DemocratHouse · Indiana District 8
Cornwell, David L.
1977 first electedLeft office 19792 years servedBorn 1945M
Issues
Based on bills Cornwell, David L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Commemorations
Cosponsored 13Social Welfare
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that social security benefit checks be mailed in time for delivery prior to the regularly scheduled delivery day whenever that day falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 8- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that no funds for the construction of any congressional office building should be appropriated for any fiscal year for which the budget of the Federal Government is not balanced. ↗
- A resolution establishing the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern Program. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to provide for the exclusion of industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year. ↗
- A bill to provide for the exclusion of industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year. ↗
Marine mammal protection
Sponsored 7- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the killing of some one thousand dolphins by Japanese fishermen in February 1978, and encouraging the Government of Japan to reassess its policy in permitting such killing. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the killing of some one thousand dolphins by Japanese fishermen in February 1978, and encouraging the Government of Japan to reassess its policy in permitting such killing. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide for the exclusion of industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year. ↗
- Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to potential cancer risks associated with past radiation treatment of tonsil, adenoid, thymus, and similar problems. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 6Monuments and memorials
Cosponsored 4- Concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Jr., to be placed in the Capitol. ↗
- Joint resolution to authorize the construction and maintenance of a monument of Gen. Draza Mihailovich in the District of Columbia, in recognition of the role he played in saving the lives of approximately 500 U.S. airmen in Yugoslavia during World War II. ↗
Election History
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