The Jordanian Prime Minister urged Secretary of State George P. Shultz today to embrace King Hussein's proposal for an international peace conference on the Middle East.

He successfully urged Secretary of State George P. Shultz to drop the United States' 13-year ban on contacts with the P.L.O.

A number of members of Congress are urging Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright to meet with Belarussian opposition leaders at a conference on democracy in Poland next week.

Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian negotiator, urged Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to come here immediately.

I am strongly urging Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher to reject an adjustment.

And in a 70-to-30 vote last week, the Senate urged Secretary of State George P. Shultz to cancel his trip to Moscow.

Chairman Waxman and a bipartisan group of members sent the following letter urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to take action to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal crop insurance program.

We would urge Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to go immediately to Beirut, except we're not sure she would be welcome after President Bush's failure last summer to restrain Israel's disastrous air war.

Senator Johnson urged Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to act quickly on the recommendation.

Senator Jeffords, a longtime treaty supporter, fought back on April 6, urging Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to persevere.