POVERTY related term(s) Homeless; Hunger

Addresses

Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]

International Development Association Funding: James D. Wolfensohn, World Bank, E1949 [17OC]

Making the Case for Not-for-Profit Healthcare: Joseph Bernardin, S3543-S3545 [6MR]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]

UNICEF Anniversary: Representative Gilman, E2348 [13DE]

Women's Health Care Issues: Hillary Rodham Clinton, H8551-H8553 [6SE]

Amendments

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11575, S11640 [5AU], S11894 [8AU], S12428, S12511 [11AU], S12802, S12804, S12807, S12810, S12811, S12819, S12820, S12823, S12825, S12827, S12829, S12842, S12864, S12867, S12868, S12869, S12870 [7SE], S12874, S12875, S12876, S12877, S12878, S12883, S12885, S12886, S12887, S12889, S12890, S12891, S12892, S12893, S12895, S12896, S12897, S12898, S12899, S12900, S12901, S12902, S12903, S12904, S12905, S12906, S12907, S12908, S12910, S12911, S12914, S12916, S12917, S12918, S12920, S12925, S12926, S12927, S12928, S12929, S12931, S12932, S12933, S12937, S12938, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12942, S12944, S12945, S12946, S12947, S12948, S12949, S12950, S12951, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12957, S12958, S12968, S12969, S12970, S12971, S12972, S12973, S12976, S12977, S12978, S12984, S12985, S12986, S12987, S12988, S12995, S12996, S13031, S13032, S13033, S13034, S13035, S13036, S13037, S13038, S13040, S13044, S13045, S13048, S13049, S13050, S13051, S13054, S13055, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13061, S13064, S13066, S13070, S13071, S13120, S13121, S13123, S13126, S13128, S13129, S13130, S13133, S13139 [8SE], S13203 [11SE], S13495, S13547 [13SE], S13561, S13567, S13571, S13572, S13573 [14SE], S13628, S13629, S13632, S13634, S13636, S13637, S13642, S13645, S13646, S13652, S13667, S13670 [15SE], S13771, S13866 [19SE], H3276, H3277 [15MR], H3491, H3496, H3497, H3509, H3514, H3515, H3517, H3525, H3527 [22MR], H3582, H3586, H3592, H3595, H3600, H3603, H3605, H3609, H3617, H3622, H3628, H3634 [23MR], H3742 [24MR]

Analyses

Family Health Care Preservation Act (S. 121), S371 [4JA]

Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act (H.R. 1691), H11396 [30OC]

Impact of Republican Budget Cuts on Children in Texas, H11196 [26OC]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures (S. 1062), S10499 [21JY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Announcements

Dept. of HUD funding special order notice: Representative Stokes, E1501 [24JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]

Articles and editorials

Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]

AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]

Aid for the World's Poorest, S16681 [3NO]

Average American Has Reason To Be Angry—Low Pay, Long Hours, and Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor, E1183 [8JN]

Betting on a Loser, S16677 [3NO]

Budget Issue, E2441 [21DE]

Budget Sticking Point, S18693 [15DE]

Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]

Charting the State of Welfare, S12623 [5SE], S12681 [6SE]

Chewing on a Poor Image, H2474 [1MR]

Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]

Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]

Cruelty to Patients—Nation's Health Care System Needs an Examination, S2275 [7FE]

Cuts May Affect Infant Mortality, S15720 [26OC]

Democrats Lie About Lunch, H2377 [28FE]

Denying the Poor Equal Access to the Law, E1801 [19SE]

Dumb Move on Housing, S14274 [26SE]

Everyone's a Loser—How Lottery Ads Entice the Wrong People To Gamble, S11472-S11474 [4AU]

Federal Cuts Put Squeeze on Welfare, E1937 [12OC]

Feeling Lucky—Electronics Is Bringing Gambling Into Homes, Restaurants and Planes, S16929 [9NO]

Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]

Food Angel of 42d Street, H2971 [9MR]

Food-Stamp Racket, S13157 [11SE]

Four Drug Firms Could Gain $1 Billion Under GOP Nutrition-Program Revision, S13524 [13SE]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

Friendless, Foundlings, and Homeless Half-Orphans, S12813-S12818 [7SE]

Gap in Wealth in the United States Called Widest in West, H4538 [3MY]

Giant Leap Backward, E1946 [13OC]

Gingrich—Foes Lying About Kids, H2313 [28FE]

Going to School Hungry, H2969 [9MR]

GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]

GOP Gears Up To Grapple With Medicaid—States Could Design Own Programs, S15725 [26OC]

GOP Would Keep School Lunches and Let States Run the Program, E520 [6MR]

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]

Health Care Is About People, E2044 [26OC]

Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]

His Experiences Give Bishop Ideas on Welfare Reform, S5512 [6AP]

House Takes Up Legislation To Dismantle Social Programs, H3700 [23MR]

In Africa, West Can Pay Now, or Later, S3306 [1MR]

Inflicting Pain on Children, S3550 [7MR]

Inside the Revolution—Moderate's Dilemma—Food Program Defender Becomes Dismantler, S5101-S5103 [4AP]

Last Tangle, E1132 [25MY]

Led Astray by the Poverty `Experts', E604 [15MR]

Medicaid Changes Frighten Families, H14227 [7DE]

Medicaid Cuts May Threaten Children, E1821 [21SE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Medicaid's Safety Net for Children Could Be Imperiled, Reports Warn, S16809 [8NO]

Medicare and the Illusions of Protection, E2368 [14DE]

Medipork, S16810 [8NO]

Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]

Missouri's Wise Shift To HMO's, S15726 [26OC]

Mother of Them All—Carol Porter Feeds Poor Kids in Houston—Without a Cent From the Government, S5028 [3AP]

Navy Pier Land Swap Worth Copying, H5971 [14JN]

No Lunch? Try the Sharing Table, H3779 [24MR]

Odds Aren't Worth It, S17871 [30NO]

On Families and Values, S12624 [5SE]

One for Our Children, H2473 [1MR]

Ounce of Prevention as Costly as the Cure, S17510 [20NO]

Paternalism and Welfare Reform, S19090-S19093 [21DE]

Poverty in America—Causes, Cures..., S1635 [26JA]

Poverty's Trap—The Poor Still Get Poorer, Even in a Healthy Economy, E50 [5JA]

Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]

Proliferation of Gambling in the U.S., S5852 [27AP]

Race to the Bottom, S16847 [9NO]

Recalling a Man Who Stayed the Course, S1804 [31JA], S2427 [9FE]

Release Us From Federal Nonsense, S18694 [15DE]

Relief for the Hard-Working Poor, S16059 [27OC]

Rich Get Richer Faster, H4539 [3MY]

Rush To Trim Budget Cuts Off Homeless, S14274 [26SE]

Say No to This Welfare Reform, S16675 [3NO]

School Lunch Debate Serves Up Hot Rhetoric But Few Cold Facts—How Kids Would Fare Under Change Unclear, H2313 [28FE]

Schools Defend Decision Against Offering Breakfast, H2970 [9MR]

Seniors Fear Holes in Medicaid Net, S15093 [12OC]

So You Want To Be a Doctor, E302 [8FE]

Social Services Need Government Government Help, E1733 [7SE]

Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]

Taming the EITC, E1952 [17OC]

TennCare Could Take Some Notes—Coventry Exec Compares Plans, S15726 [26OC]

They Play To Lose—Compulsive Gambling Is a Disease That Gradually Overwhelms One's Life, Ruth Beker Writes, S13134 [8SE]

This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]

Title I's Tightrope—Will Poor Kids Lose?, E2440 [21DE]

Way Out of the Welfare Bind, S13482 [13SE]

We Love the Child, But What About the Children?, S6763 [16MY]

Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]

Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]

Welfare Fade, S16676 [3NO]

Welfare On the Cheap Is Not Reform, E771 [4AP]

Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]

Welfare Shock, S12623 [5SE], S12680 [6SE]

Welfare System Finally Works, S11765 [7AU]

Welfare Winner—Iowa's Family Investment Plan Could Be a National Model, S11763 [7AU]

Welfare—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

What's Wrong on the Right—Second Thoughts of a Black Conservative, E2423 [20DE]

Women and Children First?, S19089 [21DE]

Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]

Workfare Wimp-Out, E445 [27FE]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Bills and resolutions

AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State administration (see S. 246), S1207 [19JA]

———remove disincentives that prevent recipients from moving toward self-sufficiency (see H.R. 950), H1849 [15FE]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 842), S7244 [23MY]

Bureau of the Census: publication of data (see H.R. 919), H1688 [13FE]

Business and industry: treatment of businesses dissected by a census tract boundary line of a designated empowerment zone or enterprise community (see S. 1421), S17336 [17NO]

Crime: deny Federal benefits to persons convicted of fraudulent representation of residency in more than one State (see H.R. 404), H174 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (see S. 79), S49 [4JA]

Dept. of Commerce: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 547), H296 [17JA]

Dept. of HUD: permit rent reductions for certain public housing projects receiving assistance (see H.R. 624), H467 [20JA]

Education: establish mentoring programs for at-risk youths (see S. 1203; H.R. 2708), S12715 [6SE], H14002 [5DE]

———establish Role Models Academy for at-risk youths (see S. 1202), S12715 [6SE]

———establishment of educational opportunity schools allowing same gender classes for low-income, educationally disadvantaged students (see S. 829, 1205), S6912 [18MY], S12715 [6SE]

———low-income school choice demonstration program (see H.R. 1640), H4958 [15MY]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (see S. 618), S4573 [24MR]

Federal aid programs: ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (see S. 66), S49 [4JA]

———reform workforce training and literacy programs (see H.R. 2332), H8993 [14SE]

Food stamps: program integrity (see S. 1112; H.R. 1093), S11201 [2AU], H2486 [1MR]

———provide administrative flexibility and commodity distribution consolidation (see H.R. 1997), H6735 [10JY]

———reform program (see H.R. 1135), H2716 [6MR]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 843), S7244 [23MY]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (see S. 1133, 1143; H.R. 236), S12079 [9AU], H170 [9JA]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (see S. 704), S5404 [6AP]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 1341), H3879 [28MR]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (see H.R. 1912), H6269 [22JN]

———establish community-based managed care programs in medically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 381), H174 [9JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 7, 18, 121, 168, 294, 308, 609, 715, 933, 1028, 1062; S. Res. 144; H.R. 16, 1200, 1234, 1424, 1798, 2071, 2220, 2756, 2836; H. Con. Res. 14), S47, S48, S50 [4JA], S480 [5JA], S1758 [30JA], S1920 [1FE], S4491 [23MR], S5547 [7AP], S8493 [15JN], S9422 [29JN], S9997 [14JY], S10490 [21JY], H163 [9JA], H296 [17JA], H2989 [9MR], H3156 [14MR], H4413 [6AP], H5752 [8JN], H7256 [19JY], H8534 [4AU], H14253 [11DE], H15633 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care coverage of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8536 [4AU]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (see S. 298), S1847 [31JA]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (see S. 142), S51 [4JA]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (see S. 1351), S15401 [20OC]

———even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (see S. 555), S3891 [14MR]

Homeless: assistance for veterans (see S. 1257), S13728 [18SE]

———protection of voting rights (see H.R. 55), H164 [9JA]

Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (see H.R. 2406), H9591 [27SE]

———expedite evictions from public housing (see H.R. 1773, 1988, 2340), H5690 [7JN], H6698 [30JN], H8994 [14SE]

———facilitate rehabilitation of public housing through low-income housing credit (see H.R. 186), H168 [9JA]

———guarantee the repayment of loans made by private lenders for costs of certain rural rental housing (see H.R. 66), H165 [9JA]

———homeownership opportunities (see S. 1387), S16621 [2NO]

———homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (see H.R. 1691), H5570 [24MY]

———increase public housing opportunities for intact families (see S. 1204), S12715 [6SE]

———provide assistance for emergency repairs of low-income housing projects operated by the Chicago Housing Authority (see H.R. 167), H168 [9JA]

———public housing construction and revitalization (see H.R. 1613), H4873 [11MY]

———use of community development block grants for direct homeownership assistance (see H.R. 2304), H8805 [12SE]

Income: require any Dept. of Commerce data relative to the incidence of poverty in subnational areas be adjusted for local cost-of living differences (see S. 130), S51 [4JA]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (see S. 972), S9174 [27JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (see S. 61), S49 [4JA]

———nonemergency medical transportation services (see H.R. 975), H1907 [16FE]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (see S. 634; H.R. 1334), S4717 [28MR], H3879 [28MR]

———reduce infant mortality through improvement of coverage of services to pregnant women and infants (see H.R. 180), H168 [9JA]

———replace with State block grant programs (see S. 844), S7244 [23MY]

———require States to provide photograph of beneficiary on enrollment card (see H.R. 2303), H8805 [12SE]

Medicare: study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (see H.R. 851), H1371 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an Office of Inspector General (see H.R. 2480), H10076 [13OC]

———public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (see H. Res. 221), H8904 [13SE]

Nonprofit organizations: encourage the donation of food and grocery products to needy individuals (see H.R. 2428), H9737 [29SE]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (see S. 1260), S13842 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: assist low income families and seniors relative to severe heat emergencies (see H.R. 2109), H7699 [25JY]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (see S. 131; H.R. 1485), S51 [4JA], H4430 [7AP]

———funding for nutrition programs (see S. 904, 1265), S8097 [9JN], S14087 [21SE]

———reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 315, 759, 781, 819, 982, 999, 1146, 1157, 1181, 1214, 1250, 1267), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159, H172 [9JA], H969 [31JA], H1051 [1FE], H1207 [3FE], H1907 [16FE], H1967 [21FE], H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR], H2988 [9MR], H3072 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (see H.R. 2003), H6829 [11JY]

Schools: provide free lunches and breakfasts to economically disadvantaged students (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3807 [24MR]

Small business: awarding of contracts to individuals considered economically disadvantaged (see H.R. 2379), H9452 [21SE]

Social Security: establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (see H.R. 1587), H4618 [9MY]

———imposition of fees for initial certification and survey of health care facilities providing medicare and medicaid services (see H.R. 2790), H14963 [15DE]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———permit coverage of outpatient physical therapy services under medicare and medicaid without a physician's referral (see H.R. 1746), H5622 [6JN]

———provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (see S. 1138), S12079 [9AU]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (see H.R. 2571), H11686 [1NO]

States: establish grants to reduce crime and poverty in poor neighborhoods (see H.R. 1414), H4335 [5AP]

Surplus Government property: distribution to nonprofit organizations providing assistance to the hungry or indigent (see H.R. 863), H1460 [8FE]

Taxation: increase the child care credit for lower-income working parents (see H.R. 131), H167 [9JA]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations (see S. 1079), S10821 [27JY]

———treatment of charitable contributions to private organizations providing assistance to the poor (see S. 893; H.R. 1768, 2225), S7918 [7JN], H5690 [7JN], H8534 [4AU]

———treatment of monetary contributions to charities serving the poor by individuals volunteering for such charities (see S. 846), S7244 [23MY]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (see S. 17), S48 [4JA]

———promote national agenda (see H.R. 1297), H3572 [22MR]

Cloture motions

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]

Commentaries

Medical savings accounts: several organizations, E1091 [22MY]

Conference reports

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]

Descriptions

Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]

Essays

Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in America From Becoming a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial To the Public: Jonathan Swift, E521 [6MR]

Excerpts

``Hurting Real People—The Human Impact of Medicaid Cuts'', S16645-S16647 [3NO]

Factsheets

How the Medicaid Cuts Affect Virginia, H14925 [14DE]

LIHEAP Impact, S4902 [30MR]

Mental Illness in America, S1849 [31JA]

Letters

Administration for Children and Families staff working on AFDC and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs: Mary Jo Bane, Dept. of HHS, S11757 [7AU]

Community Service Block Grant Program: Mark Sullivan, Citizens for Citizens, Inc., E602 [15MR]

Earned income tax credit: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15672 [25OC]

Exclusion of certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S385 [4JA]

———Alice M. Rivlin, CBO, S383 [4JA]

———Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, S385 [4JA]

———David Walters, S384 [4JA]

———Douglas R. Norton, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, S385 [4JA]

———Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, S385 [4JA]

———H. Kurt Helwig, Electronic Funds Transfer Association, S386 [4JA]

———John F. Michaelson, California Dept. of Public Social Services, S387 [4JA]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S386 [4JA]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, and Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, National Governors' Association, S386 [4JA]

———Mike Sullivan and Dave Ferrari, S384 [4JA]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S384 [4JA]

Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]

Family assistance block grant work requirements: Robin Arnond-Williams, Utah Dept. of Human Services, H3701 [23MR]

Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]

———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

GAO audit of FHA: Representative Gonzalez, H6033 [15JN]

Health care reform: Mary F. Daivs, S10434 [20JY]

Homeless assistance: Henry G. Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, S14276 [26SE]

Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act: Henry G. Cisneros, Sec. of HUD, H11396 [30OC]

———James R. Irvine, National Association of Home Builders, H11397 [30OC]

———Jimmy Carter, H11396 [30OC]

———Robert A. Rapoza, National Rural Housing Coalition, H11396 [30OC]

Infant formula procurement: Michael E. Antalics, FTC, H3588 [23MR]

LIHEAP funding: several Senators, S18589 [14DE]

LSC funding: Marcia K. Cypen, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., H14083 [6DE], H14201 [7DE]

Medicaid reform: Joe M. Sanders, Jr., and Lawrence A. McAndrews, S15730 [26OC]

———John A. Kitzhaber, Governor of Oregon, H10901 [26OC]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S15732 [26OC]

———several Democratic Senators, S19185 [22DE]

———several organizations, S15728, S15731 [26OC]

Medical savings accounts: Representative Stark, E1090 [22MY]

Medicare reform: Paul G. Rogers and Robert D. Ray, National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform, S6136 [4MY]

Medicare/Medicaid reform: several hospital plans, S17286 [17NO]

New Urban Agenda Act: Bob O'Connor, S189 [4JA]

———Senator Specter, S189 [4JA]

———Stephen P. Clark, S189 [4JA]

———Stephen R. Reed, S189 [4JA]

Nutrition programs funding: Morton A. Madoff and George Comerci, Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Percentage of children receiving AFDC assistance: Wendell E. Primus, Dept. of HHS, S12622 [5SE]

Personal Responsibility Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii, H3691 [23MR]

———Gaston Caperton, Governor of West Virginia, H3694 [23MR]

———Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, H3691 [23MR]

———John Sharp, H3548 [22MR]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H3691 [23MR]

———Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, H3693 [23MR]

———National Governors' Association, H3391 [21MR]

———President Clinton, H3365 [21MR]

———Representative Archer, H3353, H3354, H3355 [21MR]

———Representative Bliley, H3354 [21MR]

———Representative Spence, H3353 [21MR]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, H3694 [23MR]

———several Republican Governors, H3683 [23MR]

———Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, H3692 [23MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Gregory S. Lashutka, Douglas R. Bovin, and Norman B. Rice, S19106 [21DE]

———National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S. Conference of Mayors, H15508 [21DE]

———Stephen D. Minnich, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S19173 [22DE]

———Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]

Proposals on children relative to hunger and homelessness: Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S721 [10JA]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act: Allen Pollock, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, S13858 [19SE]

Public welfare programs reform, E720 [29MR]

———George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]

———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]

———Senator Moynihan, S18434 [12DE]

———several religious organizations, S12360 [11AU]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]

School lunch and child nutrition programs: Joyce H. Lyons and Melanie B. Konarik, H1439 [8FE]

Senior citizen nutrition programs: Mary desVignes-Kendrick, Houston, TX, Dept. of Health and Human Services, H1541 [9FE]

State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]

WIC funding, S4561 [24MR]

———Barbara Wilkens, S4561 [24MR]

———Diane Aston, S4561 [24MR]

———Donna M. Fine, S4561 [24MR]

———Eddie Carter, S4561 [24MR]

———Fondy Lee, S4561 [24MR]

———Janet L. Pettie, S4561 [24MR]

———Jennifer Meltzer, S4561 [24MR]

———Julie Allen, S4560 [24MR]

———Katheran Northrop, S4560 [24MR]

———Koi Fong Saeleuon, S4561 [24MR]

———Martina Sambrano, S4561 [24MR]

———Mary Jane Brogan, S4561 [24MR]

———Mischel V. Sullivan, S4561 [24MR]

———Phyllis Sanders, S4561 [24MR]

———Sarah Zottman, S4561 [24MR]

———Sondra Erskine, S4561 [24MR]

———Susan Bess, S4560 [24MR]

Work opportunities tax credit: W.E. Hainline, Restaurants, Inc., S15683 [25OC]

Lists

Black Dollar Days Task Force contributors, S7573 [25MY]

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]

Federal budget votes relative to Appalachian Regional Commission funding, S11090 [1AU]

National Leadership Coalition for Health Care Reform members, S6137 [4MY]

Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]

Memorandums

LSC Restrictions Relative to Defending Aliens: Esther Olavarria Cruz, H14083 [6DE], H14201 [7DE]

Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]

Messages

Empowerment—A New Covenant With America's Communities: President Clinton, S11322 [3AU]

Motions

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]

Pamphlets

Medicaid Reform, S15730 [26OC]

Papers

Bureaucracy Created by the GOP Medicaid Plan, S15732 [26OC]

Faces of Medicaid, S16647 [3NO]

Petitions and memorials

Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]

Poems

``Nation Needs Your Lunch,'' Representative Owens, E774 [4AP]

``Republican Notice to the Uncovered'', E1959 [17OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: rights of victims of rape and incest, H2399 [1MR]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8223 [2AU], H8371-H8378 [3AU]

———State discretion on public funding of abortions for victims of rape and incest, E1718 [7SE]

African Americans: situation of socially disadvantaged children, H1972 [22FE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H6855-H6870 [12JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]

Bureau of the Census: publication of data (H.R. 919), E324 [13FE]

Children and youth: funding for programs for children, H3089, H3091, H3096 [14MR], H10851, H10853 [26OC]

———impact of Federal assistance, H10753 [25OC]

———policies to cut assistance programs, H2315 [28FE]

Colleges and universities: funding for the community college system, E550 [8MR]

Community Service Block Grant Program: funding, E602 [15MR]

Congressional Black Caucus: agenda, H9568 [27SE]

Democracy: examine U.S. system, H2386, H2391 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: reuse of realigned military installations relative to homeless assistance, H5970-H5973 [14JN], H14956 [15DE]

Dept. of Education: funding for programs for educationally disadvantaged children, H8248 [2AU], E1647 [5AU]

Dept. of HUD: funding, E1501 [24JY]

District of Columbia: school system reform, H11705-H11734 [2NO]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H6649 [29JN]

———U.S. distribution of wealth, H4530-H4534 [3MY]

Education: funding of programs for at-risk students, E2440 [21DE]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (H.R. 1640), E1044 [16MY]

Families and domestic relations: illegitimacy rate, H10908 [26OC]

Family Nutrition Block Grant Program: procurement of infant formula, H3587-H3592 [23MR]

Federal aid programs: school lunch and child nutrition programs, H1026 [1FE], H1439 [8FE]

Federal-State relations: exempt laws protecting individuals requiring welfare assistance from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H863 [30JA]

———maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

FHA: GAO audit, H6033 [15JN]

Florida: tribute to South Florida Food Recovery, E1483 [20JY]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———program integrity (H.R. 1093), E480 [1MR]

———reform program (H.R. 1135), H2889 [8MR], H3124 [14MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (H.R. 236), E55 [5JA]

Head Start Program: funding, H10890, H10892 [26OC]

Health: authorizing appropriations for programs relative to the health of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (H.R. 1341), E722 [29MR]

———costs incurred by Task Force on National Health Care Reform, H12203 [14NO]

———deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans (H.R. 1912), E1309 [22JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H2032 [22FE], H4556 [9MY], H13986 [5DE], E302 [8FE], E307 [9FE], E428 [24FE], E892 [1MY], E1090 [22MY], E1734 [7SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 16), E52 [5JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2756), H14244 [11DE]

Homeless: funding for food and shelter program, H7883-H7886 [27JY]

———protection of voting rights (H.R. 55), E45 [5JA]

Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (H.R. 1016), E405 [22FE]

———deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H10653 [24OC]

———disbursement rates for public housing development funds and incremental rental assistance, H7881, H7882 [27JY]

———enable a builder to use the installment method to calculate tax liability under certain specific circumstances, E545 [8MR]

———funding for assistance to residents of colonias, H10023 [12OC]

———funding for low-income housing, H7555, H7556, H7557, H7558, H7560 [25JY], H7823, H7825, H7826, H7827, H7828, H7830, H7832, H7833, H7835, H7841, H7842, H7843, H7845 [27JY]

———homeownership opportunities and extension of the rural rental housing program (H.R. 1691), H11392-H11398 [30OC]

———multifamily rental housing loans, H7334 [20JY]

———public housing construction and revitalization, H6743 [11JY], H8048, H8049 [31JY]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs for poor and moderate-income housing, H9368 [21SE]

———use of community development block grants for direct homeownership assistance (H.R. 2304), E1755 [12SE]

Houston, TX: tribute to Julia C. Hester House, E2058 [26OC]

Hunger: donations to food programs, H6259 [22JN]

IRS: delayed refunds on electronically filed returns, H1691 [14FE]

LIHEAP: funding, H2660 [6MR], H2899 [9MR], H3051 [13MR], H3295, H3297, H3298, H3314 [16MR], E677 [23MR]

LSC: funding, H6095 [20JN], H7785, H7786, H7787 [26JY], H14083, H14086 [6DE], H14201 [7DE], E1801 [19SE]

Medicaid: funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H867, H868 [30JA]

———home- and community-based services for the disabled, E2183 [15NO]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (H.R. 1334), E722 [29MR]

———reform, H5699, H5701 [8JN], H8942 [14SE], H9143 [19SE], H9251, H9252, H9253 [20SE], H9596, H9660-H9666 [28SE], H9675, H9722-H9734 [29SE], H9776, H9777, H9779, H9780 [10OC], H9793, H9874-H9894 [11OC], H10032-H10039 [12OC], H10050, H10051, H10060 [13OC], H10127, H10134-H10142 [17OC], H10209, H10285, H10286 [18OC], H10468, H10471 [19OC], H10643, H10694, H10698, H10701 [24OC], H10751, H10799-H10801, H10829, H10832 [25OC], H10890, H10898, H10899, H10900, H11194, H11196, H11198, H11371, H11372 [26OC], H12158, H12162, H12170 [13NO], H12326, H12336 [14NO], H13194, H13199, H13203, H13296 [17NO], H13348, H13636-H13640 [20NO], H13724 [28NO], H13808, H13810 [30NO], H13938, H13987 [5DE], H14028 [6DE], H14178, H14208, H14227, H14229 [7DE], H14261, H14265 [12DE], H14371, H14373 [13DE], H14918-H14925 [14DE], H14935, H14936 [15DE], H14968-H14971, H15069, H15073 [18DE], H15093, H15094, H15098, H15122, H15138, H15143 [19DE], H15285 [20DE], H15488, H15567 [21DE], E1488 [21JY], E1588 [2AU], E1817 [20SE], E1821 [21SE], E1881 [29SE], E1959 [17OC], E2160 [10NO], E2239 [28NO], E2314 [7DE], E2342 [12DE], E2355, E2368 [14DE]

Medicare: study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks (H.R. 851), E285 [7FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: public examination of any changes in existing law relative to budget reconciliation (H. Res. 221), H9250 [20SE]

NASA: conversion of abandoned and underutilized sites in depressed communities into NASA facilities, H9822, H9823 [11OC]

National Fuel Funds Day: observance, E2340 [12DE]

National objectives: policy to reduce and alleviate poverty, H2219 [24FE]

National Youth Sports Program: tribute, E2226 [20NO]

New Jersey: anniversary of SHARE New Jersey food distribution system, E1788 [14SE]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: benefits to legal immigrants, H2477-H2482 [1MR], H2569 [2MR]

———conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515-H3521 [22MR]

———funding for nutrition programs, H664, H665, H671, H675 [25JA], H2180, H2181, H2182, H2214, H2215 [24FE], H2227, H2230, H2231, H2232, H2233 [27FE], H2312, H2316, H2317, H2318, H2319, H2320, H2321, H2376, H2377 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400, H2401, H2473 [1MR], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2567, H2577, H2578-H2582 [2MR], H2586, H2587, H2588, H2589 [3MR], H2657, H2658, H2659, H2661, H2707-H2709 [6MR], H2729, H2730, H2731, H2732, H2733, H2734, H2735, H2793, H2805-H2809 [7MR], H2814, H2815, H2816, H2817, H2889 [8MR], H2897, H2898, H2899, H2900, H2968, H2972, H2973, H2977 [9MR], H2992, H2993, H2994, H3033, H3036-H3038 [10MR], H3067-H3072 [13MR], H3090, H3093, H3095, H3096, H3125-H3140 [14MR], H3158, H3159, H3162 [15MR], H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3332, H3335, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340 [21MR], H3420, H3422, H3423, H3424, H3425, H3502, H3503, H3520, H3530-H3545, H3547-H3550, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3719 [23MR], H3739-H3742, H3770, H3777-H3784 [24MR], H3870-H3874 [28MR], H4145 [4AP], H5547 [24MY], H5778 [13JN], H7246 [19JY], H7376 [20JY], H7444 [21JY], H9906 [12OC], H12069 [9NO], H12186 [13NO], H15182 [19DE], H15509 [21DE], E102 [17JA], E515 [3MR], E523 [6MR], E593 [14MR], E601 [15MR], E690 [24MR], E774 [4AP]

———funding for senior citizen nutrition programs, E1648 [5AU]

———reform, H415, H450 [20JA], H542 [24JA], H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H895 [31JA], H1028, H1030 [1FE], H1439, H1445, H1451, H1454 [8FE], H1560, H1601-H1604 [10FE], H1682-H1687 [13FE], H1910, H1911 [21FE], H2071 [23FE], H2296 [27FE], H2318, H2320 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2582 [2MR], H2585, H2586, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2640 [3MR], H2659, H2660 [6MR], H2730, H2734, H2735 [7MR], H2814, H2815 [8MR], H2900, H2973, H2975 [9MR], H2991, H2992, H2993, H3031 [10MR], H3095, H3123, H3124, H3126 [14MR], H3159, H3160 [15MR], H3280 [16MR], H3816, H3864-H3870 [28MR], H3884 [29MR], H4145 [4AP], H5161 [17MY], H5605 [25MY], H6911 [12JY], H9661-H9666 [28SE], H10799, H10805 [25OC], H11582 [31OC], H12197 [14NO], H13039 [16NO], H13295 [17NO], H13808 [30NO], H14029 [6DE], H14265 [12DE], H14878 [14DE], H15273 [20DE], E217 [30JA], E293 [8FE], E445 [27FE], E521 [6MR], E603 [15MR], E720 [29MR], E771 [4AP], E1221 [9JN], E1733 [7SE], E1937 [12OC], E2157 [10NO], E2188 [15NO], E2236 [28NO]

———reform (H.R. 4), H189 [11JA], H663, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1896, H1904-H1906 [16FE], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H2073, H2157 [23FE], H2319 [28FE], H2567, H2576 [2MR], H2973 [9MR], H3134 [14MR], H3280, H3315, H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340, H3341, H3352-H3398, H3406-H3414 [21MR], H3419-H3435, H3449-H3552, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3731 [23MR], H3736-H3790, H3793-H3796 [24MR], H3813, H3815, H3820, H3870-H3874 [28MR], H9223 [19SE], H9501-H9504 [25SE], H10783, H10808 [25OC], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E693, E694, E696 [24MR], E704, E706, E707, E708 [28MR], E714, E718 [29MR], E755 [3AP], E832 [7AP]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 759), H1468, H1469, H1471 [9FE], E232, E233 [31JA]

———reform (H.R. 999), H3134 [14MR], E404 [22FE]

———reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

———reform (H.R. 1214), H3334 [21MR]

———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]

———support community food security projects relative to low-income individuals (H.R. 2003), E1410 [11JY]

———work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]

Puerto Rico: economic development, H11198, H11210 [26OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2785 [7MR]

———race relations agenda, E2422 [20DE]

Rockford, IL: tribute to the Hunger Connection, H5381 [23MY]

Rural areas: funding for loans for empowerment zones and enterprise communities, H7331, H7332 [20JY]

———funding for low-income housing, H9910 [12OC]

San Bernardino County, CA: anniversary of community services department, E1841 [27SE]

Social Security: establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (H.R. 1587), E963 [9MY]

———treatment of long-term health care insurance (H.R. 2571), E2083 [1NO]

States: administration of block grant programs, H10849, H10850 [26OC]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP], H5702-H5709 [8JN], H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11790 [7NO]

———earned income tax credit fraud, H9900 [12OC]

Tobian, Milton: Trinity Ministry to the Poor award recipient, E477 [1MR]

UNICEF: anniversary, E2365 [14DE]

Urban areas: economic development in distressed communities, H605 [25JA]

WIC: participation levels, H7337-H7344 [20JY], E1538 [28JY]

World Day To Overcome Extreme Poverty: observance, E1952 [17OC]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: establish demonstration projects to expand State adminstration (S. 246), S1223-S1226 [19JA]

———funding, S19086-S19089 [21DE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 842), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———require recipients to enter into a personal responsibility contract, S12908-S12910 [8SE]

———work requirement for food stamp recipients, S13152-S13158, S13196-S13198 [11SE], S13377 [12SE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, S11086-S11092 [1AU]

Budget: continuation of the low-income housing tax credit, S16065, S16066 [27OC]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]

———restore partial funding for Demonstration Partnership Program, S5330 [6AP]

Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise, Inc.: tribute, S5159 [4AP]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: Federal health initiatives, S6762 [16MY]

———implement program changes relative to budget decreases, S15541-S15544 [24OC]

———impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]

———proposals relative to hunger and homelessness, S714-S725 [10JA]

———teenage pregnancies, S11822-S11824 [8AU]

Community Development Financial Institutions fund: funding, S14376, S14377 [27SE], S14559 [28SE]

Community Service Block Grant Act: funding, S4845, S4846 [30MR]

Courts: assurance of legal services availability to all citizens, S14611 [29SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program (S. 79), S292 [4JA]

Dept. of Energy: energy conservation program relative to public housing, S12029 [9AU]

Dept. of HUD: housing contracts, S14228, S14230 [26SE]

———housing occupancy standards, S14386 [27SE]

———Low-Income Housing Preservation Program funding, S18644 [14DE]

Education: determination of intellectual capabilities relative to race, genetics, and background, S1133-S1136 [19JA]

———establishment of educational opportunity schools allowing same gender classes for low-income, educationally disadvantaged students (S. 829), S6926 [18MY]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (S. 618), S4582, S4585 [24MR]

Employment: funding for job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]

———require welfare recipients to work, S11825-S11830 [8AU]

Federal aid programs: economic assistance to small businesses located in distressed areas, S12745 [6SE]

———ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program (S. 66), S284 [4JA]

Food stamps: replace with State block grant programs, S12924 [8SE], S13334-S13341 [12SE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 843), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (S. 1133), S12080 [9AU]

———use of benefits to purchase nutritional supplements (S. 1143), S12097 [9AU]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (S. 704), S5447 [6AP], S5851 [27AP], S10912-S10916 [31JY], S11472 [4AU], S13134 [8SE], S16106 [27OC], S16677 [3NO], S17871 [30NO], S17929 [4DE]

Head Start Program: funding, S5214-S5216 [5AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S516 [5JA], S1267 [20JA], S1728 [30JA], S2275 [7FE], S3074, S3075 [24FE], S3543 [6MR], S3928, S3940, S3941 [15MR], S5873 [1MY], S6473 [11MY], S7411 [25MY], S10434 [20JY], S17510 [20NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S9905-S9908 [13JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1062), S10498-S10501 [21JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 168), S503 [5JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 18), S189-S195 [4JA], S6457 [10MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 294), S1760-S1762 [30JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 308), S1920-S1945 [1FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 609), S4509 [23MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 7), S15, S24, S109, S121-S123 [4JA], S3694 [9MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 715), S5549 [7AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 933), S8503, S8516 [15JN]

———national policy to provide health care coverage to individuals with severe mental illnesses (S. 298), S1848, S1849 [31JA]

———State care of pregnant women and children, S16509 [1NO]

———strengthen State and local government capability of providing public health services (S. 142), S398 [4JA]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (S. 1351), S15404 [20OC]

———even distribution and availability of resources and minority and disadvantaged education programs (S. 555), S3898 [14MR], S4093 [16MR]

Homeless: assistance, S14273-S14279, S14281 [26SE], S14343-S14345 [27SE], S14982 [11OC]

———assistance for veterans (S. 1257), S13742 [18SE]

Housing: funding for assistance to residents of colonias, S14365, S14366 [27SE]

———homeownership opportunities (S. 1387), S16629 [2NO]

———reform and consolidate Federal programs for poor and moderate-income housing, S14390 [27SE]

———Tenant Opportunity Program funding, S14372 [27SE]

Income: require any Dept. of Commerce data relative to the incidence of poverty in subnational areas be adjusted for local cost-of living differences (S. 130), S382 [4JA]

Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]

Job Opportunities for Low-Income Individuals Program: funding, S12820-S12822 [7SE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: domestic accomplishments, S2427 [9FE]

LIHEAP: funding, S4899-S4903 [30MR], S18583-S18585, S18587-S18590 [14DE]

LSC: funding, S6699 [15MY], S18130, S18159, S18166 [7DE]

Medicaid: coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists (S. 972), S9178 [27JN]

———coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs (S. 61), S281 [4JA]

———eligibility for SSI recipients, S15805-S15807 [26OC]

———provide State incentives for reduction of expenditures (S. 634), S4722 [28MR]

———reform, S9297-S9300 [28JN], S9356 [29JN], S11980 [9AU], S12339-S12342 [11AU], S14346 [27SE], S15023-S15025 [11OC], S15091, S15093 [12OC], S15271 [18OC], S15486 [23OC], S15610, S15653-S15656 [25OC], S15713-S15733, S15763, S15778 [26OC], S16011-S16013, S16039-S16044, S16067, S16090-S16094 [27OC], S16434 [31OC], S16568, S16570 [2NO], S16643-S16648 [3NO], S16717-S16720 [7NO], S16807-S16809 [8NO], S16845-S16848 [9NO], S16984 [13NO], S17174 [16NO], S17506 [20NO], S18692 [15DE], S19183-S19185, S19234 [22DE]

———replace with State block grant programs (S. 844), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

Medicare: reform, S7465 [25MY]-S16851 [9NO]

———study effectiveness of rural telemedicine networks, S8473 [15JN]

Minimum wage: level, S2756 [15FE]

National School Lunch Week: observance, S15365 [19OC]

Native Americans: effects of public welfare program reforms and block grants on resources available to tribes, S3683 [8MR]

———funding for family assistance grants, S13373, S13374 [12SE], S13489-S13491 [13SE]

Public housing: reform and consolidate Federal programs and redirect primary responsibility to States and localities (S. 1260), S13844-S13859 [19SE], S19272 [22DE]

Public welfare programs: allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

———assistance to minors relative to time limitations of benefits, S12812-S12819, S12821 [7SE], S13342-S13345 [12SE], S13481-S13483 [13SE], S13644, S13645 [15SE]

———awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]

———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]

———calculation of family participation rates in States, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]

———deny assistance for out-of-wedlock births to minors, S13507-S13516, S13527-S13529 [13SE], S13562, S13578 [14SE]

———Dept. of HHS report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]

———development of adult supervised living arrangements for unmarried teenage mothers, S13529-S13533 [13SE], S13598-S13602 [14SE]

———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish State and county demonstration programs, S13571 [14SE]

———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (S. 131), S382 [4JA], S13551 [13SE]

———exempt elderly, disabled, and children from optional State food assistance block grants, S13635, S13636 [15SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding for nutrition programs, S3139, S3140, S3142 [27FE], S3549-S3554 [7MR], S4004 [16MR], S4559-S4562 [24MR], S5065 [3AP], S5091-S5094, S5106-S5108 [4AP], S5237 [5AP], S5370-S5373 [6AP], S6473 [11MY], S7318, S7323 [24MY], S7453, S7457 [25MY], S13690, S13692 [18SE], S15087 [12OC], S15360 [19OC]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 1265), S14087 [21SE]

———funding for nutrition programs (S. 904), S8098 [9JN]

———funding formula for children's programs, S12927 [8SE], S13351-S13368 [12SE], S13484-S13486, S13536, S13537 [13SE], S13639, S13640, S13646 [15SE]

———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———participation of religious organizations, S13516-S13522 [13SE]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]

———reform, S1568-S1571, S1635 [26JA], S1796-S1798 [31JA], S1868 [1FE], S2993 [23FE], S4677-S4682 [28MR], S5028 [3AP], S5087, S5089 [4AP], S5512 [6AP], S5687-S5689 [26AP], S6846-S6848, S6881 [18MY], S7172, S7222, S7225-S7227 [23MY], S8129 [12JN], S8994 [23JN], S10070 [14JY], S10768, S10771 [27JY], S10860-S10864 [28JY], S10911, S10937, S10955 [31JY], S11099-S11101 [1AU], S11190 [2AU], S16050-S16051 [27OC], S16675 [3NO], S16940 [9NO], S17006 [13NO], S18433-S18437 [12DE], S18826 [18DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S958 [17JA], S6744 [16MY], S9493, S9596 [30JN], S10333-S10335 [20JY], S11556, S11575-S11602, S11711-S11713 [5AU], S11735-S11784, S11800-S11802 [7AU], S11803-S11845, S11888-S11890 [8AU], S12360, S12363, S12428, S12510-S12513 [11AU], S12622 [5SE], S12680-S12715 [6SE], S12757-S12796, S12802-S12830 [7SE], S12873-S12958, S13136, S13139 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13152-S13207 [11SE], S13315-S13378 [12SE], S13481-S13539 [13SE], S13558-S13575, S13578-S13617 [14SE], S13627-S13653, S13673 [15SE], S13746 [18SE], S13749, S13751, S13752, S13770-S13804 [19SE], S13885 [20SE], S14097 [21SE], S14562 [28SE], S14772-S14777 [29SE], S15360 [19OC], S18262-S18264 [8DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———reform (S. 707), S5448 [6AP]

———reform (S. 736), S5838-S5841 [27AP]

———reform (S. 746), S6083-S6085 [3MY]

———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

———reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

———reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]

———reform (S. 1117), S11325, S11326, S11327, S11328 [3AU]

———reform (S. 1120), S11840 [8AU], S12201 [10AU]

———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———require welfare recipients to work relative to State assistance services, S12819 [7SE], S13345-S13351 [12SE], S13483 [13SE]

———school requirements relative to teenage recipients, S13529, S13533 [13SE]

———State authority to reserve welfare grant funding, S12820 [7SE]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

Seattle, WA: tribute to Black Dollar Days Task Force, S7572 [25MY]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]

Social Compact (community development coalition): Outstanding Community Investment Award recipients, S8837 [21JN]

Social Security: provide that certain health insurance policies are not duplicative (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

Spelman College: outreach program for public housing residents, S18645 [14DE]

States: welfare grant levels relative to out-of-wedlock birth rate, S13533-S13536 [13SE], S13563-S13565 [14SE]

Taxation: earned income tax credit, S7449 [25MY], S15672, S15676-S15683 [25OC], S15709-S15713, S15777 [26OC], S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations, S12906, S12924 [8SE], S13497-S13504 [13SE]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations (S. 1079), S10822-S10824 [27JY]

———treatment of charitable contributions to private organizations providing assistance to the poor (S. 893), S7923 [7JN]

———treatment of monetary contributions to charities serving the poor by individuals volunteering for such charities (S. 846), S7237-S7239, S7245-S7247 [23MY]

———work opportunities tax credit, S15683 [25OC]

Telecommunications: treatment of certain localities relative to income, remoteness of location, or high-cost of area, S8359, S8360 [14JN]

Urban areas: promote an urban agenda (S. 17), S179-S185 [4JA]

Water: authorize grants for wastewater treatment and drinking water supply to low-income communities along the U.S.-Mexico border, S17756 [29NO]

WIC: competitive bidding for infant formula, S13523, S13524 [13SE]

———investigate food industry lobbyists' involvement in the transfer to State controlled block grants, S5101-S5104, S5106 [4AP]

World Neighbors (organization): tribute to foreign aid programs, S4938 [30MR]

Reports

Child Nutrition Programs: Congressional Research Service, H3710 [23MR]

Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]

Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]

Unshared Sacrifice—The House of Representatives' Shameful Assault on America's Children: Children's Defense Fund, S3550 [7MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 104-431), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]

Distribution and Availability of Health Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Health Education Programs: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 555) (S. Rept. 104-93), S7777 [6JN]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

National Policy To Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate) (S. 1028) (S. Rept. 104-156), S15118 [12OC]

Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 104-430), H15237 [20DE]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1260) (S. Rept. 104-195), S18999 [20DE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 104-81), H3275 [15MR]

Welfare Reform Consolidation Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 999) (H. Rept. 104-75), H3048 [10MR]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Income Inequality in America, E2084 [1NO]

———Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]

———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Resolutions by organizations

LSC funding: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, S6699 [15MY]

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531 [21DE]

Statements

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]

———John Neff, E1821 [21SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]

Medicaid Reform: Bruce C. Vladeck, Health Care Financing Administration, S16847 [9NO]

———Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S15730 [26OC]

National Women's Pledge on Welfare Reform, Principles for Eliminating Poverty: Council of Presidents (organization), H1684 [13FE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]

———Charles Miller, Fred Kammer, Kenneth L. Hodder, and Preme Mathai-Davis, S19106 [21DE]

Proposals on Children Relative to Hunger and Homelessness: David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judiasm, S720 [10JA]

———Mary A. Cooper, National Council of Churches of Christ, S720 [10JA]

———Robert J. Fersh, Food Research & Action Center, S720 [10JA]

———Women Academics Concerned About Welfare (organization), S721 [10JA]

Starving the Solution: Robert H. McCabe, Miami Dade Community College, E550 [8MR]

Teen Pregnancy and Parenthood in Welfare Reform: John H. Ricard, S13599 [14SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13600 [14SE]

Will Congress Produce More Hungry Children?: Physicians Committee on Childhood Hunger, H2576 [2MR]

Summaries

Access to Affordable Health Care Act (S. 294), S1786 [30JA]

Comprehensive Charity Reform Act (S. 1079), S10825 [27JY]

District of Columbia School System Reform Legislative History, H11720-H11725 [2NO]

Even Distribution and Availability of Health Care Professioanal Resources and Minority and Disadvantaged Education Programs (S. 555), S3899-S3902 [14MR]

Graham-Bumpers Children's Fair Share Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13366-S13368 [12SE]

Health Care Assurance Act (S. 18), S209 [4JA]

Health Care Reform (S. 933), S8505 [15JN]

Health Partnership Act (S. 308), S1943 [1FE]

Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]

Nutrition Assistance Reform Act (S. 904), S8109 [9JN]

Prevent Duplicative Social Security Health Insurance Policies (S. 1138), S12086 [9AU]

Public Health Enhancement Act (S. 142), S401 [4JA]

Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act (S. 1260), S13856 [19SE]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12510, S12511 [11AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 736), S5840 [27AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]

Welfare Reform (H.R. 1250), H3760 [24MR]

Welfare Reforms That Work Act (S. 246), S1231 [19JA]

Tables

Additional costs of child care and work programs under the Senate Republican leadership welfare plan, S13366 [12SE]

American children in poverty in numbers and percentage 1960-1991, S720 [10JA]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. group medical conversion quotes—quarterly premiums, E892 [1MY]

Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Dynamic growth State welfare formula analysis, S13366 [12SE]

Earned income tax credit, S17252-S17254 [17NO]

Earned income tax credit reforms effect on the Federal budget, H10905 [26OC]

Earned income tax for two parents, two children, fiscal year 1996, S15778 [26OC]

Impact of congressional proposals on poverty: under the pre-tax money income definition used for official poverty statistics, S17007 [13NO]

———using a comprehensive post-tax, post-transfer definition of income, S17006 [13NO]

Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: proposed provisions comparison, S19156 [22DE]

Preliminary estimate of amendment providing state flexibility to participate in the TAP or WAGE programs, S13162 [11SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to the 60 month time limit—under the House and Senate welfare bills, S17006 [13NO]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to time limit in the Senate Republican plan, S12818 [7SE]

Proportion of children receiving AFDC, S12682 [6SE]

Proposed allocations to the States under S. 1120, Dole welfare legislation, 1996-2000, S13205 [11SE]

Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]

State welfare allocation per child in poverty, S13365 [12SE]

State-by-State welfare allocations, S13364 [12SE]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Testimonies

Medicaid Reform: Malika S. Saar, Family Rights and Dignity (organization), H9880 [11OC]

———Mary Fitzpatrick, S15721 [26OC]

———Paul Di Donato, San Francisco, CA, AIDS Foundation, H9885 [11OC]

Medicare and Medicaid Reform: Anthony Wagner, Laguna Honda Hospital, H9884 [11OC]

———Bruce Livingston, H9880 [11OC]

———Bruce U. Wintroub, H9883 [11OC]

———David Bergman, Packard Children's Hospital, H9883 [11OC]

———Larry Gage, E1588 [2AU]

———Richard Cordova, San Francisco, CA, General Hospital, H9881 [11OC]

———Thomas Peters, Martin County, CA, Dept. of Social Services, H9882 [11OC]

———Timothy McMurdo, San Mateo County, CA, General Hospital, H9882 [11OC]

Role of Pharmaceutical Companies in Health Care Reform: Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, S6063 [3MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]

H. Res. 319, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, H15501 [21DE]

H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S11576-S11601 [5AU]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3449-H3491 [22MR]

H.R. 1691, Homesteading and Neighborhood Restoration Act, H11392-H11395 [30OC]

H.R. 1912, deter health care fraud and improve the administration of health benefit plans, E1309 [22JN]

S. 7, Family Health Insurance Protection Act, S109-S121 [4JA]

S. 17, New Urban Agenda Act, S185-S189 [4JA]

S. 18, Health Care Assurance Act, S195-S209 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 61, coverage of medicaid services provided by nursing school clinics under State programs, S282 [4JA]

S. 66, ensure social work students and schools are eligible for certain programs' support and grants, and establish a social work training program, S284 [4JA]

S. 79, funding mechanism for the American Samoa Nutritional Assistance Program, S292 [4JA]

S. 130, Poverty Data Correction Act, S382 [4JA]

S. 131, exclude certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer, S384 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 142, Public Health Enhancement Act, S398-S401 [4JA]

S. 246, Welfare Reforms That Work Act, S1226-S1231 [19JA]

S. 294, Access to Affordable Health Care Act, S1762-S1786 [30JA]

S. 308, Health Partnership Act, S1923-S1943 [1FE]

S. 609, Health Care Quality and Fairness Act, S4509-S4515 [23MR]

S. 618, Low-Income School Choice Demonstration Act, S4583-S4585 [24MR]

S. 634, State Medicaid Savings Incentive Act, S4723 [28MR]

S. 829, establishment of educational opportunity schools allowing same gender classes for low-income, educationally disadvantaged students, S6926 [18MY]

S. 893, tax treatment of charitable contributions to private organizations providing assistance to the poor, S7923 [7JN]

S. 904, Nutrition Assistance Reform Act, S8099-S8109 [9JN]

S. 933, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S8506 [15JN]

S. 972, medicaid coverage of services provided by nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists, S9178 [27JN]

S. 1079, Comprehensive Charity Reform Act, S10824 [27JY]

S. 1143, use of food stamp benefits to purchase nutritional supplements, S12098 [9AU]

S. 1202, Role Models Academy Demonstration Act, S12718 [6SE]

S. 1203, Character Development Act, S12718-S12720 [6SE]

S. 1204, Family Housing Act, S12720 [6SE]

S. 1205, Mentor Schools Act, S12720 [6SE]

S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]

S. 1257, assistance for homeless veterans, S13742 [18SE]

S. 1260, Public Housing Reform and Empowerment Act, S13844-S13856 [19SE]

S. 1265, Community Food Security Act, S14087 [21SE]

S. Res. 144, national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S9466 [29JN]