Legislation

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution to congratulate Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, on the celebration of its seventieth anniversary.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide more adequate coverage of the services of mental health specialists under the medicare supplemental benefits program and under medicaid programs.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expresses the sense of the Congress that any change to section 334 of the Social Security Act amendments of 1977 (P.L. 95-216) not require any beneficiaries to pay back spouses’ and survivors’ benefits already received.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 4, 1982, as the “National Day of Reflection”.

Sponsored — Tenant Credit Reporting Act

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the issuance of mineral leases in wilderness areas, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — Voting Rights for the Handicapped and the Elderly Act

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Federal State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to provide that extended benefits will be payable in any State in which the rate of regular unemployment equals or exceeds 7 percent.

Cosponsored — A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning “Solidarity Sunday”.

Cosponsored — A resolution acknowledging March 29, 1982, as the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Knights of Columbus, and commending such organization for a century of dedicated public services.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that graduate and professional students should remain eligible for guaranteed student loans and that funds for Pell grants and campus-based student assistance should not be further reduced.

Cosponsored — Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan Amendments of 1982

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the cost-of-living adjustments in social security benefits which are provided for under existing law should be allowed to occur as scheduled.

Cosponsored — A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives disapproving the policy of the administration with respect to railroad retirement for fiscal year 1983.

Cosponsored — A resolution to restore balance in the Federal energy budget.

Cosponsored — Hazardous Waste Management Act of 1982

Cosponsored — A resolution to assure Israel’s security and to oppose advanced arms sales to Jordan.

Cosponsored — War Powers Resolution Amendments of 1982

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution reaffirming that deposits, up to the statutorily prescribed amount, in federally insured depository institutions are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.