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Leading congressional Democratic trade experts called a news conference to unveil a new legislative proposal to deal with the bilateral trade deficit with the Japanese. The legislation is c…

Ambassador Ryohei Murata spoke at the National Conference of State Legislatures about relations between the US and Japan.

The committee heard testimony on the second of four days of scheduled hearings looking at various economic growth and tax reform proposals. Twenty-three members of Congress offered their spe…

Representative Richard Gephardt, D-MO, was the featured speaker at a forum held by the Center for National Policy. He delivered a speech entitled, “U.S.-Japan Relations: Toward a Better Part…

Representative Dick Gephardt (D-MO), House Majority Leader, addressed an AFL-CIO sponsored forum entitled, “Software and Hardhats: Technology and American Workers in the 20th Century.” He cr…

Speaker of the House Thomas Foley and Rep. Richard Gephardt responded to questions from reporters on the recently completed session of Congress and legislation considered by Congress, includ…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, to protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervisio…

The House passed S. 543, to reform federal deposit insurance, protect deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, and improve supervision and regulation of insured deposit…

The House passed H.R. 3839, to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. After a series of one-minute speeches by members, the Bill was intr…

Democratic members of Congress held a news conference to criticize the George H.W. Bush administration’s domestic agenda. The Democratic leaders argued the Bush administration had guided its…

The House passed H.R. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…

The House passed H.R. 3595, to delay until September 30, 1992, the issuance of any regulations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services changing the treatment of voluntary contributions…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 2100, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construc…

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives debated the conference report to H.R. 2100, the Defense Authorization Act of 1992. The bill would appropriate $291 billion to the Department of D…

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House passed H.R. 3049, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore authority in courts to naturalize persons as citizens. The House passed H.R. 3508, to amend the Public Hea…

House Democratic leaders held a news conference to discuss campaign finance reform legislation recently drafted by the House Campaign Reform Task Force, chaired by Rep. Gejdenson. Rep. Foley…

The House passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws and to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discriminati…

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rostenkowski and House Majority Leader Gephardt met with reporters to discuss their proposal for a tax cut for poor and middle income workers. The Ways and …

The House continued consideration of H.R. 6, to reform the deposit insurance system to enforce the congressionally established limits on the amount of deposit insurance. The House passed S. …