Federal health officials testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee at a hearing on the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Other topics discussed included vaccine equity, th…
358 viewsSeveral members from the conservative Freedom Caucus held a news conference from Capitol Hill on the United States' withdrawal from Afghanistan. They urged Speaker Pelosi to call the House b…
3,684 viewsHouse Freedom Caucus members held a press briefing to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution package, which passed the Senate and was being consid…
796 viewsThe House convened for one-minute speeches.
View in Congressional Chronicle406 viewsHouse Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and the House Republican Doctors Caucus held a press conference on the COVID-19 Delta variant.
1,380 viewsThe House met for a pro forma session.
View in Congressional Chronicle3,574 viewsThe House debated four bills. Two of the bills, the Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act and the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act, were debated as suspens…
View in Congressional Chronicle664 viewsThe House approved two bills debated earlier under suspension of the rules. One allows states to use federal energy conservation funds for plans to avert cyber attacks on energy infrastructu…
View in Congressional Chronicle601 viewsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director and principal deputy director testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before the House Appropriations Subcommi…
257 viewsDr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health & Human Ser…
1,308 viewsThe House passed a number of suspension bills related to veterans and land measures. Members passed another suspension bill that designates Pulse nightclub site in Orlando, Florida, as the N…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,144 viewsLabor Secretary Marty Walsh testified on the Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Secretary Walsh answered questions from a House Appropriations subcommittee about women a…
285 viewsEducation Department Secretary Miguel Cardona testified on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request before a House Appropriations subcommittee. Regarding schools and the COVID-19 pa…
621 viewsThe House met for a pro forma session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,456 viewsThe House passed a bill to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state. The margin was 216-208, along party lines.
View in Congressional Chronicle5,487 viewsGovernment Accountability Office (GAO) Health Care Director Mary Denigan-Macauley testified on the Food and Drug Administration’s foreign drug inspection program. She outlined the challenges…
318 viewsHealth and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra appeared before a House Appropriations subcommittee to defend President Biden’s HHS fiscal year 2022 budget request. Lawmakers presse…
287 viewsAgriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on his department’s priorities for fiscal year 2022. He answered a range of questions on climat…
373 viewsThe House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a virtual hearing on how the COVID-19 pandemic was impacting the opioid epidem…
366 viewsThe House met for a pro forma session. The House chaplain said a prayer for Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL), who died earlier in the week.
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