POVERTY related term(s) Domestic Policy; Homeless; Hunger

Addresses

Domestic Policy: President Bush, S7625-S7627 [12JN]

Importance of Politics and Government in American Life: Representative Rostenkowski, E1557 [2MY]

Need for More Low Income Housing: Cushing Dolbeare, E2766 [31JY]

Analyses

Health Care Services to Medically Underserved Areas (S. 773), S4127 [22MR]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 3037), E2716 [25JY]

Target Funds to Low-Income Students and Reduce Waste of Public Funds (S. 1246), S7353-S7374 [6JN]

Announcements

Inner City Christian Federation of Grand Rapids, MI and Old Kent Financial Corp. form partnership for construction of affordable housing, E3675 [1NO]

Articles and editorials

After the Ghetto, S5645 [9MY]

At a Divided White House, Sununu Is Wary, While Darman Calls for Action, S8495 [24JN]

Atlantic Charter—Design for Tomorrow?, E3187 [30SE]

Benevolent Builder—Clemons Honored for Efforts To House Underprivileged, E2790 [31JY]

Big Insurer Offers Medical Screening as Part of Policy, S8098 [19JN]

Blunt Talk About Race, E1369 [22AP]

Brother, Don't Spare a Dime, E3468 [21OC]

Builder of Fences Against Hunger, E3533 [24OC]

Bush's Cruel Game With the Poor, E587 [22FE]

Bush's Mysterious Medicaid Plan—Low-Income Buy-In, Noted in Debate, Points to Costly Expansion, S16479 [13NO]

By Ignoring Its Children, America Is Heading for Third World Status, E134 [11JA]

Calcutta on the Hudson, S2717 [6MR]

Changes in Rules on Medicaid Funding Could Lead to Tax Hike, Cuts in Benefits, S12897 [12SE]

Children in America, H5810 [24JY]

Cholera and the Cold War, E2687 [24JY]

City's Hunger Program Credited, E3493 [22OC]

Corporate Chiefs Promote Infant Care, S2903 [7MR]

Director of Dade County Health Center Touches Many Lives, E1431 [24AP]

Education Can Help the Poor, E1141 [9AP]

Employers' Health Costs Surge 13 Percent, S16481 [13NO]

Exploding Population, Exploding Problems, E2030 [5JN]

Farm Bureau Presses for Health Insurance Deduction, S16149 [7NO]

Finding a Way To Give Young, as Well as Old, Social Security, E901 [12MR]

Forsaking the Mentally Ill, S2574 [28FE]

From Suburbs, New Aid for the Homeless, S15244 [25OC]

Get the Right Grip on Foreign Aid, E2411 [27JN]

Hard Times Found on Food Line, S13742 [26SE]

Health Benefits Found To Deter Job Switching, S13875 [27SE]

Health Care—Fire Out of Control, S18114 [25NO]

Health Plan Wins Major Support—Big Companies, Labor, Ex-Presidents Endorse Pay or Play Overhaul, S16485 [13NO]

HHS Secretary Urges Doctors To Curb Costs—Citizens May Demand ``Government Takeover,'' AMA Meeting Warned, S8494 [24JN]

Hope For the Mentally Ill Homeless, H7723 [9OC]

Housing the Poor, Sensibly, S10426 [18JY]

Hungry Children and the CEO's, S2902 [7MR]

Ills of the Nation's Health Care System Are Pulling GOP Into Search for Cures, S8495 [24JN]

Investing in Early Intervention, S8044 [18JN]

Kemp's HOPE Plan Gives Poor a Way To Acquire Assets, E2495 [11JY]

Late Starter in Medicaid, Arizona Shows the Way, E3005 [12SE]

Look Homeward, E1502 [30AP]

Lovely Words From Kemp—House No One, E1603 [2MY]

Making a Commitment to Our Children, E4188 [26NO]

March on Washington, E2087 [7JN]

Milking Poor Families, S17569 [22NO]

Movie's Top Neurologist Laid Off by Bronx Hospital, S2574 [28FE]

Myth of Heartlessness, a Poor Fit for America, E3230 [3OC]

New American Order, E2584 [18JY]

New Family Bill Is Better Than Nothing, H9737 [13NO]

Nose Thumbing, E1169 [10AP]

One Missing Check—and Her Family Is Homeless, S178 [10JA]

Poor Children, Impoverished Nation, S8044 [18JN]

Poverty and Wealth in America, S13998 [1OC]

President Defers Action on a Plan To Buy and Distribute Vaccines, S8494 [24JN]

Real Health-Care Fixes, E3006 [12SE]

Shedding Problem—Democrats Must Move Away From Control by Groups Expecting Federal Fixes, E1980 [30MY]

16th Birthday Party Gathers Food for the Hungry, E1253 [16AP]

Staying on in Gould, E3132 [24SE]

Up From the Ghetto?, S3820 [20MR]

While Homeless Live on Streets, Nation Lives a Fantasy, S14971 [22OC]

Woman Giving Birth Rejected by Hospital, E3362 [10OC]

Wrong Prescription for the Uninsured, S10586 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: authorizing appropriations to distribute milk to needy persons (see H.R. 2576, H4098 [6JN])

Census: ensure accuracy of population counts (see S.J. Res. 21, S440 [14JA])

———enumeration of the homeless population (see H. Con. Res. 150, H2953 [9MY])

Children and youth: award grants for aspirations research (see S. 726, S3929 [21MR])

———Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (see H.R. 1460, H1786 [18MR])

———summer camp program for low-income youths (see H.R. 2555, H4015 [5JN])

Colleges and universities: prefreshman summer programs for disadvantaged students (see H.R. 3261, H6383 [2AU])

Education: access to higher education for low-income and minority students (see H.R. 3032, H5908 [25JY])

———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (see H.R. 775, H854 [4FE])

———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (see H.R. 2970, H5743 [23JY])

———incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school (see S. 585, S2926 [7MR])

———provide opportunities for low-income students (see H.R. 2350, H3148 [15MY])

Families and domestic relations: access to prenatal care, housing, nutrition, and parenting skills for needy families (see S. 1380, S8736 [26JN])

Federal aid programs: training youth in education and employment skills and expand housing opportunities (see S. 1100, S6107 [17MY])

Firearms: possession or discharge of illegal firearms in public housing zones (see H.R. 3232, H6382 [2AU])

Food: grants to State programs providing food to certain nutritionally at risk individuals (see H.R. 3711, H9392 [5NO])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H991 [6FE])

Head Start Program: fund as an entitlement program (see S. 876, S4737 [18AP])

Health: affordable care (see S. 1669, S12182 [2AU])

———availability of primary and preventive care (see H.R. 3920, H11288 [25NO])

———establish a national State-run medical care program (see S. 1446, S9839 [11JY])

———establish insurance for low-income persons (see H.R. 2114, H2564 [25AP])

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 1177, S6655 [23MY]; S. 1227, S7169 [5JN]; S. 1872, S15158 [24OC]; S. 1912, S15861 [4NO]; S. 1972, S16747 [14NO]; S. 1995, S17245 [20NO]; S. 2036, S17668 [22NO]; S. Res. 231, S17989 [23NO]; H.R. 2530, H3854 [4JN]; H.R. 2535, H3855 [4JN]; H.R. 3037, H5908 [25JY]; H.R. 3205, H6381 [2AU]; H.R. 3229, H6382 [2AU]; H.R. 3535, H7725 [9OC]; H.R. 3626, H8494 [24OC]; H.R. 3689, H8919 [31OC]; H.R. 3857, H10841 [21NO]; H.R. 3904, H11114 [23NO]; H.R. 3907, H11287 [25NO]; H.R. 3923, H11288 [25NO]; H.R. 3951, H11885 [26NO]; H.R. 3991, H11887 [26NO]; H.R. 4054, H11889 [26NO])

———reduce infant mortality by improving services to pregnant women in rural areas (see H.R. 2229, H2810 [7MY])

Health care professionals: incentives to serve medically underserved groups (see H.R. 2877, H5432 [11JY])

Homeless: use of Dept. of HUD properties for programs (see H.R. 3023, H5817 [24JY])

Homeless Assistance Act: use of National Guard facilities for shelter (see H.R. 3655, H8661 [29OC])

Housing: alleviate homelessness and increase low-income housing opportunities (see H.R. 3448, H7198 [1OC])

———conversion of closed school buildings into alternate uses (see H.R. 486, H385 [11JA])

———ensure decent and affordable for all Americans (see H. Res. 90, H1137 [21FE])

———establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs for residents of public housing (see H.R. 3102, H6137 [30JY])

Hunger: alleviate conditions (see H.R. 2258, H2900 [8MY])

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (see S. 757, S3929 [21MR]; H.R. 1202, H1324 [28FE])

Job Training Partnership Act: delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults (see H.R. 2496, H3738 [30MY])

Medicaid: coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (see S. 1574, S11056 [26JY])

———coverage for mobile outreach units to assist mentally ill homeless individuals (see S. 62, S436 [14JA])

———coverage of prescription drugs for qualified medicare beneficiaries (see S. 1592, S11371 [30JY]; H.R. 2949, H5650 [18JY])

———determinations of denial of payment to States (see S. 1240, S7290 [6JN])

———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (see S. 773, S4116 [22MR])

Medicare: income ceiling (see H.R. 3010, H5817 [24JY])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 184, S11056 [26JY])

National Institute for the Education of At-Risk Students: establish (see H.R. 2467, H3623 [23MY])

Public buildings: Federal leasing of space to small businesses owned by disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 1137, H1278 [27FE])

Public welfare: entitlement commodities for school lunch programs relative to cash payments (see H.R. 2933, H5595 [17JY])

———food stamp and nutrition programs (see S. 602, S2926 [7MR])

Public welfare programs: annual report on welfare dependency (see S. 1858, S14976 [22OC])

———develop employment counseling, job-training, and other educational programs (see H.R. 3102, H6137 [30JY])

———measurement, analysis, and reporting of welfare dependency data (see S. 1256, S7464 [11JN])

Resolution Trust Corp.: prohibit abrogating residential leases for housing units located in low vacancy areas subject to rent control (see H.R. 1109, H1161 [26FE])

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (see H.R. 1392, H1669 [12MR])

———family support systems (see S. 4, S434 [14JA])

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2114, S18336 [26NO])

———provide access to services for medically underserved populations (see H.R. 1802, H2260 [16AP])

Student aid programs: availability of funds and application process for low- and middle-income students (see S. 1768, S13926 [27SE])

———grant allotments for certain needy students (see H.R. 3279, H6384 [2AU])

Student assistance programs: target funds to low-income students and reduce waste of public funds (see S. 1246, S7291 [6JN])

Student loans: loan forgiveness for teachers who teach in low-income areas (see H.R. 3334, H6538 [12SE])

Taxation: contribution of individual income tax refunds to a trust fund for hunger relief (see H.R. 81, H56 [3JA])

———extend the low-income housing credit (see S. 308, S1367 [31JA])

———individual development accounts (see S. 2086, S18335 [26NO])

———low-income housing credit extension (see H.R. 3682, H8919 [31OC])

———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 3874, H10930 [22NO])

———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (see H.R. 1566, H2014 [21MR])

Urban areas: opportunities for low-income residents (see S. 1529, S10675 [23JY])

Veterans: establish and maintain homeless programs (see H.R. 2648, H4549 [13JN])

WIC: provision of foods from farmers' markets to certain low-income families (see S. 1742, S13578 [24SE])

———special supplemental food program (see S. 1540, S10769 [24JY])

Youth: encourage college students to serve as mentors for disadvantaged youths (see H.R. 1144, H1278 [27FE])

Booklets

Answering the Need—The Story of Eva's Kitchen and Sheltering Programs, Camille Giancristofaro, E3065 [18SE]

Books

``Within Our Reach—Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage,'' Lisbeth Schorr, E1622 [7MY]

Descriptions

Health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E923 [13MR]

Health USA Act (S. 1446), S9857 [11JY]

Individual development accounts (S. 2086), S18403 [26NO]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3205), H6366 [2AU]

Excerpts

The Other Mexico—Critique of the Pyramid: Octavio Paz, H3526 [23MY]

Factsheets

Alleviating Poverty: Select Committee on Hunger, E1719-E1722 [13MY]

Community Opportunity Act (S. 1529), S10686 [23JY]

Forewords

Social Statistics and the City: Senator Moynihan, S649 [14JA]

History

Thomaston Woods Story, E1314 [18AP]

Introductions

Social Statistics and the City: David Heer, S647 [14JA]

Letters

Accuracy of Bureau of the Census counts: Lynn Wampler, Fayetteville, TN, S8511 [24JN]

Assistance for the homeless: Andrea Lazar, H10853 [22NO]

Community Opportunity Act: Louis W. Sullivan, Sec. of HHS, S10686 [23JY]

Emergency unemployment compensation, S15209 [24OC]

Establish a national State-run medical care program: Timothy Deal, S18548 [26NO]

Extending low-income housing tax credits: Community League of West 159th St., Inc., E3640-E3644 [1NO]

Families in Need Act: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, S8743 [26JN]

———March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, S8742 [26JN]

———National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., S8743 [26JN]

Family and medical leave: Beckner Painting Midwest, Inc., H9736 [13NO]

Health care: Hampton Associates, Inc., E3235 [3OC]

Health care coverage: Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, S16759 [14NO]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S9748 [11JY]

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program funding: several Senators, S14940 [22OC]

Low-income housing credit: several organizations, S1370 [31JA]

Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act: several organizations, S11070 [26JY]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: (sundry excerpts), E1950 [29MY]

Poverty and employment: David R. Riemer, S2232 [21FE]

Lists

Contributors to the Sportsmen Against Hunger food drive, H8468 [24OC]

Sportsmen Against Hunger members, E3536 [24OC]

Youthbuild Coalition members, S6114 [17MY]

Manifestoes

Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6285 [1AU]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, S8591 [25JN]

Minnesota, S8004 [18JN], H3805 [3JN]

New Jersey, H2901 [8MY]

Oregon, H111 [9JA]

Papers

American Family Losing Ground to Taxes and Inflation: Paul G. Merski, H7798 [10OC]

Economic Growth Incentives: Daniel Mitchell, H7795-H7798 [10OC]

Petitions

Hollywood, FL, City Council, H12063 [3JA]

New Jersey, H12063 [3JA]

Poems

``Taking Care of Our Own,'' Erica Porter, E2181 [13JN]

Press releases

Formation of Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for National Health Care Reform, H6286 [1AU]

Proclamations

Corvallis, OR, Community Day of Fasting and Sharing: R. Charles Vars, Jr., E4030 [23NO]

Remarks in House

Abortion: Federal funding for victims of rape and incest, E3715 [5NO]

Africa: family planning programs, E2030 [5JN]

African Americans: family involvement, E1783 [16MY]

Agriculture: authorizing appropriations to distribute milk to needy persons (H.R. 2576), E2107 [7JN]

American Samoa: public assistance programs for the disabled and senior citizens (H.R. 2228), E1610 [6MY]

American Self-Help Clearinghouse (organization): anniversary, E1013 [20MR]

Army Corps of Engineers: food drive by Black Employment Program Committee, E660 [27FE]

Beaver County, PA: Feed the Children for Thanksgiving food drive, H10398 [18NO]

Bureau of the Census: report on role of income levels on U.S. citizens and families, E3268 [3OC]

Bush, President: domestic policy, H10707 [20NO], H10729, H10730, H10735, H10736, H10737 [21NO]

———domestic policy concerns versus foreign policy concerns, H9584, H9585, H9598 [8NO]

Census: ensure accuracy of population counts, H5453, H5454, H5457 [16JY], H7555 [8OC], E2563 [16JY], E2719 [25JY]

———enumeration of the homeless population (H. Con. Res. 150), E1705 [9MY]

Ceres Conference: commend efforts to combat problems of the global food system, E3752 [7NO]

Charities: National Goodwill Week observance, E1369 [22AP]

Children: poverty and social conditions, E900 [12MR]

Children and youth: emergency funding for aid programs, H8472 [24OC], H8615-H8625 [29OC], H8667 [30OC]

———Federal funding for food for low-income children in day care (H.R. 1460), E970 [18MR]

———hunger and poverty, H5807-H5813, H5815 [24JY]

———summer camp program for low-income youths (H.R. 2555), E2070 [6JN]

Clemons, William: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Senator Robert Taft, Jr. Jefferson Award recipient, E2790 [31JY]

Coconut Grove, FL: commend efforts of the Theodore R. Gibson Memorial Fund for fostering unity among different ethnic groups, E2051 [5JN]

Colleges and universities: prefreshman summer programs for disadvantaged students (H.R. 3261), E2905 [2AU]

Congress: domestic policy, H9708 [13NO], H10207 [14NO]

———economic growth and domestic spending priorities, H9590-H9598 [8NO]

Continental Societies, Inc.: commend efforts to improve the socio-economic and cultural welfare of underprivileged youth, E2360 [25JN]

Contra Costa County, CA: anniversary of Head Start program, E1939 [24MY]

Convention on the Rights of the Child: ratification, E4188 [26NO]

Corvallis, OR: observance of Community Day of Fasting and Celebration, E4030 [23NO]

Credit: availability to minorities, women, and the poor, H7821 [15OC]

Developing countries: U.S. foreign aid, E2411 [27JN]

Domestic policy: social service reforms, E3107 [23SE]

Economy: impact of Republican policies, H5983 [30JY]

———national policy priority assignments, H8583 [29OC], H10853 [22NO], H11051 [23NO]

Education: breaking the cycle of poverty, E1141 [9AP]

———establish summer science academies for certain talented students (H.R. 775), E399 [4FE]

———grants for medical graduate study to benefit economically disadvantaged communities (H.R. 2970), H5671 [23JY]

———opportunities for low-income students, E2837 [2AU]

———student loans, H2690 [2MY]

Families and domestic relations: Federal involvement, E1979 [30MY]

Federal aid: community economic development programs, H5094 [26JN]

Firearms: possession or discharge of illegal firearms in public housing zones (H.R. 3232), E2944 [2AU]

Food: grants to State programs providing food to certain nutritionally at risk individuals (H.R. 3711), E3719 [5NO]

Foods stamps: reduction in funding, H9396 [6NO]

Foreign aid: economic assistance for child survival activities, H4419 [12JN]

Gould, AR: tribute to St. Elizabeth Health Center, E3132 [24SE]

Government: domestic agenda, H5600 [18JY]

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (H.R. 919), E442 [6FE]

Guatemala: human rights violations, E971 [18MR]

Haiti: famine relief efforts, H10852 [22NO]

Health: availability of primary and preventive care (H.R. 3920), E4064 [25NO]

———emergency health care system reform, E3577 [29OC]

———establish insurance for low-income persons (H.R. 2114), H2543 [25AP], E1472 [25AP]

———improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children, E1258 [16AP]

———infant mortality, H1857 [20MR]

———insurance and national care, H514 [16JA]

———medical care, H2693 [2MY]

———national care system, H1032 [20FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1344, H1345, H1346 [5MR], H1462 [7MR], H1859 [20MR], H1919 [21MR], H2407 [23AP], H2512-H2520 [24AP], H2969 [14MY], H3287 [21MY], H3631, H3703-H3707 [29MY], H4175 [7JN], H4225, H4226 [11JN], H4426 [12JN], H4443 [13JN], H4771 [20JN], H5054, H5081, H5088 [26JN], H6147 [31JY], H6200, H6278-H6290 [1AU], H6677 [19SE], H7319 [3OC], H7728, H7730, H7731, H7732 [10OC], H7820 [15OC], H7984 [17OC], H8126, H8128 [22OC], H8473 [24OC], H8931 [1NO], H9151, H9155 [5NO], H9398, H9401 [6NO], H9622, H9623 [12NO], H9850, H9857-H9860 [13NO], H10285, H10409-H10411 [18NO], H10488, H10490 [19NO], H10607, H10611, H10708 [20NO], H10733 [21NO], H11292 [26NO], E1777 [16MY], E1831 [20MY], E1916-E1918 [24MY], E1995 [3JN], E2504 [11JY], E2793 [31JY], E2801 [1AU], E2886 [2AU], E3005 [12SE], E3235 [3OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2535), E2038 [5JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3037), H5600, H5602 [18JY], H5822 [25JY], E2619 [19JY], E2716, E2719 [25JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3205), H6364 [2AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3535), E3304, E3326 [8OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3626), H8544 [24OC], H8584 [29OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3689), H8791 [31OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3907), E4042 [25NO], E4100 [26NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3991), E4131 [26NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4054), E4189 [26NO]

———Oregon reform of insurance coverage procedures, E2494 [11JY]

Health care facilities: treatment of the poor by nonprofit hospitals, E3362 [10OC]

Health care professionals: incentives to serve medically underserved groups (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Hoffman-LaRoche (pharmaceutical company): distribution of vitamin A worldwide, E3524 [23OC]

Homeless: assistance, H10733 [21NO], H10852 [22NO], E134 [11JA], E2450 [9JY], E3468 [21OC]

———presentation of ``Starman, Wish Me Luck'', E2694 [24JY]

———tribute to the Camillus House of Miami, FL, E769 [6MR]

Homeless Assistance Act: use of National Guard facilities for shelter (H.R. 3655), E3598 [30OC]

Housing: establish midnight basketball league training and partnership programs for residents of public housing (H.R. 3102), H5986 [30JY], E2768 [31JY], E3294 [7OC]

———establishment of the United Homeowners Association, E1241 [15AP]

———financial impact of certain government regulations, H6464 [12SE]

———home ownership program for low-income families, H1575-H1577 [11MR]

———weatherization of low-income homes, H6742 [24SE]

Hunger: alleviate conditions, H4315 [12JN]

———alleviate conditions (H.R. 2258), H3117 [15MY], H5810, H5811 [24JY], H7975-H7979 [16OC], E1667 [9MY], E1719 [13MY], E2439 [27JN], E2887 [2AU], E3187 [30SE], E3737 [6NO]

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (H.R. 1202), H1297 [28FE], H3430 [22MY], H5808-H5812 [24JY], E2684 [24JY], E2748 [29JY]

———extend borrowing authority of State WIC programs, H1584 [12MR]

———national policy to control childhood hunger, E3116 [24SE]

Jacksonville, FL: National Association of Letter Carriers special food drive, E3490 [22OC]

Job Training Partnership Act: delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults (H.R. 2496), E1973 [30MY]

Kentucky: impact of medicaid regulation on rural health services, E3590 [30OC]

Long Island, NY: food drive by the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, Postal Service, and the United Way, E3496 [22OC]

Los Angeles, CA: Union Rescue Mission's anniversary, E3757 [8NO]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: emergency funding, H8669 [30OC]

———funding, H5080-H5093, H5107, H5112 [26JN], E2370 [26JN], E2396 [27JN], E2462 [9JY]

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program: budget cuts, E771 [6MR]

Maine: Federal Government provisions for state funding, E1370 [22AP]

McQuillen, Michael, and family: impact of lack of access to health care, H4226 [11JN]

Medicaid: coverage of prescription drugs for qualified medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 2949), E2605 [18JY]

———impact of health care providers' tax, H6515 [12SE]

Medicare: income ceiling (H.R. 3010), E2690 [24JY]

Milwaukee, WI: tribute to Pedal for Homeless Project, E3543 [25OC]

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (S.J. Res. 184), H10988 [22NO]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive, H8471 [24OC]

National health plan: establish (H.R. 8), H10718-H10721 [20NO]

National objectives: childhood hunger and poverty, E2797 [1AU]

———children and family issues, E2735 [26JY]

———economic and social conditions, H5201 [26JN]

———policy to assist children and families, H6915-H6921 [26SE]

National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness: Student Hunger Cleanup, E1043 [21MR]

Nationwide Insurance Co.: tribute to community service, H3910 [4JN]

New Castle, PA: tribute to City Rescue Mission, E3527 [23OC]

New York, NY: anniversary of East Side House Settlement, E1960 [29MY]

———tribute to Morris Heights Health Center, E3266 [3OC]

Nutrition Screening Initiative: support, E1342 [18AP]

Operation Desert Share: distribution of leftover resources from Operation Desert Storm to needy and homeless in U.S., E2904 [2AU]

Orange County, NY: tribute to Regional Economic Community Action Program, E1855 [20MY]

Paterson, NJ: tribute to Eva's Kitchen and Sheltering Programs, E3065 [18SE]

Pharmaceuticals: increasing drug prices during economic recession, E1168 [10AP]

Philadelphia, PA: Christmas party for disadvantaged children, E4234 [18DE]

Pinellas County, FL: tribute to Doorways education program for disadvantaged children, E3493 [22OC]

Public housing: funding, E2161 [11JN]

———reform, H4020 [6JN]

Public welfare: entitlement commodities for school lunch programs relative to cash payments (H.R. 2933), E2598 [18JY]

Public welfare programs: develop employment counseling, job-training, and other educational programs (H.R. 3102), H5986 [30JY], E2768 [31JY]

———unemployment compensation, E2951 [2AU]

Puerto Rico: health care and insurance programs, E3726 [6NO]

Puertorriquenos Asociados for Community Organization: anniversary, E1501 [30AP]

Rural areas: hunger assistance, H5602 [18JY]

San Bernardino, CA: Santa Claus, Inc., anniversary, E3769 [8NO]

San Francisco, CA: tribute to the Economic Opportunity Council of San Francisco, E3581 [29OC]

Social and Learning Institute for the Disadvantaged: anniversary, E1688 [9MY]

Social conditions: education and employment, E1369 [22AP]

———Federal involvement, E1655 [8MY]

———national policy priority assignments, H10854 [22NO]

Social Security: access to health care services for needy children (H.R. 1392), E917, E923 [13MR]

Sportsmen Against Hunger: tribute to food drive, H8467 [24OC], E3535 [24OC]

Student aid programs: grant allotments for certain needy students (H.R. 3279), H6322 [2AU], E2877 [2AU]

Student loans: loan forgiveness for teachers who teach in low-income areas (H.R. 3334), E3016 [12SE]

Taxation: impact on economy, H5823, H5824, H5825 [25JY]

———low-income housing credit extension (H.R. 3682), E3679 [1NO]

———rental housing for low- and moderate-income families (H.R. 3874), E4009 [22NO]

———treatment of certain credits under the passive activity limitations (H.R. 1566), E1083 [22MR]

Terrace Park, OH: tribute to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church parishioners, E1314 [18AP]

Veterans: establish and maintain homeless programs (H.R. 2648), E2211 [13JN]

Volunteer workers: tribute to Steve Elliot and his students, E3107 [23SE]

Westchester County, NY: commend Food-PATCH (organization) on efforts to combat hunger, E3767 [8NO]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: hunger, S2238 [21FE]

Bush, President: domestic policy, S16311, S16312 [7NO]

Census: ensure accuracy of population counts (S. 28), S646-S649 [14JA], S4908 [23AP], S9974 [15JY], S11341 [30JY]

———ensure accuracy of population counts (S.J. Res. 21), S8511 [24JN]

Children and youth: award grants for aspirations research (S. 726), S3944 [21MR]

———national school lunch program, S15395 [29OC]

———poverty and drug abuse prevention programs, S10587 [22JY]

Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project: support, S4257 [9AP]

Community Education Employment Centers: funding, S17640, S17641 [22NO]

Developing countries: encourage growth to create new markets for U.S. products and services, S11004 [26JY]

———microenterprise development, S11007 [26JY]

District of Columbia: homeless situation, S14971 [22OC]

Eastern North Carolina Poverty Committee: tribute, S11993 [2AU]

Economy: financial status of U.S. citizens, S11144 [29JY]

Education: incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school (S. 585), S2927 [7MR]

Families and domestic relations: access to prenatal care, housing, nutrition, and parenting skills for needy families (S. 1380), S8739 [26JN]

Federal aid programs: training youth in education and employment skills and expand housing opportunities (S. 1100), S6111 [17MY], S18538 [26NO]

Government: social welfare, S11268 [30JY]

Green Thumb, Inc.: tribute to community service, S9271 [8JY]

Head Start Program: fund as an entitlement program (S. 876), S4776 [18AP]

Health: access to care (S. 1936), S16145-S16181 [7NO], S16465 [12NO], S17107 [20NO]

———affordable care (S. 1669), S12252, S12253 [2AU]

———establish a national State-run medical care program (S. 1446), S9840-S9845, S9858 [11JY], S12010 [2AU], S18548 [26NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S2886 [7MR], S5987-S5990 [16MY], S6335 [22MY], S7061, S7081, S7085-S7088, S7108 [5JN], S7261 [6JN], S7437 [11JN], S7598 [12JN], S8097, S8134 [19JN], S8493 [24JN], S12117, S12370-S12372 [2AU], S13477-S13479 [24SE], S13774, S13776 [26SE], S13875 [27SE], S14856, S14858 [17OC], S15119-S15122 [24OC], S15265 [25OC], S16001-S16005, S16006, S16007, S16008 [6NO], S16181, S16183, S16193 [7NO], S16476-S16486, S16650 [13NO], S16661-S16666 [14NO], S17107 [20NO], S17375 [21NO], S17844 [23NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1177), S6711, S6713 [23MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1227), S7175-S7221 [5JN], S7264-S7267 [6JN], S10586 [22JY], S13726 [25SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1872), S15180, S15192, S15193, S15194, S15195, S15196, S15197 [24OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1912), S15861 [4NO], S16734 [14NO], S18539 [26NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1972), S16756 [14NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1995), S17251 [20NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2036), S17991 [23NO]

Health care facilities: survey and certification of those serving medicaid and medicare beneficiaries, S12893 [12SE]

Homeless: assistance, S15244 [25OC]

———assistance to the mentally ill, S2573 [28FE]

Housing: grants program funding, S3521, S3526-S3541 [19MR]

———low-income housing tax credit, S16503 [13NO]

Hunger: alleviation, S18325-S18327 [26NO]

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (H.R. 1202), S17504 [21NO]

———ensure adequate diet for all Americans (S. 757), S4043 [21MR]

Job Corps: youth employment training program, S12894 [12SE]

Low Income Energy Assistance Program: funding, S12995 [13SE]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: funding, S9747 [11JY]

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program: funding, S14940 [22OC]

Medicaid: coverage for certain low-income medicare beneficiaries (S. 1574), S11067, S11070, S11109 [26JY]

———coverage for mobile outreach units to assist mentally ill homeless individuals (S. 62), S713 [14JA], S2716 [6MR]

———coverage of prescription drugs for qualified medicare beneficiaries (S. 1592), S11375 [30JY]

———determinations of denial of payment to States (S. 1240), S7320, S7321 [6JN]

———provide health care services to medically underserved areas (S. 773), S4125, S4128 [22MR]

———States' voluntary contribution or provider-paid tax programs, S12896, S12897 [12SE]

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (S.J. Res. 184), S11076 [26JY], S14442, S14443 [4OC]

New York, NY: tribute to Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, S15033 [22OC]

Public welfare: food stamp and nutrition programs (S. 602), S2963, S2965 [7MR], S3703 [20MR], S4257 [9AP]

Public welfare programs: annual report on welfare dependency (S. 1858), S15012 [22OC]

———measurement, analysis, and reporting of welfare dependency data (S. 1256), S7467 [11JN]

Salem, OR: tribute to St. Francis Conference-Devereaux Apartments, S14271 [3OC], S15029 [22OC]

Social Security: family support systems (S. 4), S480, S492 [14JA], S541-S543 [15JA], S2065 [21FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2114), S18442 [26NO]

Student aid programs: availability of funds and application process for low- and middle-income students (S. 1768), S13926 [27SE]

Student assistance programs: target funds to low-income students and reduce waste of public funds (S. 1246), S7329 [6JN]

Taxation: extend the low-income housing credit (S. 308), S1369, S1370 [31JA]

———individual development accounts (S. 2086), S18403 [26NO]

Unemployment: economic crisis, S13742 [26SE]

Urban areas: opportunities for low-income residents (S. 1529), S10684 [23JY]

Volunteer workers: tribute to St. Francis Conference, S14929 [17OC]

WIC: effect of dairy prices on program, S3669-S3674 [20MR]

———provision of foods from farmers' markets to certain low-income families (S. 1742), S13579 [24SE], S13921 [27SE]

———safeguard benefits under special Supplemental Food Program, S3685-S3687 [20MR]

———special supplemental food program (S. 1540), S10774 [24JY]

———support, S2902 [7MR]

World Food Day: observance, S14852 [16OC]

Reports

Effects of Milk Price Increase on WIC Program: Congressional Research Service, S3670 [20MR]

Fighting Rural Poverty: Eastern North Carolina Poverty Committee, S11993-S11996 [2AU]

Food Stamps—The Childhood Nutrition Program—Facts Versus Myths: Dept. of Agriculture, E2684 [24JY]

Reports filed

Ensuring an Adequate Diet for all Americans: Committee on Agriculture (H.R. 1202) (H. Rept. 102-396), H11885 [26NO]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 757) (S. Rept. 102-252), S18333 [26NO]

Implementation of an Information Gathering System To Permit Measurement, Analysis, and Reporting of Welfare Dependency Data: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1256), S15970 [5NO]

Resolutions by organizations

Commend Union Rescue Mission on anniversary: California Congressional Delegation, E3758 [8NO]

Reinvest in Hometown America: Maine town meeting, E1370 [22AP]

Statements

Canadian Health Care System: Audrey McLaughlin, S16650-S16652 [13NO]

Health USA Act: Katherine Swartz, S9856 [11JY]

Home-Ownership Programs for Low-Income Families: Eric Fedewa, H1577 [11MR]

Reflections of America: Nita Sersain, S11269 [30JY]

Tribute to Raymond R. Maggi, S6757 [23MY]

U.S. Domestic Policy: Representative Solarz, E2788-E2790 [31JY]

Summaries

Alleviate Conditions of Poverty (H.R. 2258), E1668 [9MY]

Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 1872), S15191 [24OC]

Centers for Disease Control Evaluation of Prevention Programs Bill, S16482 [13NO]

Child Welfare and Preventive Services Act (S. 4), S491 [14JA]

Childhood Hunger Prevention Act (S. 602), S2964 [7MR]

Childhood Hunger Relief Act (S. 757), S4044-S4046 [21MR]

Families in Need Act (S. 1380), S8743 [26JN]

Health Care and Insurance Reform (H.R. 3535), E3326 [8OC]

Health Care for the Uninsured Legislation, S16481 [13NO]

Health Service Access and Improvement Act (H.R. 2877), E2502 [11JY]

Health USA Act (S. 1446), S9854-S9856 [11JY]

HealthAmerica—Affordable Health Care for All Americans Act (S. 1227), S7214-S7216 [5JN]

Medicare Prevention Bill, S16481 [13NO]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 2535), E2039 [5JN]

National Policy to Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (H.R. 3626), H8545 [24OC]

Primary Health Care Investment Act (H.R. 3991), E4131 [26NO]

Primary Health Care Investment Act (S. 1912), S15863 [4NO]

Tables

Comparison of Low-Income Energy Assistance Program allocations and households served, S14941 [22OC]

Decline in poverty, S11145 [29JY]

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funding, S9749 [11JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 150, enumeration of the homeless population, E1706 [9MY]

H.R. 2, Family and Medical Leave Act, H9750-H9756 [13NO]

H.R. 1202, Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act, H1299-H1301 [28FE]

H.R. 2228, public assistance for the disabled and senior citizens of American Samoa, E1610 [6MY]

H.R. 2648, Comprehensive Service Programs for Homeless Veterans Act, E2211 [13JN]

H.R. 2877, Health Service Access and Improvement Act, E2503 [11JY]

H.R. 3279, student aid programs to grant allotments for certain needy students, E2878 [2AU]

H.R. 3334, student loan forgiveness for teachers who teach in low-income areas, E3017 [12SE]

S. 4, family support systems improvement, S483-S491 [14JA]

S. 28, Decennial Census Improvement Act, S650 [14JA]

S. 308, extend low-income housing credit, S1370 [31JA]

S. 585, incentive and support programs to enable certain students to stay in school, S2928 [7MR]

S. 602, Childhood Hunger Prevention Act, S2963 [7MR]

S. 773, health care services to medically underserved areas, S4126 [22MR]

S. 876, fund the Head Start Program as an entitlement program, S4776 [18AP]

S. 1100, Youthbuild Act, S6112-S6114 [17MY]

S. 1177, Health Care Access and Reform Act, S6713-S6738 [23MY]

S. 1227, HealthAmerica—Affordable Health Care for All Americans Act, S7177-S7214 [5JN]

S. 1240, determinations of denial of medicaid payments to States, S7320 [6JN]

S. 1246, target funds to low-income students and reduce waste of public funds, S7329-S7353 [6JN]

S. 1380, Families in Need Act, S8739-S8742 [26JN]

S. 1446, Health USA Act, S9845-S9854 [11JY]

S. 1529, Community Opportunity Act, S10684-S10686 [23JY]

S. 1540, WIC special supplemental food program, S10775 [24JY]

S. 1574, Medicare Enrollment Improvement and Protection Act, S11068-S11070 [26JY]

S. 1592, Prescription Drug Purchasing Assistance for Older Americans Act, S11375 [30JY]

S. 1742, Farmers' Market Nutrition Act, S13922-S13923 [27SE]

S. 1768, Working Families College Cost Relief Act, S13928 [27SE]

S. 1858, Welfare Dependency Act, S15012 [22OC]

S. 1872, Better Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S15182-S15191 [24OC]

S. 1912, Primary Health Care Investment Act, S15862, S15863 [4NO]

S. 1936, Health Equity and Access Improvement Act, S16163-S16181 [7NO]

S. 1972, State Care—State-Based Comprehensive Health Care Act, S16757-S16759 [14NO]

S. 2114, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S18442-S18450 [26NO]

S. Res. 231, national policy on health care and reform insurance procedures, S17696 [22NO]

S.J. Res. 184, National Accessible Housing Month, S11076 [26JY], S14443 [4OC], H10989 [22NO]