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The house was in session today and prayer was offered by the House Chaplain. Sympathy was given to Representative Claude Harris’s family in his passing. The House voted on bills under “Suspe…

The House met to take up the 1995 Spending Bill for the Department of Transportation and several related agencies. They also considered a bill that would create a new super agency that would…

This was a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee looking into wiretapping access. The hearing focused on proposals that require telecommunications providers to include wiretapp…

The House opened this session with one-minute speeches. Any Member may take the floor and speak on the subject of his or her choice for one minute. The House then moved on to the Emergency S…

The House met and debated the future of China’s “most favored nation” trade status.

This House session included a debate on the Interstate Banking bill and considered the FY 95 Foreign Operations report. After concluding House business for the day Special Order speeches wer…

The House session considers 11 bills under suspension of the rules. Included is consideration of an Unlisted Trading Privileges Bill.

C-SPAN joined this House session in progress.

Supporters of the president’s health care reform legislation spoke at one of the send-off rallies of Health Security Express, a bus tour advocating universal care health reform. The bus tour…

Representative Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) spoke about the committee process dealing with the health care reform proposal and the effort by the White House to garner support for the plan.

The U.S. House of Representatives met and continued debate on the Independent Counsel Reauthorization, which allowed the appointment and funding for investigations into high ranking official…

During a congressional hearing looking at the health effects of smoking, the House Health & the Environment Subcommittee continued its series of hearings on the impact of smoking and efforts…

During a mark-up session, the House subcommittee discussed the line-by-line language of H.R. 3434, a bill which would restrict smoking in public.

Representative Ron Wyden (D-OR) discussed a proposal by Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) to allow U.S. citizens to take part in the same health care plan that members of Congress utilize. Jack Fa…

The guests shared their viewpoint about the organizations and companies which will affect and be affected by the growth of the information superhighway. Topics included the role of Congress …