DemocratSenate · Iowa
Hughes, Harold E.
1969 first electedLeft office 19756 years servedBorn 1922M
Issues
Based on bills Hughes, Harold E. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Cosponsored 10- A resolution authorizing the printing for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of additional copies of its committee print entitled "United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions". ↗
- A resolution to establish a special ad hoc committee to study questions related to secret and confidential Government documents. ↗
Commemorations
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 8- Joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim June 17, 1973, as a day of commemoration of the opening of the upper Mississippi River by Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet in 1673. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert Hoover. ↗
Health
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- An Act to extend through fiscal year 1974 certain expiring appropriations authorizations in the Public Health Service Act, the Community Mental Health Centers Act, and the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act, and for other purposes. ↗
- National Advisory Commission on Health Science and Society Resolution ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 6Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend chapter 41 of title 10, United States Code, to require that retired members of the armed forces recalled to active duty and appointed to positions of importance and responsibility be appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. ↗
- A bill to require annual authorization prescribing the maximum number of members of the Armed Forces of the United States that may be deployed in major geographic regions of the world outside the United States. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 4Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3Energy
Cosponsored 4- A resolution requesting the President to enter into negotiations with major oil importing countries to establish an international organization of oil importing countries and to establish common practices and policies affecting oil pricing, importation, and consumption. ↗
- Resolution relating to proposed increases in the price of propane gas. ↗
Election History
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