House Session
The House approved a bill to make some of the individual tax cuts passed in December 2018 permanent. It was the last bill in a series of three Republican tax policy bills being called “Tax R…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,377 viewsThe House approved a bill to make some of the individual tax cuts passed in December 2018 permanent. It was the last bill in a series of three Republican tax policy bills being called “Tax R…
View in Congressional Chronicle7,377 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 viewsThe House debated and approved a bill that expedites Department of Energy permit approvals for liquified natural gas. Members also voted to meet with senators to negotiate differences betwee…
View in Congressional Chronicle810 viewsFDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and NIH Director Francis Collins testified on the Cancer Moonshot initiative and other medical innovation as implemented under the 21st Century Cures Act. Bot…
947 viewsAssistant Health and Human Services Secretary for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Dr. Elinore McCance-Katz said her department stands ready to help immigrant families and children…
776 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held an oversight hearing with all five Federal Trade Commission commissioners. They answered questions…
918 viewsA House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing to consider legislation requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program in horse racing. Representatives Andy Barr (R-K…
446 viewsThe House considered a series of bills related to opioid addiction and treatment.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,293 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing to examine options to make high octane fuels and high efficiency vehicles more available. Members heard from represen…
541 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 viewsAdministrator Scott Pruitt testified on the agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee amid allegations of ethics violations and fiscal mismanag…
7,140 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 viewsRecovering addicts as well as several health care providers who treat patients addicted to opioids testified at a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on the opioid epide…
1,038 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 debated H.R. 5247, which would allow terminally ill patients to use experimental drugs that have not been approved by the FDA.
View in Congressional Chronicle323 viewsThe House approved several suspension bills, including legislation to improve state home health care for disabled veterans. Members did not, however, approve a suspension bill to allow termi…
View in Congressional Chronicle692 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 …
1,336 viewsTwo House Energy and Commerce subcommittees held a joint hearing on the corporate average fuel economy program and greenhouse gas emissions standards for vehicles. Representatives from the g…
523 viewsEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testified before the House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee on the mission of his agency. He said his three goals are restoring power to the states…
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