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Four members of Congress met with President Bush on December 14 to talk about Persian Gulf policies. Mr. Lugar and Mr. McCain expressed the president’s desire for a solid show of support fro…

Secretary Baker, in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Persian Gulf crisis, said that Iraq’s decision to free all hostages is related to the previous week’s Unite…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1430, to enhance national and community service. A letter from Rep. Donald E. Lukens, of Ohio, was read, wherein he resigned as a member of th…

The House agreed to the Murtha motion to close the conference committee meetings on H.R. 5803, Defense appropriations, to the public. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 2104, am…

Undersecretary Robert Kimmitt testified before the subcommittee on the prospects of negotiations between the Khmer Rouge and other opposing political groups in Cambodia.

The House agreed to H.Res. 461, to restrict the amendments considered with H.R. 4739. The House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for military f…

Secretary James Baker reported to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the recent events in the Persian Gulf. He described the efforts at building a strong international diplomatic coaliti…

The subcommittee met to discuss the destabilizing influence the acquisition of nuclear weapons by North Korea had on relations between North and South Korea. They also discussed the prospect…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass several amendments, including H.R. 4039, to amend the Public Health Service Act; H.R. 238, to amend the PHSA to establish a program for preventi…

Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-New York) discussed the Bush administration’s policy shift concerning Cambodia. The administration withdrew recognition of the rebel coalition trying to oust the Hanoi…

Senator Robert Dole(R-KS), Rep. Robert Lagomarsino(R-CA), Senator Charles Robb(D-VA) and Rep. Stephen Solarz(D-NY) addressed the League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in South…

The House passed H.R. 5229, making appropriations for the Department of Transportation. The House agreed to H. Con. Res. 291, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to account a…

The House passed H.R. 5114, making appropriations for foreign operations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991. The Smith(R-NJ) amendment to allow the Agnecy for International Develo…

Panelists examined the relationship between Poland and a unified Germany.

Secretary of State James A. Baker III testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the recent summit between U.S. and Soviet leaders at Camp David. Sec. Baker related the extra…

The subcommittees on Asian and Pacific Affairs, on Human Rights and International Organizations, and on International Economic Policy and Trade met to review the Most Favored Nation tariff s…

The House passed H.R. 2273, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability. The House voted to suspend the rules and pass S. 286, to designate the site of prehistoric and historic pet…

The House passed H. Con. Res. 324, amended, concerning human rights, democracy, and illicit narcotics production and trafficking in Burma. The House passed H. Res. 393, concerning the first …

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs talked about the ramifications of revoking or renewing China’s most favored nation status. Subcommittee Chairman Steven So…

The Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs committee met to gain a better understanding of the ramifications involved in revoking or retaining most favored natio…