Labor Issues and the Trump Administration
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified on his department’s policies and priorities at a hearing held by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Members addressed several issues …
884 viewsLabor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified on his department’s policies and priorities at a hearing held by the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Members addressed several issues …
884 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 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 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 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 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 Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine ideas to modernize the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulation of over-the-counter drugs. Dr. Janet Woo…
761 viewsMembers of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) testified at an oversight hearing on possible changes to communications legislation. Topics included broadband access in rural communiti…
1,156 viewsState and local education officials testified at a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing on the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act, the 2015 law that changed the …
996 viewsState officials from Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Rhode Island testified about the nation’s opioid epidemic. The witnesses described specific treatment and prevention programs in their …
1,926 viewsCurrent and former state and federal health care officials testified at a hearing on extending funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which was set to expire at the end …
808 viewsThe House passed a bill that authorizes the interior secretary to coordinate the federal and state permitting process relating to the construction of surface water storage projects.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,091 viewsThe House passed several bills dealing with veterans and child protection.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,663 viewsThe House voted 217-213 to approve the Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act,. Members also voted down an exemption for members of Congress from the revised Republican heal…
View in Congressional Chronicle13,772 viewsThe House convened to debate and vote on the American Health Care Act, a Republican bill to replace the Affordable Care Act. The session recessed without a vote. House leadership later annou…
View in Congressional Chronicle27,517 viewsPanelists spoke about the pros and cons of giving states more flexibility and power over Medicaid. Representative Brett Guthrie (R-KY) talked about Medicaid and the role of states in adminis…
264 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up a Republican plan to replace portions of the Affordable Care Act.
2,000 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee met to mark up a Republican plan to replace portions of the Affordable Care Act.
500 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee met to consider the legislative recommendations relating to replacing of the Affordable Care Act. The legislation, part of House Republicans' American…
502 views