The CEOs of Exxon, BP, Shell, and Chevron testified at a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on climate change. The witnesses faced accusations from lawmakers that their industry ha…
4,711 viewsFor the second consecutive day, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley, and U.S. Central Command Commander General Kenneth McKenzie testified on the …
9,234 viewsThe House Budget Committee continued work on the fiscal year 2022 budget reconciliation bill, focusing on procedural and other “housekeeping” motions. Members earlier voted to move the bill …
263 viewsThe House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year National Defense Authorization Act.
1,224 viewsDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley testified before the House Armed Services Committee on the department’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. In…
14,210 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Development and the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a joint hearing on creating the framework of rules that…
486 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing on the Sackler family’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis. The Sacklers own Purdue Pharma, which produced and marketed the highly addicti…
3,336 viewsNational security leaders testified about their fiscal year 2022 budget requests for space programs before a House Armed Services subcommittee. Witnesses representing the Defense Department’…
518 viewsIntelligence agency leaders testified on current global threats at a House Intelligence Committee hearing. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivered opening testimony to outli…
2,382 viewsSolarWinds, FireEye, and Microsoft executives testified before a joint House hearing on the SolarWinds hack that compromised U.S. government and private sector servers. Topics included how a…
935 viewsPostmaster General Louis DeJoy and other U.S. Postal Service officials testified on proposals to improve the finances, operations and services of the U.S. Postal Service before the House Ove…
7,112 viewsThe House Budget Committee considered President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Committee members delivered opening statements and …
2,701 viewsIn a vote of 223-205, the House passed the 25th Amendment resolution calling on Vice President Mike Pence to remove President Trump from office. Representative Kinzinger (IL) was the only Re…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,939 viewsTop executives of Purdue Pharma, a U.S. pharmaceutical company that makes OxyContin, testified about their role in the opioid epidemic at a virtual House Oversight Committee hearing. The com…
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