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The subcommittee heard testimony on the situation in the Middle East from Assistant Secretary Djerejian. He discussed issues such as the state of the hostages still held in Lebanon, and situ…

The House passed H.R. 2, to entitle employees to family leave in certain cases involving a birth, an adoption, or a serious health condition and temporary medical leave in certain cases invo…

The House failed to agree on the conference report on House Rule 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House passed House Rule 3489, to reauthorize the Export Administration…

The House passed H.R. 3543, to make dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for relief from the effects of natural disasters, for other urgent needs, and for incremental cos…

Viewer call-in with members of the Helsinki Commission Congressional Delegation. The representatives toured the Baltics, Armenia, Soviet Georgia, and Moscow after the coup attempt on Soviet …

The House passed H.R. 2950 to develop a national intermodal surface transportation system, to authorize funds for the construction of highways, for highway safety programs, and for mass tran…

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 3567, to amend the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to reserve assistance under the HOME Investment Partnerships Act for certai…

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1297, to amend the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to authorize the use by special coastal states of apportionments under that act fo…

The House Small Business Subcommittee heard testimony from administration officials and representatives of environmental groups on the impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement on th…

House members debated a provision of H.R. 2707, the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Appropriations bill for fiscal year 1992. H.R. 2707 is a $204 million appropriations bill contai…

Members of the House of Representatives debated H.R. 2508, the Foreign Assistance Act for fiscal year 1992, a $25.3 billion foreign aid package. Debate centered around an amendment introduce…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Representative Tony Hall (D-OH) offered an amendment en bloc that earmarks $335 million in the fi…

The House passed H.R. 2038, to authorize appropriations for the 1992 fiscal year for intelligence activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community Staff, and the Centra…

The House passed H.R. 1415, to authorize appropriations for the next to fiscal years for the Department of State. Amendments by Reps. Berman, Snowe, Upton, Dymally, Bereuter, Traficant, Paxo…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on the relief efforts being undertaken by the U.S. and allied militaries in Iraq for Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.

The House completed all debate on a motion to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 1047, amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make miscellaneous improvements in veterans' compensati…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney on necessary changes in the Department of Defense due to changes in the world political order, including the end of the Co…

At this final session of the 1991 House Republican Issues Conference, members reviewed and voted on the policy recommendations presented by each of the breakout groups. Policy topics includ…

The House voted to suspend the rules and pass H.R. 707, to improve the regulation of futures trading and to authorize appropriations for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The House v…