DemocratHouse · New York District 20
Ottinger, Richard L.
1965 first electedLeft office 198516 years servedBorn 1929M
Issues
Based on bills Ottinger, Richard L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 12- A resolution providing that the President should continue certain measures which have been taken against the new regime in Bolivia until that regime takes certain corrective actions. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and that the United States embassy in Israel should be relocated to Jerusalem. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 13- A concurrent resolution condemning threats to religious minorities in Iran. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that, consistent with the spirit of the Olympic Games (to be held in Moscow in the summer of 1980), the Soviet Government should put an end to the oppression of Jews in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 5Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 7- An act to waive the time limitation on the award of certain military decorations to members of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division, for acts of valor performed during the Battle of the Bulge. ↗
- A bill authorizing the President to award a medal of honor posthumously to William James Tsakanikas. ↗
Commerce
Sponsored 8Taxation
Sponsored 7- Small Savers and Small Investors Income Tax Amendments of 1980 ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit an exemption of the first $5,000 of retirement income received by a taxpayer under a public retirement system or any other system if the taxpayer is at least 65 years of age. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 6Science, Technology, Communications
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3Election History
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