Legislation

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 16, 1986, as “National Arts Week”.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to employment discrimination against persons who have, or have had, cancer based on such individual’s cancer history.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to increase criminal penalties for failure to file certain reports and for falsification of records and to increase civil penalties for violations of aviation safety regulations.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution extending best wishes to the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego, California, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration and rededication of the San Diego County Administration Center on August 20, 1986.

Cosponsored — Social Security Administrative and Investment Reform Act of 1986

Cosponsored — Anti-Cocaine Amendments Act of 1986

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning August 31, 1986, as “National Pedestrian Safety Week”.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate July 3, 1986, as “Let Freedom Ring Day”, and to request the President to issue a proclamation encouraging the people of the United States to ring bells on such day immediately following the relighting of the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

Cosponsored — A resolution impeaching Harry E. Claiborne, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Sponsored — A resolution calling for the elimination of funding of former Secretary General Kurt Waldheim’s retirement allowance from the United Nations budget.

Sponsored — A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce the need for emergency assistance payments to provide temporary housing for destitute and homeless AFDC families, and the expense of such payments, by authorizing grants to States for the construction or rehabilitation of permanent housing that such families can afford with their regular AFDC payments.

Cosponsored — A resolution impeaching Harry E. Claiborne, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Cosponsored — Nuclear Winter Research Act of 1986

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate the month of October 1986 as “National Spina Bifida Month”.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress that the monkeys known as the Silver Spring Monkeys should be transferred from the National Institutes of Health to the custody of the Primarily Primates, Incorporated, animal sanctuary in San Antonio, Texas.

Cosponsored — Family and Medical Leave Act of 1986

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning November 23, 1986 as “National Adoption Week”.

Cosponsored — A resolution paying special tribute to Portuguese diplomat Dr. de Sousa Mendes for his extraordinary acts of mercy and justice during World War II.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate July 20, 1986, as “Space Exploration Day”.