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Secretary Christopher testified on U.S. foreign policy, giving an overview of anti-terrorism efforts, the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and other issues…

On this day, the House Savings and Construction Act of 1996. They also took up H.R. 3564, The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act, which would allow membership in NATO of some eastern European…

On this day, the House took up the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status with China, debating whether to grant MFN status to China for another year. They also then considered the Fiscal Year 1997…

The U.S. House of Representatives was opened with prayer by the House Chaplain. The Chair examined and approved the Journal. The House then moved to one-minute speeches. Later the House vote…

On this day, the U.S. House of Representatives took up an $11.9 billion Foreign Aid spending bill for the fiscal year 1997.

Participants briefed reporters on the need for a Hispanic Supreme Court justice. They called on the nation’s leaders to nominate more Hispanic judges, including one for the Supreme Court, in…

The House met to debate on the Ocean Shipping Reform Act and funding for the U.S. Marshalls Service. The session began with One-Minute speeches on a variety of issues, then debated the batte…

United States House of Representatives session met on March 28, 1996, and debated on the debt limit, line-item veto, health care, and the farm bill.

The U.S. House met and opened with prayer by the Chaplain. Members of the House debated an Anti-Terrorism Law.

Committee members heard testimony from Assistant Secretary Tarnoff concerning the recent Cuban downing of two U.S. civilian aircraft piloted by members of a Cuban-American relief group and t…

The US House Debates on Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property proposals. This debate is followed by special order speeches.

Representatives have five minutes to talk on any subject of their choosing.