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The House considered legislation on business and financial regulations.

Witnesses testified about multiple problems with the Obama administration’s efforts to create green jobs, but he said the program should not be ended. The green jobs program had employed jus…

House Republican freshmen spoke to reporters and answered questions about Speaker Boehner’s debt ceiling and budget deficit plan. They said they would support the plan.

Elizabeth Warren testified on the implementation and congressional oversight of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). CFPB was scheduled to open on July 21, 2011, and was crea…

Witnesses testified on the federal government bailout of General Motors. During the hearing Republican members accused Ron Bloom of getting too involved in General Motors' structured bankrup…

Whistleblowers and family members of a border patrol agent killed in 2010 appeared at a hearing on a government sting operation aimed at gun smugglers known as “Operation Fast and Furious.” …

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the recovery efforts from BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Oil, the Obama administration’s response. Governor Haley…

House Oversight Committee - Regulatory Impediments To Job Creation In The Northeast, Hearing I - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, S…

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) and Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin (D) testified on the fiscal status of their states. Governor Walker defended his efforts to strip public employee union…

Ambassador Susan Rice testified about United Nations operations and the U.S. role at the U.N. She outlined the Obama administration’s priorities for reforming the U.N. and its management pra…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan testified on his department’s fiscal year 2012 budget request.

Former Virginia Representative Tom Davis and Comptroller General Gene Dodaro testified on the recent Government Accounting Office (GAO) report that pinpointed 34 areas, including Defense Dep…

Secretary of State Clinton testified on U.S. foreign policy priorities before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. She urged no spending cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid. She told the commi…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on government waste. The report said the federal government had redu…

Complete consideration of H. Res. 72--Directing certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from agencies of the Federal Govern…