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President George H.W. Bush announced that the European Community has cut its oil seed production in order to prevent a trade war with the United States. Earlier talks on a global free trade …

Mr. Madigan talked about President Bush’s agriculture record and critisized the Democratic platform for neglecting American farmers. Governor Edgar rallied support for the president and intr…

President Bush and several members of Congress spoke in Statuary Hall beneath the statues of the founding fathers in a ceremony marking the unveiling of a portrait of the current House Minor…

Following an announcement by President Bush about aid to the former Soviet Union, Secretary of State James Baker spoke to reporters about the Freedom Support Act and called the aid a matter …

Mr. Bush met with the National Governors' Association. He appealed to the governors to press Congress to adopt the president’s budget plan. After the president’s remarks the television light…

Edward Madigan, Secretary of Agriculture, spoke about the food needs of the Soviet Union and the extension of agricultural credit to the Soviets. He also commented on U.S. food programs such…

Secretary of Agriculture Edward Madigan held a news conference in the White House to announce the president’s approval of $1.5 billion in credit guarantees to see the Soviet Union through th…

Secretary of Agriculture Edward Madigan discussed the state of Soviet agriculture in remarks delivered to the National Press Club. Earlier, in a joint news conference with Soviet President M…

Secretary Madigan talked about the current goals of the Department. He stated that farmers were being over regulated by the federal government. H e explained the department’s interest in fin…

President George H. W. Bush addressed an audience of members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, in the White House on U.S. agricultural trade and the North American Free Trade…

The House Agriculture Committee, Chaired Representative Kika de la Garza D-Texas, heard testimonies on how food production would be affected by the adoption of a North American Free Trade Ag…

The speakers laid out the top priority problems for counties throughout the United States. Counties are often the front line service providers for citizens, as they have to implement the pol…

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee heard testimony on the confirmation of Edward Madigan to the position of Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. Rep. Madigan, f…

President George H.W. Bush announced the nomination of Representative Edward Madigan R-Illinois, to be Secretary of Agriculture. The President also responded to questions from reporters on t…

The House passed H.R. 2065, to improve tropical forest management, by a voice vote. The House passed H.R. 5932, to improve educational equity and excellence, by a voice vote. The House agree…

The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 5021, commerce, justice, and judicial appropriations, after having agreed to recede from its disagreement over amendment 165. The House agre…

Conferees met to discuss provisions of the agreement reached on the Clean Air Act of 1990.

The House passed H.R. 4000, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to strengthen civil rights laws that ban employment discrimination. The House passed H.R. 5350 a short-term debt limit incre…

In an unusual action, Speaker Foley made a strongly worded one-minute speech at the opening of the session to condemn the Irish Republican Army terrorist killing of Conservative British Hous…

The House passed H.R. 5313, making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense. During consideration, the House rejected the Penny amendment to have an across-the-…