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The House approved a food safety bill that gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) increased authority over food produced in both the U.S. and abroad. It also gives immediate protection…

Members of Congress and first responders to the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001, spoke to reporters in support of legislation that would establish a $7 billion fund for the health c…

The House debated several bills and resolutions under suspension of the rules.

Keith Hall testified about the most recent report on unemployment. The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent.

The House approved federal spending through Saturday, December 18, 2010.

Representative Tom Reed was sworn in as the result of a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Eric J.J. Massa.

Members debated the extension of unemployment benefits.

The House passed a bill to fund the federal government through December 3, 2010.

The House continued work on a bill that creates a new program to provide medical services and health monitoring for 9/11 first responders.

Witnesses testified on the commercial sexual exploitation of American children within U.S. borders, and their subsequent rescue and rehabilitation. A panel of congressmen testified about leg…

Keith Hall testified about the most recent report on unemployment. The unemployment rate remained at 9.5 percent with the economy losing 131,000 jobs.

The House approved a fiscal year 2011 spending bill for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. Another bill, which guarantees health care for first responders t…

A Government Accountability Office auditor, the Interior Department’s inspector general, the president of Louisiana’s Lafourche Parish, and the executive director of the Project on Governmen…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) successor agency, testified about the ongoing reorganization of …

The House approved an extension of unemployment benefits.

The House considered a number of bills, including ones on surface transportation and aid for Haiti.