National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy detailed findings from a preliminary report on the investigation of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. She described m…
416 viewsThe families of Americans detained abroad in countries including China, Iran and Afghanistan urged U.S. lawmakers to bring them home immediately. They met with the House Foreign Affairs Subc…
395 viewsThe House will continue to work on several police-related bills to highlight National Police Week. Members will also consider a bill that condemns the Biden administration’s decision to paus…
View in Congressional Chronicle646 viewsFormer U.S. Central Command Commander retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who oversaw the 2021 U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal, told House Foreign Affairs Committee members: “I alone bear full milita…
11,338 viewsThe House Rules Committee debated four foreign aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Members discussed the merits of the bills. They also heard from other members of Congress who offere…
4,604 viewsZalmay Khalilzad, the ambassador who negotiated the U.S.-Taliban deal to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He said he held the …
2,048 viewsState Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia on the Biden …
873 viewsFederal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker reiterated at a House Aviation Committee hearing that air safety is a top priority for the agency and that it taken immediate a…
1,693 viewsThe House debated the combined rule providing for consideration of H. Res. 863 (Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas), and H.R. 485 (the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,784 viewsFormer Homeland Security Department officials from the Trump administration, including former acting Secretary Chad Wolf (2019-21), testified on migration at the southern border before the H…
1,272 viewsJohn Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), said Afghans who worked with the U.S. during the war and remain in the country are being sought out and murdered…
347 viewsAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Dana Stroul testified on U.S. support for Israel amid its war wi…
2,269 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on oversight of his department before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He discussed how the Infrastructure Investment …
276 viewsThe House approved two suspension bills that were debated earlier in the day and thereafter continued debate on fiscal year 2024 funding for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and…
View in Congressional Chronicle299 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules in response to the Hamas attacks on Israel, including to sanction all financial supporters of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic …
View in Congressional Chronicle8,868 viewsThe families of several of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul International Airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan heavily criticized the Biden adm…
2,924 viewsRep. Brian Mast (R-FL) spoke to reporters about where things stand with the speaker election.
233 viewsRep. Brian Mast (FL) talked to reporters about the Republican Party’s choice for speaker following House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s decision to drop his bid for the top post. He said he…
1,627 viewsSpecial Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry defended the Biden administration’s climate agenda during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountab…
8,162 viewsThree men, current and retired military officials, gave lawmakers their assessment of what went wrong during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, during a public hearing befo…
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