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House Foreign Affairs and Homeland Security Subcommittees held a joint hearing on U.S. policy toward Mexican and Central American criminal organizations. The hearing focused on the Merida In…

Frederic Hof testified on violence in Syria over the previous 9 months. He said the Assad regime was a “dead man walking” and its days were numbered. He also explained the dilemma the admini…

H.R. 1633 - Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 (Rep. Noem - Energy and Commerce)(Subject to a Rule) The Rule provides for one hour of general debate and makes in order the following…

Defense and State Department officials testified on President Obama’s decision to send 100 U.S. military advisers to advise local forces fighting the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its lea…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on potential threats from Iran and Syria, focusing on sanctions already imposed and the future of U.S. policy toward both countries. Witnes…

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on U.S. foreign policy. Topics included Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, israel-Palestin relations, and Russia, India, and Cu…

Finalists from the 2011 ExploraVision contest appeared at a hearing on science, technology, engineering, and math education. ExploraVision is a science competition in which teams of students…

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke about human space flight one week before the scheduled launch of the final Space Shuttle mission. In his remarks he vowed that the U.S. would not lose…

The House debated amendments to the fiscal year 2012 defense spending bill.

Members debated changes to patent and trademark Law. Vote number 484 was vitiated and replaced by vote 485.

Representative Dana Rohrabacher talked about his recent trip to Iraq, House Speaker John Boehner’s written request to President Obama for a justification for continued U.S. military operatio…

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…

James Steinberg testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about U.S. security interests in Libya.

The House voted to prohibit federal funds for public radio and block the use of any federal funds to purchase any radio programming from NPR and other content providers. Seven Republicans jo…

Charles Bolden testified about the Obama administrations fiscal year 2012 budget request for NASA. The request was for $18.7 billion, with $4.3 billion for the Space Shuttle and Internationa…

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 approved an extension of certain USA PATRIOT Act provisions. These same provisions failed to get approval earlier in the month.