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The House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics. 

Homeland Security Inspector General John Roth and other witnesses testified on airport security issues, including passenger screening, employee credentialing, and perimeter security. Homelan…

Veterans Affairs Department officials testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the money spent on two department conferences in 2011. A former department off…

State Department officials testified at a hearing on the September 11, 2012, terrorist attacks of on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Among the topics they addressed were the initial r…

Witnesses from FedEx, Norfolk Southern, the South Carolina Ports Authority, Werner Enterprises, and the AFL-CIOtestified on the future of freight transportation.

Michael Huerta testified on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) efforts to implement the NextGen modernization program and the potential impact of sequestration budget cuts on his agency.

General Services Administration (GSA) officials testified on overspending at their agency, specifically on the spending of the November 2010 Federal Acquisitions Service Award Ceremony in Vi…

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) convened an opening meeting of House and Senate conferees on the surface transportation bill. Senator Boxer and Ranki…

The House met in Pro Forma session.

CR pp. H302-H342. The House voted to suspend rules and pass the Senate amendment to H.R. 1612, to authorize appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for the fiscal y…

CR, pp. H11413-H11503. The House agreed to the conference report on H.R. 1777, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for the Department of State, clearing the measure fo…

The House debated and voted on HR 3545, The Guaranteed Deficit Reduction Reconciliation Act. It passed 206-205.

CR, pp. H9129-H9450. (Second legislative day) Under a revised rule, H.Res. 298, the House passed H.R. 3545, a $14.5 billion deficit reduction bill, from which welfare reform measures had be…

The House debated and votes on H.R. 515, Fair Credit and Charge Card Disclosure Act.

The House passed H.R. 2939, renewing the special-prosecutor law. It would allow for special independent counsel to be appointed to investigate suspected wrongdoings by top officials in the e…

The committee heard testimony concerning the violation of US export laws by Toshiba Machines and Kongsberg by selling military use machinery to the Soviet Union. Note: This program is incom…

The House debated the reauthorization of highway and mass transit programs. An amendment allowing states to raise the maximum speed limit to 65 mph was considered.

The House debated a tax reform bill which passed by a voice vote caused by confusion on the House floor where there was support for a recorded vote. The rules of how votes are taken was deba…

The House debated the hazardous-waste cleanup program. Amendments that were debated included legislation concerning the public accountability of chemical emissions, that allows individuals h…

The House debated raising the statutory debt ceiling. Note: There is some video breakup.