter registration procedures for Federal (H.R. 2190), 1257
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), 9825 [9MY]
———entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 770), veto, 19123 [25JY]
———support of defense industry workers, 18471 [20JY]
Fish Safety Act: enact (S. 2924), consideration (H. Res. 511), 33634 [24OC]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 350), consideration (H. Res. 417), 15234 [21JN]
Food and Agricultural Resources Act: enact (H.R. 3950), 21576
Foreign trade: authorizing appropriations for the customs and trade agencies (H.R. 4328), 24930 [18SE]
———authorizing appropriations for the customs and trade agencies (H.R. 4328), veto, 28394 [10OC]
Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (H.R. 2273), 10873
Housing: amend provisions relative to community and neighborhood development (H.R. 1180), 21261
Human Services Reauthorization Act: enact (H.R. 4151), 10631
Indians: Aroostook Band of Micmacs settlement claims (S. 1413), 28361
Japan: sharing cost of stationed U.S. troops, 23955 [12SE]
Labor unions: hiring of permanent replacement workers during a strike (H.R. 1383), 4418 [15MR]
Lithuania: political reform (H. Con. Res. 289), 6346
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program: appropriations (H.R. 3851), 8
Maine: designate certain lands as wilderness (H.R. 4145), 3062
———designate certain lands as wilderness (S. 2205), 24711
Maine Acadian Culture Preservation Act: enact (S. 1756), 26300
Medicaid: studies to extend coverage to certain otherwise ineligible low-income families (H.R. 5424), 21684
National defense: mobilization of the defense industrial base, 2649 [27FE]
National Peace Officers' Memorial Day: observance, 10418 [15MY]
National Railroad Passenger Corp.: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2364), veto, 13319
103rd Infantry Veterans Association: tribute, 9447
Ozone: chlorinated fluorocarbon use, 11975
Portland, ME: Spurwink Elementary School anniversary, 25851
Space warfare: strategic defense initiative, 23990
Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), conference report, 24219
Waldoboro, ME: anniversary of Waldoboro Women's Club, 8574
WIC: funding, 16102 [28JN]
Williams, Hilary: tribute to third-place National Poster Contest winner, 9119
Reports
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 13660 [12JN]
Testimonies
Committee on Agriculture: Maine Wilderness Act (H.R. 4145) and National Tree Planting Act (H.R. 4465), D219 [18AP]
Committee on Education and Labor: Assistance for Certain Educational Programs at Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, CA (H.R. 3210), D215 [5AP]
———Funds for Edmund S. Muskie Archives, Bates College, ME (H.R. 2623), D215 [5AP]
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Indian Issues, D186 [29MR]
———Michigan Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 4019) and Maine Wilderness Act (H.R. 4145), D227 [19AP]
———San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, TX, Boundaries (H.R. 4811), D466 [17JY]
Tributes
Landry, Giles R., 10418 [15MY]
Mandela, Nelson, 15635 [26JN]
Nave, Bill, 6835