Speech; Port city of Houston; Defense spending; Defense requirements; Military commitments; National and international security.

Speech; Port city of Houston; Defense spending; Defense requirements; Military commitments; National and international security.

Speech; Astrodome; World's first air-conditioned stadium; Baseball, the Houston Astros; Stadium features and usage/events.

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. S. 3066; "Omnibus" housing bill; Emergency Housing Finance Act of 1974; Land use legislation; Real estate; Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973; HUD [United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]; FHA [Federal Housing Administration]; Clean Air Act.

Speech describing the development of government programs promoting marine research and explaining legal and economic setbacks.

Speech; environmental policy address; air and water pollution control; solar energy; recycling; waste; technological advances; Space Program; fossil fuels; Dr. Peter Glaser, Research Physicist, Arthur D. Little Company; economic costs of pollution control.

Speech; housing crisis; Tandem-plan; home builders; mortgage financing; Fannie Mae; cost of construction; Tax Reform Act of 1969; Operation Breakthrough; antiquated building codes; restrictive zoning.

Speech asking for the consideration of the attrition of American equipment and technology in the Vietnam War and urging the need for more replacements.

Texas Municipal League; Flood Insurance Act of 1973; Gulf Coast; land use; Corps of Engineers; Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, HR8449; HUD [United States Department of Housing and Urban Development].

Speech; Foreign policy; Communism in Asia; Soviet military power; Economy; Inflation rates; Deficit spending; Government regulation; Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt; Financial Privacy Act; Sunset legislation; Federal Reserve Membership legislation.

Speech; Cotton bill; Texas Cotton Association; farm legislation; agriculture; Rules Committee.

Speech explaining the proposition of a Pacific Treaty Organization. PATO would push much of the burden off American troops and technology fighting Asian wars against Communism and allow other "free" countries to more effectively join the United States in opposing Communist countries.

Speech; Nuclear powered attack submarine; Navy ship; Fleet; USS Houston Survivors Association; Houston War Bonds Committee.

Speech; Welcome Remarks; Housing industry; Housing policies.

Speech; Correlation between organized labor and inflation; Labor law reform as domestic priority; Associated General Contractors (AGC); Bill to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931; General Accounting Office (GAO); Federal construction costs; Construction unions; Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee.

Speech; Soviet relations; NATO Europe relations; Reliance on foreign goods; Threat of Soviet military power; Restoration of U.S. military strength; Defense budget.

Speech; Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA); President Nixon; Davis-Bacon Act; 92nd Congress; wages;

Speech; war in Southeast Asia; Vietnam, committed troops; communism.

Speech; National productivity gap; Innovation in information technology; Joint Economic Committee; Rise in consumer prices; Costs of regulation; Taxes; Inflation; Skills and job performance; Electronic banking; FED Membership legislation; Federal Reserve.

Speech; Higher food prices; Farm price increases; Increased productivity; Increased investment in cattle industry.

Speech criticizing anti-business politics and arguing that healthy businesses benefit everyone, including laborers. Wishes to remove wage and price controls once inflation is under control, transfer unfair labor practice cases to the federal courts, repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, get rid of anti-trust laws that protect labor unions, and abolish the minimum wage, among other things.

Speech; Housing legislation; Conventional and assisted housing; Rental Rehabilitation Grant Program; Amendments to the FHA Insurance Title; Multi-Family Graduated Payment Mortgages; Shared Appreciation Mortgages; Deregulation of rents; Preservation of existing housing; Removal of statutorily controlled FHA rate; Housing affordability; 98th Congress.

Speech explaining the economic trends that make things difficult for the home building industry even though the demand for homes has reached a high point. Tower places the blame on the unavailability of favorable mortgages, insurance companies preferring apartments over single-family buildings, and the rising costs of labor and land. Discusses the legislation he is supporting to help home builders in these hard times.

Speech; Recruitment of new generation of students of the sea; Armed Services Committee; U.S. challenged at sea by international Communism; College courses in oceanography; Sea study programs at University of Houston and Texas A & M; Dependence on imported goods shipped on the surface of the sea.