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The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on U.S. policy in Somalia from representatives of the Departments of State and Defense and foreign aid agencies. Earlier in the month, U.S…

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and black members-elect of Congress spoke at a news conference following an orientation meeting for new members of the CBC. The members of the…

House debated the following bills - HR 5678: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, State, and the judiciary. HR 5192: A bill to amend title thirty-eight, Un…

SCR 112: A resolution to authorize printing of “Thomas Jefferson’s Manual of Parliamentary Practice.” HR 4096: A bill to amend title eleven, District of Columbia Code, to increase the max…

Leaders of African-American church denominations held a summit meeting with officials from the State Department, the United Nations, and several non-profit aid organizations. The event focus…

HR 5008: A bill to amend title thirty-eight, United States Code, to reform the formula for payment of dependency and idemnity compensation to survivors of veterans dying from service-connec…

HR 5645: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain sponshorship payments from the unrelated business income of tax-exempt organizations. HR 5056: A bill to estab…

HR 5100: A bill to strengthen the international trade position of the United States. HR 5560: A bill to extend the National Commission on Time and Learning. HR 5517: A bill to make approp…

HCR 238: A resolution to provide for the printing of the book entilted, “Year of the American Indian 1992: Congressional Recognition and Appreciation.” HR 5488: A bill to make appropriati…

HR 5368: A bill to make appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993. HR 429: A bill to amend certain federal…

HR 4342: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand job assistance programs for Vietnam era veterans. HR 4368: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend eligibil…

H.Res. 379: A resolution to provide amounts from the contingent fund of the House for the expenses of investigations and studies by standing and select committees of the House in the sessio…

The House was scheduled to hear amendments for H.R. 776, the Energy Policy act of 1992.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus held the first of two news conferences to discuss the outcome of the trial in Los Angeles of four white police officers charged with beating a black…

HR 3553: A resolution to amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965. HR 403: The rule providing for consideration of HR 3553. S 3: A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act…

The House Government Operations to consider reform of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process. The witnesses included the FDA commissioner and other agency representatives, …

Secretary Brady testified on U.S. foreign financial policy, including the Enterprise for Americas Initiative (Western hemisphere), and the question of aid to Eastern Europe and former Soviet…

Mr. Gates spoke to the committee about the challenges facing the U.S. intelligence community in the post cold war era. He focused on events in the former Soviet Union and the Middle East.

Several members delivered special order speeches in order to recognize the importance of February as black history month.