DemocratHouse · West Virginia District 4
Hechler, Ken
1959 first electedLeft office 197718 years servedBorn 1914M
Issues
Based on bills Hechler, Ken sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 12International Affairs
Cosponsored 10- Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should convene immediately a meeting of the heads of all appropriate Federal departments and agencies for the purpose of taking such steps as may be necessary to prevent Arab discrimination against American business enterprises which have Jewish individuals serving in positions of major responsibility or which do business with Israel. ↗
- Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the need for the prompt and orderly evacuation of American civilians from Vietnam and with respect to the use of American combat forces in conjunction with any evacuation of American civilians from Vietnam. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 1Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 6Social Welfare
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Duck Stamp Act and other laws to prohibit the charging of any Federal fee to any individual who has attained age 65 for the privilege of hunting, trapping, or fishing. ↗
- A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by optometrists in the peer review and related activities authorized under such part. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- A bill making appropriations to carry out programs of the Veterans' Administration to expand Veterans' Administration hospital education and training capacity, and to provide grants to establish new State medical schools, to expand and improve medical schools affiliated with the Veterans' Administration, and to assist certain affiliated institutions in training health personnel, for fiscal year 1973. ↗
- A bill making appropriations to carry out programs of the Veterans' Administration to expand Veterans' Administration hospital education and training capacity, and to provide grants to establish new State medical schools, to expand and improve medical schools affiliated with the Veterans' Administration, and to assist certain affiliated institutions in training health personnel, for fiscal year 1973. ↗
Science, Technology, Communications
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 1Election History
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