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Secretary Baker, in testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the Persian Gulf crisis, said that Iraq’s decision to free all hostages is related to the previous week’s Unite…

In separate standup news conferences, House Republican leaders announced that their officers had been re-elected for the 102nd Congress. Rep. Lewis was returned to the chairmanship of the Ho…

Congressional leaders reacted to President Bush’s announcement of his intention to meet with the foreign minister of Iraq while sending Secretary of State Baker to Baghdad to meet with Sadda…

Rep. Hyde was just elected to his ninth term. A member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, he discussed recent events in the Persian Gulf and took viewer calls.

The House agreed to S. 3266, to reauthorize the Small Business Act of 1958. The House also agreed to H.Res. 538, amending the Immigration and Nationality Act, and H.Con.Res. 399, providing f…

The House agreed to H.Res. 527 to waive certain rules. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 605, enhancing consumer product safety. The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 1430, to enhance national and community service. A letter from Rep. Donald E. Lukens, of Ohio, was read, wherein he resigned as a member of th…

The House agreed to the Murtha motion to close the conference committee meetings on H.R. 5803, Defense appropriations, to the public. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 2104, am…

The House agreed to H.Res. 487 which provided for the consideration of H.R. 5835, intelligence authorizations. The House agreed to H.Res. 509, providing for the consideration of H.R. 5835, t…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 5269, to control crime, but came to no resolution.

The House ordered the previous question on H. Res 473 and the Slaughter amendment after rejecting H. Res. 473, the rule for consideration of H.R. 5269 to control crime, and agreeing to the S…

The House agreed to H. Res. 464, providing for agreeing to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328. The House agreed to the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 4328, the Trade Agencies Author…

The House agreed to H.Res. 461, to restrict the amendments considered with H.R. 4739. The House continued consideration of amendments to H.R. 4739, to authorize appropriations for military f…

Members of Congress offered their reactions to President Bush’s address to the joint session of Congress.

Secretary James Baker reported to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the recent events in the Persian Gulf. He described the efforts at building a strong international diplomatic coaliti…

Congressmen Sarbanes and Hyde spoke about the events in the Persian Gulf and U.S. foreign policy in Congress.

Representative Les Aspin, Democrat from Wisconsin, held a briefing to give his reaction to President George’s H. W. Bush decision to send military forces into Saudi Arabia. Rep. Henry Hyd…

Rep. Hyde responded to President Bush’s announcement that he would deploy troops to Saudi Arabia.

Representative Henry Hyde, R-Illinois, discussed the congressional reaction to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the United States' policy options in the Middle East.

The House passed H.R. 4000, known as the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to strengthen civil rights laws that ban employment discrimination. The House passed H.R. 5350 a short-term debt limit incre…