RepublicanHouse · New York District 19
Fish, Hamilton, Jr.
1969 first electedLeft office 199526 years servedBorn 1926M
Issues
Based on bills Fish, Hamilton, Jr. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 17- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to further limitations of nuclear arms and the goal of ultimate nuclear disarmament. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that, upon the release of the Americans held hostage in Iran, the United States should pay to each hostage an amount equal to twice the sum of all pay and allowances earned by such hostage during the period of captivity. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 16Energy
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 5Social Welfare
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include qualified drugs requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a Formulary Committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $2,400 a year the amount of outside earnings a beneficiary may have without the loss of benefits. ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6- Solid Waste Management Act ↗
- A bill to reduce pollution which is caused by litter composed of soft drink and beer containers, and to eliminate the threat to the Nation's health, safety, and welfare which is caused by such litter by banning such containers when they are sold in interstate commerce on a no-deposit, no-return basis. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 8Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 2Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 2- A joint resolution to authorize the international of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam war in the Arlington National Cemetery. ↗
- A bill to revise the laws governing appointments to the service academies so as to relieve Members of Congress from the responsibility of making nominations for appointments thereto, and for other purposes. ↗
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