Veteran Education Programs
The House Veterans' Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee held a hearing on the implementation of a 2017 law that reauthorized and expanded education assistance programs for military vet…
532 viewsThe House Veterans' Affairs Economic Opportunity Subcommittee held a hearing on the implementation of a 2017 law that reauthorized and expanded education assistance programs for military vet…
532 viewsEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testified before the House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee on the mission of his agency. He said his three goals are restoring power to the states…
1,588 viewsFDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Dr. Francis Collins testified on implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act. The law was signed by President Obama in December 2016 with the aim of acce…
497 viewsThe House approved legislation that would exempt makers of manufactured homes, also known as “mobile homes,” from regulations for mortgage lenders.
View in Congressional Chronicle7,888 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health met to hear testimony from many House members on their recommendations for combating the opioid epidemic. Some of the topics included tre…
1,095 viewsThe House debated the House Republican tax reform bill, HR 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. No amendments were allowed to the legislation during floor debate.
View in Congressional Chronicle4,648 viewsPublic and private sector officials testified at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on infrastructure response and recovery efforts in the wake of a series of deadly hurricanes…
375 viewsThe House debated H.R. 2201, the Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act, which seeks to help small businesses raise capital by exempting certain micro-offerings from Securities and Exchange Commissi…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,274 viewsThe House approved a bill that would redefine the term “joint employer” to ensure that franchises and temporary agencies are not held liable for the working conditions of employees. Members …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,393 viewsThe House passed a bill to continue the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years. The vote was 242-174. The bill also continued community health centers and other health programs a…
354 viewsThe House voted 242-174 to extend for five years the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). It also continues community health centers and other health programs and provides for more Me…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,287 viewsThe House voted to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which is responsible for making Medicare cuts if the pr…
View in Congressional Chronicle499 viewsThe five FCC commissioners testified at an oversight hearing of their agency. Issues discussed included President Trump’s tweets and the First Amendment, net neutrality, news media ownership…
1,142 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations convened a hearing on the federal government’s public health preparedness for hurricane season. This hearing came a…
530 viewsFollowing one-minute speeches, Representative Al Green (D-TX) unveiled articles of impeachment against President Trump in an effort to force a House vote on removing him from office. Members…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,086 viewsFormer Equifax CEO Richard Smith testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the credit ratings agency’s data breach that put the personal and financial records of more than…
4,666 viewsThe House continued work on a fiscal year 2018 budget resolution, House Continuing Resolution 71. It calls for a balanced budget in 10 years by 2027 and provided instruction to overhaul the …
View in Congressional Chronicle1,274 viewsThe House passed a bill that bans abortions after 20 weeks with the exceptions of rape, incest against minors, and saving the life of the mother. Members also considered several other measur…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,237 viewsThe House considered a measure to reauthorize an early childhood home visiting program at current funding levels through 2022, and another bill that would deny access to Social Security bene…
View in Congressional Chronicle750 viewsThe House debated several bills under suspension of the rules, including one that extends Federal Aviation Agency funding for six months and another that reauthorizes North Korean human righ…
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