Morning Hour
The House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics.
View in Congressional Chronicle335 viewsThe House convened for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on a variety of topics.
View in Congressional Chronicle335 viewsThe House passed, 230-182, H.R. 5781, the California Emergency Drought Relief Act, and rejected a Democratic motion to recommit.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,490 viewsTodd Park, the former chief technology officer in charge of healthcare.gov, testified before a House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee about the website’s security protocols. The c…
963 viewsHouse members debated four bills under suspension of the rules and passed H.R. 4012, which requires the EPA to disclose the scientific data it uses to justify its regulations. Members delive…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,271 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle814 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a field hearing at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on responding to the Ebola virus and coordination between federal, state, and local offi…
124 viewsSearch for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Research Center (SETI) specialists testified on the scientific methods used to look for extraterrestrial life, including radio and optical astronomy …
145,080 viewsA House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee held a hearing focusing on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives developed and conducted by the pr…
900 viewsThe House held a vote on H.R. 5108. Following the vote, members debated 12 bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle748 viewsExhibitors at an annual technology fair on Capitol Hill were interviewed about their start-up and established tech companies and their new devices. They demonstrated products such as wearabl…
507 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,071 viewsRepresentative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) talked about the impact of the influx of unaccompanied immigrant children from Central America on her state and the nation. She discussed the bipa…
548 viewsThe House considered H.R. 3086, a bill that would make the ban on Internet access taxes permanent. Members also continued debate on H.R. 5016, a fiscal year 2015 financial services spending …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,391 viewsThe House held a series of votes on bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle391 viewsWitnesses testified on the roles of U.S. federal agencies in orbital debris mitigation and space traffic management, the authorities granted to those agencies, and the coordination of their …
1,298 viewsThe House continued work on H.R. 4870, the fiscal year 2015 Defense Appropriations bill. The measure included $570.4 billion in discretionary funding, of which $79.4 billion supports militar…
View in Congressional Chronicle949 viewsFollowing One Minute Speeches, the House began an hour of general debate on the Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations bill. The open rule, which provides for ger…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,424 viewsThe House reconvened for legislative business including votes and the beginning of debate on H.R. 4660, the fiscal year 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,206 viewsThe House debates six suspension bills, including one condemning the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,730 viewsThe House took up a resolution establishing a select committee to investigate the September 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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