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Witnesses testified on the issue of online gambling, focusing on the legal restrictions of Internet gambling and the impact on consumers and states if restrictions are lifted. Among the issu…

Doctors and officials from Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration testified on the effects of drug shortages on cancer patients.

The House of Representatives convened for the business of the day, one minute speeches, and special order speeches. The House disapproved of Senate amendments to bill H.R. 3630 to provide in…

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified on the Energy Department’s decision to back over half a billion dollars in loan guarantees to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which later went into b…

Energy Secretary Steven Chu testified on the Energy Department’s decision to back over half a million dollars in loan guarantees to solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra, which later went into b…

The House considered conference report to 1st minibus spending package and rules for debate to a balanced budget amendment

Witnesses testified on a bill that would loosen restrictions on unsolicited phone calls to mobile devices. Supporters say the legislation is designed to make it easier for cell phone users t…

The House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee met to vote on issuing a subpoena for White House communications related to solar energy panel maker …

Witnesses testified on the cancellation of Community Living Assistance Service and Supports (CLASS) program. CLASS, which was part of the 2010 health care law, was slated to be a voluntary, …

The House considered legislation on business and financial regulations.

Treasury Department officials testified at a hearing on the investigation of loans to the failed solar panel company Solyndra. Gary Burner in his testimony said he had never encountered a lo…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson testified on her agency’s decision-making process and regulatory activity to comport with President Obama’s regulatory review an…

Solyndra executives invoked their Fifth Amendment rights at a House Energy Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturing company that recently f…

A House oversight subcommittee held a hearing on an Energy Department loan to a Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturing company that recently filed for bankruptcy. The $535 million dollar loan…

House Republican leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about the president’s job proposal set to be laid out in an address to a joint session of Congress later in the evening.

Representative Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) answered the question “What are you reading this summer?” The date and location of the interview are not known.

Representatives of Sony and Epsilon, whose companies recently experienced massive data security breaches, testified about data security and protection of consumer information.

Witnesses testified about ways to protect consumer information from theft and if federal legislation is needed. The Secret Service’s deputy agent in charge of cyber operations said that 96 p…

Cass Sunstein continued testimony about the costs of federal regulation, the effectiveness of regulatory programs, and the impact of regulation on job creation. In his remarks he said that a…