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The House passed H.R. 3543, to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for relief from the effects of natural disasters, for other urgent needs, and for incremental cos…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimonies on the payment of promised contributions to the Persian Gulf war effort by coalition allies. In all, $54.5 billion was pledged by coalit…

The House agreed to H.J. Res. 214, to recognize the Astronauts' Memorial at the John F. Kennedy Space Center as the national memorial to astronauts who die in the line of duty. The House vot…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on the relief efforts being undertaken by the U.S. and allied militaries in Iraq for Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.

Members of Congress spoke to reporters on their reaction to the President George H.W. Bush’s address to a Joint Session of Congress earlier in the evening. Responses mainly concerned appreci…

House Resolution 95 is passed to commend the President, the United States military and the allied forces on the success of Operation Desert Storm. The representatives praised the military an…

Members of Congress discussed remarks on national feeling, crime, transportation, and the Middle East made by President George H.W. Bush in an address to a Joint Session of Congress. Viewers…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 707, to improve the regulation of futures trading and to authorize appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The House v…

Members of Congress, including Sen. Bob Dole and Rep. Tom Foley, spoke to reporters about recent developments in the Persian Gulf war. Members talked about the Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait,…

Members of Congress spoke to reporters outside the White House after meeting with President Bush on the situation in the Persian Gulf. Saddam Hussein had delivered a speech to the Iraqi peop…

Members of U.S. House of Representatives took up consideration of HR-586 bill user suspension of the rules. The measure would require the administration to issue monthly reports to congress …

The committee heard testimony from James Baker, U.S. Secretary of State, on the fiscal year 1992 federal budget proposal. In his remarks, Baker outlined a plan for the Middle East following …

The panelists focused on the media’s presentation, and the tremendous amount of coverage of the Persian Gulf war. They discussed whether the media fulfilled the journalistic task of critical…

Representative Dante Fascell (D-FL) discussed his vision of a U.S. foreign aid program in the wake of the end of the cold war. Changes he proposed included refocusing our efforts so as to en…

The House passed H. Con. Res. 41, condemning the Iraqi attack against Israel. The House passed H. Con. Res. 48, condemning the brutal treatment by the government of Iraq of captured service …

Representative Peter Kostmayer, D-Pennsylvania, member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, praised Israel for restraint in not retaliating against SCUD missile attacks directed at Israe…

The House passed S. Con. Res. 2, supporting the United States presence in the Persian Gulf.

Representative Dante Fascell (D-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee, spoke to reporters following the initiation of hostilities against Iraq by U.S. and allied forces earlie…

The House met in a rare Saturday session to complete action on 3 resolutions regarding U.S policy in the Persian Gulf. It passed H. Con. Res. 32, to express the sense of Congress that Congre…

Dante Fascell, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, spoke on Congress and how they should support the President’s use of U.S. troops in the Middle East. He also discussed the rol…