Legislation

Cosponsored — Smithsonian Institution Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin Act

Cosponsored — To express the condolences of the House of Representatives to the victims of recent terrorist attacks, to condemn acts of terrorism, reaffirm support for the Middle East peace process, and express the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should convene an international conference to develop more effective means to deal with the serious and growing threat of international terrorism.

Cosponsored — Concerning deployment of United States Armed Forces in Haiti.

Cosponsored — Designating the week beginning September 12, 1994, as “National Hispanic Business Week”.

Cosponsored — Condemning the terrorist attack on the Delegation of Argentine Israeli Associations on July 18, 1994, the terrorist attack on a Panamanian commuter plane on July 20, 1994, and the terrorist bombings near the Israeli embassy and a building housing Israeli and Jewish organizations in London on July 26, 1994.

Cosponsored — To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations concerning use of the term “fresh” in the labeling of poultry, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 1994

Cosponsored — To prohibit any charges on telephone bills for calls to 800 numbers.

Cosponsored — Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site Act of 1994

Cosponsored — To designate February 2, 1995, and February 1, 1996, as “National Women and Girls in Sports Day”.

Cosponsored — To express the sense of the Congress that marinas should not be treated as offshore facilities for purposes of financial responsibility requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Cosponsored — Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994

Cosponsored — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that June 21, 1994, be designated as “Freedom Summer Remembrance Day” and for other purposes.

Sponsored — To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a official duty defense to certain section 32 and related offenses.

Cosponsored — To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between the Long Island Rail Road Company and certain of its employees represented by the United Transportation Union.

Cosponsored — Expressing the sense of the Congress concerning the trafficking of Burmese women and girls into Thailand for the purposes of forced prostitution.

Sponsored — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should resume support of operations for the interdiction of illegal drug trafficking in Andean and other foreign nations.

Cosponsored — Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to recognize the achievements of Lewis Howard Latimer.

Cosponsored — Designating May 30, 1994, through June 6, 1994 as a “Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II”.