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Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about government spending deadlines, aid to Israel and Ukraine, and news of the day.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testified at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing on her department’s fiscal year 2023 budget requestion. Secretary Granholm answered several q…

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on his department’s fiscal year 2023 budget request. The secretary re…

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on her department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Several topics were discussed during the h…

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. Secretary Becerra answered …

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar appeared before an Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the coronavirus outbreak and President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request. Members q…

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified at a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. Committee members' questions addressed a range o…

Administrator Scott Pruitt testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee amid allegations of ethics violations and fiscal mismanag…

Minority Leader Pelosi and other members of House Democratic leadership spoke to reporters about the government shutdown.

State Department officials testified at a hearing on the department’s Inspector General report on efforts to open a new U.S. Embassy in London in 2017 and the latest cost projections. Member…

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. She took questions on the organization’s operations and responded to recent…

House Democratic leaders spoke to following a meeting on the federal budget with White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough. The Senate voted on a procedural vote to advance the House-passed…

Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 budget proposal, which was to be released later in the morning. Topics included President Obama’s proposal t…

Representatives debated avoiding the “fiscal cliff” that includes the expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts put in place by the 2011 Budget Control Act.

Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about the latest developments in “fiscal cliff” negotiations in Congress, including his opinion on the possibility of a compromise before the end of …

Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about the agreement reached by conference committee members on extending the Social Security payroll tax cut, and he responded to telephone calls and…

Richard Cordray testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services. He focused on the proposed operation of the bureau and said it was pre…

Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) talked about the prospects that the members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction will reach agreement by their agreement. He responded to tele…

Representative Peter Welch talked about the status of negotiations on an agreement on the budget and national debt, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics …

Ben Bernanke made the keynote address at a conference on the U.S. economy and the federal debt ceiling. In his remarks he said that “failing to raise the debt ceiling in a timely way would b…