Justice Department Oversight Hearing
Attorney General Merrick Garland testified at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department’s mission and policies. Lawmakers engaged with the attorney general on a…
9,232 viewsAttorney General Merrick Garland testified at a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department’s mission and policies. Lawmakers engaged with the attorney general on a…
9,232 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid testified before the House Homeland Security Co…
31,312 viewsLawmakers from both political parties took part in the annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. The Republicans won the game 13-12. President Biden made a sur…
12,827 viewsHomeland Security and U.S. Secret Service officials testified before a House Homeland Security subcommittee about the use of digital financing by terrorists. The witnesses delivered opening …
822 viewsThe House began work on federal spending for the fiscal year 2022 budget year, a package of seven of the dozen bills that set annual spending. More than 200 amendments were allowed, and a vo…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,547 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on the agency’s readiness. In her opening statement, Administrator Criswell described her visit t…
531 viewsLegal experts testified about the Justice Department’s practice of accessing the data of journalists, elected leaders, and private citizens. Microsoft Vice President of Customer Security and…
1,892 viewsThe House in a 222-190 vote passed a bill to create a 13-member select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol. All Democrats voted in favor of the resolution, a…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,466 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee on his agency’s fiscal year 2022 budget request. The secretary was questioned about curr…
1,078 viewsFBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee on oversight of the agency. Lawmakers asked about the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; the bureau’s a…
5,450 viewsIn a vote of 252-175, the House passed a bill that creates a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Thirty-five Republicans voted “yes” with all Democ…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,305 viewsRepresentative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) spoke to reporters as he left the U.S. Capitol.
63 viewsThe House passed a number of suspension bills related to veterans and land measures. Members passed another suspension bill that designates Pulse nightclub site in Orlando, Florida, as the N…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,144 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 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before a House committee for the first time since his confirmation. He answered questions on a range of issues regarding the agency’s…
10,451 viewsThe House approved the Senate-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote was 220-211, with all Republicans and one Democrat voting against the measure. President Biden signed the le…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,715 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…
936 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on the threat of domestic terrorism in the wake of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The witnesses testified on how extremism and…
1,738 viewsThe House voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for a second time. Ten Republicans and all Democrats voted in favor of the resolution.
View in Congressional Chronicle23,188 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…
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