Speech #900230198

I cite some areas of domestic issues in which I have been greatly involved: Social security and medicare. aid to education. antipoverty program. veterans benefits. water and air pollution. benefits for labor. health programs. housing. noise abatement. legislation to benefit Federal employees. and transportation. As chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. which post I have held since 1949 save the years 1953 and 1954. when the House was under Republican administration. this learning has stood me. and I believe the other people of the Nation. in good stead. During these years I led the fight on the floor for every civil rights bill enacted into law. the Immigration Reform Act of 1965. a battle in which I was engaged since my first year in Congress. the CellerKefauver Act of 1950. which has proved to be one of the most effective laws against monopolies since the enactment of the Clayton Act in 1914. I have authored and brought to successful conclusions three constitutional amendments. now part of our basic document. These are: the 23d amendment. granting representation in the electoral college to the people of the District of Columbia. the 24th amendment which abolishes the poll tax. and the 25th amendment. which provides for transfer of power in the event of Presidential disability. - I have succeeded in getting my committee to report a fourth constitutional amendment which would give representation in Congress to the people of the District of Columbia.