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John E. Fogarty (1913-1967) was an American legislator who became known as "Mr. Public Health" for his advocacy of federal funding for medical research, health education, and health care services. After graduating from LaSalle Academy, Fogarty attended evening classes at Providence College. He then joined his older brother and father as an apprentice bricklayer, subsequently becoming the President of Bricklayers Union No. 1, laying the groundwork for his career in public service. As Democratic representative for Rhode Island, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1941 to 1967 and chaired the House Appropriations Subcommittee for the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare from 1949 onward. During his congressional tenure, Fogarty championed a vast expansion of the National Institutes of Health, as well as aid to medical schools, libraries, and programs for children with disabilities. He sponsored or contributed to virtually every piece of health-related legislation introduced during this time. The John E. Fogarty Papers range from c.1941 to 1967 and contain personal and legislative correspondence, speeches, legislative records, photographs, and audiovisual materials.
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A First for Aging | Digital Document | 1961-01-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Speech detailing recent work in the research on aging |
A First for Aging | Digital Document | 1961-01-09 | John E. Fogarty papers | Addresss delivered at the White House Conference on Aging |
Address in support of H.J. Res. 576 | Digital Document | 1961-11-03 | John E. Fogarty papers | Address at Second Conference on Experimental Clinical Cancer Chemotherapy |
Address in support of H.R. 3438 | Digital Document | 1961-01-26 | John E. Fogarty papers | Address by John E. Fogarty |
Address in support of H.R. 5872 | Digital Document | 1961-03-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | The Education of the Blind |
Analysis of Davis-Bacon Amendments | Digital Document | John E. Fogarty papers | Amendments to the Davis-Bacon act proposed by John E. Fogarty | |
Brief Analysis of the Rehabilitation Act of 1957 | Digital Document | 1957-11-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Analysis of the effects of H.R. 6982 |
Comments on Bill 5872 | Digital Document | 1961-03-23 | John E. Fogarty papers | Comments on H.R. 5872 from the American House for the Blind |
Conference report to accompany H.R. 10586 | Digital Document | 1965-09-08 | John E. Fogarty papers | Report in support of H.R. 10586 |
Conference Report to accompany H.R. 11645 | Digital Document | 1958-07-17 | John E. Fogarty papers | Conference report regarding an appropriations bill |
Congressional Record | Digital Document | 1965-07-29 | John E. Fogarty papers | Debate concerning a vocational rehabilitation bill |
Congressional Record | Digital Document | 1965-09-15 | John E. Fogarty papers | Debate surrounding H.R. 9579 |
Congressional Record | Digital Document | John E. Fogarty papers | Statement in support of H.R. 9926 | |
Congressional Record- Rhode Island Lithuanian Resolution | Digital Document | 1965-06-29 | John E. Fogarty papers | Statement calling for the independence of Lithuania |
Congressional Record: Extension of Remarks of Hon. John E. Fogarty | Digital Document | 1958-03-11 | John E. Fogarty papers | Statement in support of proposed legislation |
Debate over H.R. 11588 | Digital Document | 1965-10-14 | John E. Fogarty papers | Congressional Record |
Debate over H.R. 3708 | Digital Document | 1965-03-31 | John E. Fogarty papers | Congressional Record- Older Americans Act of 1965 |
Draft bill of H.R. 6415 | Digital Document | John E. Fogarty papers | Draft of H.R. 6415 | |
Draft of H.R. 13840 | Digital Document | 1958-09-06 | John E. Fogarty papers | draft of H.R. 13840 |
Facts on the proposed National Service Program | Digital Document | 1963-03-27 | John E. Fogarty papers | Report outlining the proposed Natioanl Service Corps |
Fogarty Amendment to Immigration Bill (H.R. 2580) | Digital Document | 1965-08-25 | John E. Fogarty papers | Amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act |
H. Con. Res. 192 | Digital Document | 1965-02-04 | John E. Fogarty papers | Resolution to express the sense of Congress against the persecution of persons by Soviet Russia beca… |
H. Con. Res. 288 | Digital Document | 1965-02-16 | John E. Fogarty papers | Resolution tequesting the President of the United States to bring the Baltic States question before… |
H. Con. Res. 71 | Digital Document | 1957-01-16 | John E. Fogarty papers | Resolution inviting Spain into NATO |
H. Con. Res. 91 | Digital Document | 1953-04-01 | John E. Fogarty papers | Resolution calling for an opening prayer at all international meetings in which the U.S. is a partic… |