House Session, Part 2
The House considered several homeland security and health care-related bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle290 viewsThe House considered several homeland security and health care-related bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle290 viewsDuring a visit to El Paso, Texas, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign. Representative McCarthy and other House Repu…
6,303 viewsThe House voted to increase the debt limit by $2.5 trillion until 2023. Along a party-line vote, members also passed a measure holding former Representative Mark Meadows (R-NY), who was form…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,134 viewsHouse Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Republican lawmakers called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to bring the House back into session during the August recess to address co…
3,349 viewsMinority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other House Republican lawmakers who are military veterans spoke about the fall of Afghanistan and the U.S. completing its withdrawal after 20 years…
1,289 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a virtual hearing on the deaths of two migrant children who died while in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Health experts and rep…
769 viewsIn a vote of 236-181, the House passed the Democratic police reform bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA), Will Hurd (TX) and Fred Upton (MI)…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,923 viewsPresident Trump met with Republican lawmakers at the White House amid the coronavirus pandemic. The president discussed the administration’s response to the pandemic as well as the U.S. econ…
23,969 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf testified on President Trump’s 2021 Homeland Security Department budget request. During the hearing, committee members asked about border and por…
848 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing with health experts on the coronavirus outbreak and the government’s response to it. Johns Hopkins' Dr. Tom Inglesby, Illinois Public Hea…
1,919 viewsAngela Bailey, the Homeland Security Department’s chief human capital officer, testified at a hearing on the agency’s low rankings in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) annual online s…
4,213 viewsIn a vote of 224-194, the House passed a war powers resolution seeking to limit the Trump administration’s military action against Iran without first getting congressional approval. All but …
View in Congressional Chronicle3,856 viewsFBI Director Chris Wray, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, and other officials testified on countering global threats before the House Homeland Security Committee. Severa…
10,354 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified about border security before the House Homeland Security Committee. Members asked about Trump administration policies as applied to fam…
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