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The House considered five veterans-related bills under suspension of the rules, and voted on another suspension bill debated earlier in the week. Members also debated H.R. 4447, the Clean Ec…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,671 viewsThe House considered five veterans-related bills under suspension of the rules, and voted on another suspension bill debated earlier in the week. Members also debated H.R. 4447, the Clean Ec…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,671 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a virtual hearing on the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on mental health. The committee discussed the benefits telehealth has provide…
528 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on federal resources for tribal communities. The hearing focused on disparities in Native American communities such as broadband access…
338 viewsEnergy Secretary Dan Brouillette testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy about issues facing the department amid the coronavirus pandemic. Secretary Brouillette…
592 viewsThe House approved changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, which provides loans and grants to businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, but members rejected legislation to make so…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,307 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing to examine federal marijuana policy, including the implications of changing its drug schedule listing and the potential of…
2,945 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar appeared before an Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the coronavirus outbreak and President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request. Members q…
2,373 viewsTwo House Energy and Commerce subcommittees held a joint hearing to examine the impact of wildfires on the environment and energy infrastructure. Officials with two utility companies as well…
713 viewsThe House passed two bills. One would provide a path for undocumented farm workers to get green cards. The other was the final version of a fiscal year 2020 defense policy and programs bill.…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,419 viewsThe House passed H.R. 1146, the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, which would repeal a 2017 bill allowing oil and gas drilling in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,340 viewsHealth and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar testified at a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for his department. Committee members' questions addressed a range o…
1,282 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle568 viewsThe House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place ear…
5,055 viewsTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee about how his company uses artificial intelligence and humans to manage content on its platform. Members of C…
17,246 viewsThe House approved a fiscal year 2019 spending bill that covers the Department of Veterans Affairs, military construction, energy and water programs, and legislation branch operations. Membe…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,390 viewsC-SPAN presented live coverage from the annual congressional baseball game between Republicans and Democrats. Radio commentary courtesy of Federal News Radio. The Democrats won the game, 21-…
5,755 viewsThe House passed a measure that would advance the federal approval process to build a permanent nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,725 viewsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the company’s use and protection of user data following the Cambridge Analytica breach. During…
25,655 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health convened a hearing to examine the nation’s opioid epidemic and ways to combat it. The two-day hearing began with witnesses from the feder…
977 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held the first in a series of hearings on the ongoing opioid epidemic. In the first panel Drug Enforcement Administration Attorney Susan …
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