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The House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing with public health officials on efforts to improve flu vaccines and develop a universal flu vaccine. The witnesses in the fir…

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

James Jeffrey, the State Department’s Special Representative on Syria, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding U.S. troop withdrawal from northern Syria, Turkey’s infl…

Two House subcommittees held a joint oversight hearing on President Trump’s travel ban. Witnesses on the first panel included government officials from Homeland Security Department and Custo…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on U.S. policy in Afghanistan, featuring testimony from two officials from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Devel…

Energy Secretary Rick Perry testified on his department’s research and development programs before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Lawmakers asked about the agency’s curre…

A House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing on the operations budget for the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Witnesses answered a range of…

Representative Ami Bera (D-CA) talked about the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the future of U.S. Space Policy. He spoke via video link from Capitol Hill.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted a day-long forum on U.S.-South Korea relations and security on the Korean Peninsula. This event started with a discussion wit…

The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s decision to invoke an emergenc…

The House debated and voted on amendments to a near-$1 trillion spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This speci…

James Jeffrey, the Trump administration’s special envoy for Syria, testified about the president’s strategy in the region before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ambassador Jeffrey outli…

The New Democrat Coalition Action Fund hosted a policy conference with several Democratic members of Congress to discuss their party’s agenda for the first session of the 116th Congress as w…

The House considered the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in February 2019. The legislation contains funding for grants and programs to help domestic violence…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He answered questions on a wide range of foreign affairs …

Thee House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the political situation in Venezuela and the status of U.S. humanitarian aid efforts in the country. Witnesses included U.S. Special En…

Climate scientists and policy experts testified on the latest climate change research before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. They discussed an array of topics, including c…

The House passed a war powers resolution requiring the president to get congressional authorization for military action in Yemen, and current U.S. military support to end within 30 days afte…

On day 19 of a government shutdown, the House in a 240-188 vote passed a bill to re-open the Department of the Treasury, the IRS, and more than 20 independent agencies. Eight Republicans vot…