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A memorial service was held in Statuary Hall to honor Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) who died on February 11, 2008, in Bethesda Naval Medical Center in Maryland. Mem…

HR 2194: A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to federal facilities. HR 4250: A bill to autho…

HR 5318: A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation status to the products of the People’s Republic of China. HR 5677: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor…

House Legislative Session. Several Bills to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 were considered.

The U.S. House of Representatives opened with prayer. Then members debated HR 5678: A bill that would appropriate $22.3 billion in FY'93 for the Departments of Commerce-Justice-and State, in…

The U.S. House of Representative debated HR 477: A resolution relating to noncurrent records of the former Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran, 100th Congress.…

S. 2569: A bill to make the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; to provide joint duty credit for certain service; and to provide for the tempor…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of State James Baker on proposals to provide economic aid to the independent republics which had formerly been part of the Soviet Union. Earlier …

On this Viewer Call in show, Representative Tom Lantos D-CA spoke on China, current events in the Soviet Union, recent events in Eastern Europe, and the upcoming summit between President Geo…

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell detailed the needs for foreign military assistance in light of changes in the world balance of power. …

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. 3768, which required the least-cost resolution of insured depository institutions, improved supervision, and examinations, and provided additional resources to the bank…

The House passed S. 1745, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen and improve federal civil rights laws and to provide for damages in cases of intentional employment discriminati…

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. 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 Representatives discussed the effects of redistricting in California. They also talked about the greater representation of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives took up conference reports on H.R. 2698, H.R. 2426, and H.R. 1415, to make appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, the Food and Drug Administration, t…

The House passed H.R. 3201, to provide emergency unemployment compensation.

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 3029, the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amemdments of 1991.

The House passed H.R. 2507, to amend the Public Health Service Act and to revise and extend the programs of the National Institutes of Health.