February
- February 1 – President Bush announces the transmitting of the Savings and Economic Growth Act of 1990 to Congress during a morning appearance in the Roosevelt Room. President Bush says the legislation is "an important initiative" that he had outlined during the most recent State of the Union address and has the three central components of a "family savings account, capital gains tax rate reduction, and then the homeownership initiative." [48]
- February 1 – President Bush attends the Annual National Prayer Breakfast in the International Ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel. [49]
- February 1 – President Bush announces the appointment of Joy A. Silverman for membership on the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. [50]
- February 1 – President Bush announces the nomination of Charles J. Chamberlain for a reappointment of membership on the Railroad Retirement Board. [51]
- February 1 – President Bush issues an order on the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation Divestiture of MAMCO Manufacturing, Incorporated. [52]
- February 1 – President Bush transmits his decisions toward the China National Aero-Technology Import and Export Corporation Divestiture of MAMCO Manufacturing, Incorporated to Congress in a message. [53]
- February 2 – President Bush addresses student and faculty members of the University of Tennessee in the Alumni Memorial Gymnasium. [54]
- February 2 – President Bush announces the appointment of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. The panel is intended to inform the president on matters concerning science and technology. [55]
- February 2 – President Bush announces the intention to appoint Katherine E. Boyd for membership on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. [56]
- February 5 – President Bush transmits the Federal Republic of Germany-United States Convention on Taxation and Fiscal Evasion to the Senate in a message. [57]
- February 5 – President Bush transmits the Finland-United States Convention on Taxation and Fiscal Evasion in a message to the Senate. [58]
- February 5 – President Bush addresses the Intergovernmental Panel at Georgetown University's Leavey Center. His remarks concern climate change and outline the environmental policy of the administration. [59]
- February 5 – President Bush announces the nomination of Richard E. Bissell for Assistant Administrator for Science and Technology of the Agency for International Development, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. [60]
- February 5 – President Bush sends Congress the 1989 Science and Engineering Indicators Report in a message, the ninth of its kind. [61]
- February 6 – President Bush transmits the 1990 Economic Report in a message to Congress. [62]
- February 8 – President Bush attends Fundraising Breakfast for Governor Kay Orr in Omaha, Nebraska. [63]
- February 9 – President Bush announces the nomination of Shirin Raziuddin Tahir-Kheli for Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs at the United Nations. [64]
- February 9 – President Bush attends the presentation ceremony for the Flo Hyman Award in the Roosevelt Room during the morning. [65]
- February 9 – President Bush announces the nomination of John J. Adair for Inspector General of the Resolution Trust Corporation. [66]
- February 10 – In a statement, President Bush praises the decision by President de Klerk to release Nelson Mandela "as another significant step on the road to the nonracial, democratic South Africa which we all desire." [67]
- February 12 – President Bush attends the morning welcoming ceremony for the President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso on the South Portico. [68]
- February 13 – President Bush signs the American instrument for the ratification for the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances. In a statement, President Bush calls the signing "one important step closer to placing in the hands of all signatory nations to this Convention a new and formidable weapon in our continued struggle against international drug traffickers." [69]
- February 14 – President Bush signs the Urgent Assistance for Democracy in Panama Act of 1990 into law. President Bush says the legislation "will allow us to proceed expeditiously on Phase I of our plan to foster economic recovery in Panama." [70]
- February 16 – President Bush issues a memorandum on the Federalism executive order to heads of executive departments and agencies. [71]
- February 16 – President Bush signs the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 into law. President Bush says the legislation will authorize the "funding for the Department of State at a level sufficient to cover appropriations for this fiscal year." [72]
- February 20 – President Bush announces the nomination of E. U. Curtis Bohlen for Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. [73]
- February 20 – President Bush attends the presentation ceremony for the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering in the ballroom of the State Department. [74]
"February 22' - President Bush issued a proclamation declaring the International Year of the Bible: The Bible has had a critical impact on the development of Western civilization. Western literature, art, and music are filled with images and ideas that can be traced to its pages. More importantly, our moral tradition has been shaped by the laws and teachings it contains. It was a Biblical view of man - one affirming the dignity and worth of the human person, made in the image of our Creator - that inspired the principles upon which the United States is founded...
Ref. "100 Bible Verses that Made America, by Robert J. Morgan, c 2020 Robert J. Morgan, published in Nashville, TN by W. Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson.
This page is based on this
Wikipedia article Text is available under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.