DemocratHouse · Texas District 1
Patman, Wright
1929 first electedLeft office 197748 years servedBorn 1893M
Issues
Based on bills Patman, Wright sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates. ↗
- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I and their widows and children to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and their widows and children, respectively, and to increase pension rates. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 7- A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of any dairy products for a period of 12 months unless and until the market price for milk reaches 100 percent of parity and then only if the Secretary of Agriculture certifies that the products equal or exceed all U.S. health and sanitary requirements. ↗
- A bill to establish a temporary program whereby the Secretary of Agriculture shall obtain feed for beef cattle and sell such feed to cattlemen at a reduced rate if the parity price of milk falls below a specified level. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to exclude from gross income the first $1,000 of interest on deposits in savings institutions. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to $1,250 the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer (including the exemption for a spouse, the exemptions for dependents, and the additional exemptions for old age and blindness). ↗
Commemorations
Cosponsored 6Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 4Housing and Community Development
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1Energy
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- National Energy Development Bank Act ↗
- A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-159) to exempt the first sale of the share of a State or local government or a subdivision thereof in crude oil produced in the United States from the mineral or leasehold estate of any State or local government or subdivision owned lands. ↗
Emergency Management
Sponsored 4Election History
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