Morning Hour
The House met for morning hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,002 viewsThe House met for morning hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,002 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 viewsThe House debated the rules for three bills, including a continuing resolution to fund the federal government for two weeks.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,245 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 considered six bills under suspension of the rules, including one to raise the Secret Service limit on overtime pay, another on sanctions against Venezuela, and withholding U.S. to…
View in Congressional Chronicle978 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 began initial debate on the Republican tax reform bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,971 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…
412 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 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 debated the rules of consideration for two bills. The first bill was H.R. 849, to repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act for the Independent Paymen…
View in Congressional Chronicle740 viewsThe House considered a bill that allows more logging on federal lands as a way to reduce wildfires.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,479 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 viewsEnergy Secretary Rick Perry testified at a hearing on his agency’s priorities. At the start of the hearing, Secretary Perry defended his use of private and government planes for official bus…
1,201 viewsThe House debated and approved the rule for the fiscal year 2018 budget and tax reform bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle574 viewsThe House continued work on a bill to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees. Members also debated a $36.5 billion bill for hurricane relief efforts and wildfire recovery…
View in Congressional Chronicle802 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 debated a bill extending Federal Aviation Administration funding for six months and giving tax relief to victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria.
View in Congressional Chronicle992 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…
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