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Rep. Charles Rangel (D-New York) and a congressional delegation returned from a trip to Columbia and talked to reporters about their meeting with the Columbian President.

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East heard a report from John Kelly, assistant secretary of state, reporting on the assassination of the very recently elected…

The House reconvened after a recess and further amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.Res. 299, Judiciary Committee Election; H.R. 3…

The House reconvened after a recess and amended H.R. 3607, Catastrophic Health Coverage. They also passed the following legislation: H.R. 3611, International Narcotics Control; H.R. 3614, Dr…

Under suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special interest was H.R. 3303, the Chemical and Biological Warfare Elimination Act to control the export of any item that…

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East heard testimony examining the economic and political situation in Iran, the status of efforts by Iran to …

The House passed H.R. 3607, the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Repeal Act to repeal Medicare provisions in the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988.

The House agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 1502, the District of Columbia Police Authorization and Expansion Act, to authorize the appropriations to DC for additional officers and mem…

The House failed to override the president’s veto of H.R. 2990 which concerned FY90 appropriations for the Department of Health and Human Services. The House agreed to H.R. 45 which calls fo…

While under suspension of the rules the House debated five pieces of legislation. The yeas and nays were demanded on two of these measures. These were H.Res. 257 which denounced restrictive …

After several amendments the House passed H.R. 3402 to promote political and economic democracy in Poland and Hungary.

After hearing an address by the president of South Korea, Roh Tae Woo, the House reconvened and debated two bills. H.R. 3299, a concurrent resolution on the budget for FY90 was defeated, and…

The House returned from recess and passed H.Con.Res. 194 expressing congressional support for the courageous people of Colombia, and H.R. 1310 which renames part of the Washington Memorial P…

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Operations and Subcommittee on Civil Service hold a joint hearing to examine the internal organization of the Department of State, foc…

The subcommittee hears from various witnesses about the pace of democratic reforms and the status of human rights in eastern Europe, focusing on the Soviet satellite states of Poland, Hungar…

The committee works on H.R. 3402, a bill containing more than $800 million in grants, loans, and loan guarantees to Poland and Hungary over the next three years.

The House passed and cleared for the president H.R. 2978, the Flag Protection Act. H.R. 1495, the Arms Control Agency Authorization was passed. The House passed H.R. 2748 which authorizes ap…

The House Foreign Affairs committee heard testimony about the implementation of the Export Administration Act by the Department of Commerce, especially the amendment contained in the Omnibus…

The Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs, Raymond Seitz gives testimony to the subcommittee on recent develpments in Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Unio…

The Committee heard testimony from government and private sector witnesses on how to solve homelessness and affordable housing problems.