House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Syria Policy
The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S.-Syria policy with Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn. Among the topics discussed were Syria’s humanitarian crisis, refugees being…
483 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S.-Syria policy with Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn. Among the topics discussed were Syria’s humanitarian crisis, refugees being…
483 viewsThe House considered a number of suspension bills concerning human rights, including a resolution condemning the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
View in Congressional Chronicle869 viewsThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets held a virtual hearing to examine corporate integrity and compensation during the coron…
453 viewsFederal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria testified before the House Financial Services Committee on housing and mortgages during the coronavirus pandemic. Committee membe…
931 viewsThe House debated over 40 bills, including one aiming to protect Americans from fraud during the coronavirus pandemic. Members also passed a resolution of official condolences to the family …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,783 viewsThe House Financial Services Committee held a virtual hearing on providing federal financial aid for states and territories to help mitigate economic pressures and budgetary shortfalls cause…
613 viewsState Department officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the firing of the agency’s inspector general, Steve Linick. Witnesses included Undersecretary of State for …
2,084 viewsJohn Barsa, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) acting administrator, testified before House Foreign Affairs Committee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 $19.6 billion forei…
688 viewsThe House approved two suspension bills. The first measure establishes a Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino. The second sets up a Commission on the Social Status of Black Men…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,488 viewsThe House voted to repeal President Trump’s 2017 travel ban on certain countries and to limit the president’s authority to issue new entry bans. Members also approved a Senate amendment to t…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,118 viewsLeon Panetta, defense secretary during the Obama administration, testified at a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and Environment hearing on managing threats fro…
804 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Trump administration’s response to reports Russia offered bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Members focused on what actions sh…
787 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the implications of China’s new national security law in Hong Kong. Witnesses included activists and scholars, who discussed the new law…
1,330 viewsTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before the House Financial Services Committee about their respective agencies' pandemic response and the o…
2,766 viewsSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Jay Clayton testified before a House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets and emergency lending during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cha…
936 viewsThe House debated two bills: H.R. 5332, the Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2019, and H.J.Res. 90, a disapproval resolution of a rule issued in May 2020 by the Office of the Comptroller …
View in Congressional Chronicle659 viewsIn a vote of 236-181, the House passed the Democratic police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Will Hurd (TX) and Fred Upton (MI)…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,922 viewsA House Financial Services subcommittee held a virtual hearing with financial regulators on their response efforts to the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses included Federal Reserve Board Super…
248 viewsThe House debated and passed by voice vote a $2 trillion Senate-passed coronavirus economic aid package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Lawmakers had hoped to pass t…
View in Congressional Chronicle10,638 viewsFormer Wells Fargo board members testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the results of the committee’s investigation into the bank’s consumer abuses that led to the execu…
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