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Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) talked to reporters following a closed-door briefing from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey and other federal law enforcement offic…

Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) talked to reporters after a closed-door briefing for House members by federal officials after the Paris terrorist attacks. He talked about the dearth of inf…

The House debated several bills under suspension of the rules.

The House voted 242-184 to establish a panel to investigate Planned Parenthood. Members also voted 240-183 to defeat a privileged resolution introduced by Representative Louise Slaughter (D-…

School administrators and policy experts testified at a hearing on combating sexual assaults on college campuses. One of the topics discussed centered on whether cases should be handled by t…

Groups including the Tea Party Patriots held a “Stop the Iran Deal Rally” on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol to voice their opposition to the Iran nuclear agreement. Republican presidentia…

Secretary of State John Kerry, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the Iran nuclear agreement and its enf…

The House debated a bill to revoke federal funding for “sanctuary cities.” "Sanctuary cities" are jurisdictions around the country that have polices to shelter illegal immigrants and do not …

Witnesses testified at a hearing on the implications of an agreement with Iran over the country’s nuclear program that was announced that day. Former Senator Joe Lieberman and former CIA Dir…

The House debated and approved H.R. 5, the Student Success Act, and resumed debate on a fiscal year 2016 Interior Department, Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies spending b…

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on rules and regulations for child nutrition programs. The Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was set to expire on September 30, 2015. The commi…

Witnesses from the Departments of State and Defense and U.S. Agency for International Development testified at a hearing on the response to the two major earthquakes in Nepal since April 201…

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee marked up H.R. 1853, to direct the President to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization…

Retired General John Allen, the special presidential envoy for the global coalition to counter ISIS, was joined by two Defense Department officials in testifying before the House Foreign Aff…

Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Ukraine’s conflict with Russia, focusing on U.S. policy toward both nations. Assistant …

Secretary of State John Kerry testifed before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his department’s the fiscal year 2016 budget proposal, and foreign policy challenges. The hearing covered…

The House passed, 257-167, H.R. 240. The bill funds the Department of Homeland Security without the policy rider that blocks President Obama’s executive action on immigration.

Witnesses testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the national security threat posed by ISIS. They discussed terrorist strategy and tactics, how they could be called defeat…

The House passed H.R. 636, a package of bills to extend tax credits for small businesses that expired at the end of 2014. Members delivered speeches on any topic.

State, Treasury, and Commerce Department officials testified on the Obama’s administration’s decision to normalize relations with Cuba and lift many travel and economic sanctions that had be…