Congressional Departure
Standing in front of the U.S. Capitol, six-term Congressman Mervyn Dymally discussed his experiences as the first foreign-born black in Congress. He will not be returning in January.
101 viewsStanding in front of the U.S. Capitol, six-term Congressman Mervyn Dymally discussed his experiences as the first foreign-born black in Congress. He will not be returning in January.
101 viewsRepresentative Mervyn Dymally discussed the famine and civil war in Somalia after a recent fact finding mission there. He described the desperate situation with famine and homelessness in t…
89 viewsHouse Legislative Session. Several Bills to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 were considered.
View in Congressional Chronicle312 viewsHR 5368: A bill to make appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993. HR 429: A bill to amend certain federal…
View in Congressional Chronicle270 viewsThe U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…
View in Congressional Chronicle481 viewsOn this Viewer Call In show, Representative Mervin Dymally D-CA, who chaired the Foreign Affairs African Subcommittee, spoke on the South African minority rule referendum.
75 viewsThe House passed S. 2050, to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of federal loan insurance to new and previo…
View in Congressional Chronicle441 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle494 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle406 viewsThe 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…
View in Congressional Chronicle241 viewsThe House failed to agree on the conference report on House Rule 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House passed House Rule 3489, to reauthorize the Export Administration…
View in Congressional Chronicle452 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…
View in Congressional Chronicle589 viewsThe House passed H.R. 3039, to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950.
View in Congressional Chronicle321 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and International Policy met to discuss the termination of economic sanctions against South Africa. President Bush announced several weeks ag…
161 viewsThe United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 14, which amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 - which provides for the establishment of limitations on the duty time for flight att…
View in Congressional Chronicle414 viewsThe House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1046, that increased the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service related disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemni…
View in Congressional Chronicle216 viewsRepresentative Mervyn Dymally (D-California), a member of House Foreign Affairs Committee, participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about U.S.-South Africa relations and the possibil…
55 viewsThe subcommittee heard testimony on a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau stating that the 1990 census missed counting a greater number of people in America than the previous census in…
166 viewsThe House passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit with instructions was rejected. THe Bereuter (R-NE) amendment to provide dis…
View in Congressional Chronicle248 viewsThe House approved the Journal of Tuesday, June 18, 1991. The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House agreed to the Roth (R-WI) ame…
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