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"I have to do my job … I have to do what I believe is right every day and let the chips fall where they may," said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) when asked about House Democrats' plan to table Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) motion to vacate if she invokes it on the House floor. The speaker and House Republican leadership held a press conference from Capitol Hill on their legislative agenda. Other topics addressed were energy investment, small business development and the economy, and the protests that have been occurring at the country's universities in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.

Representative Jeff Jackson (D-NC) led House members in a moment of silence to remember the four law enforcement officers shot and killed in North Carolina. Law enforcement officers were serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte when they were fired upon by a suspect from inside of the house.

The families of Americans detained abroad in countries including China, Iran and Afghanistan urged U.S. lawmakers to bring them home immediately. They met with the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations to discuss how Congress can help secure their release. ... Those who participated in this conversation included the families of Ryan Corbett, who has been detained in Afghanistan since 2022; Austin Tice in Syria since 2012; Majd Kamalmaz, also in Syria since 2018; Alsu Kurmasheva in Russia; and Jamshid Sharmahd in Iran since 2003.

Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) addressed antisemitism and protests on college campuses. Rep. Esp…

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on President Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency. He highlighted specific areas of focus for funding, including U.S.-Russia space relations and the deorbiting of the International Space Station, competition with China and foreign policy in space, cancer and stem cell research, and public-private partnerships.

"We don't want to turn the clock back and let Marjorie Taylor Greene dictate the schedule," said Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) when asked during a news conference on House Democrats' plan to table Rep.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson testified before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on President Biden's fiscal year 2025 budget request for the agency. He highlighted specific areas of focus for funding, including U.S.-Russia space relations and the deorbiting of the International Space Station, competition with China and foreign policy in space, cancer and stem cell research, and public-private partnerships.

The House passed a bill to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list.

The House debated the rule for seven bills, including legislation to combat antisemitism on college campuses and several measures to reverse Biden administration environmental polices.

House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) was one of several speakers who discussed the importance of the digital payment economy.

.), a Korean War veteran and a Medal of Honor awardee, lay in honor at the U.S.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified before the House Agriculture Committee on oversight of his department and the importance of renewing the farm bill. Several topics were addressed, including regulatory challenges, climate impact mitigation and farmland conservation, investment in rural and underserved communities, funding and resource allocation concerns, and prohibiting the sale of farmland to adversarial foreign countries.

Policy experts testified on the role of software in Defense Department systems and how to quickly acquire and use for innovation. ... A House Armed Services subcommittee held the hearing.

House lawmakers held a moment of silence for former Represenative Donald Payne Jr.

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) joined gun rights advocates for a discussion on the Second Amendment during the Co…

Representatives Sean Casten (D-IL) and Garret Graves (R-LA) discussed liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at an event hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The House considered 17 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation concerning veterans' benefits, weather forecasting, wildfire detection, and child online safety protections. ... Customs' area of operation in coastal waters to counter human trafficking and illicit drugs, and they observed a moment of silence for the late Representative Donald Payne Jr.

House since 2019. ... This candidate forum was hosted at the University of Baltimore Schaefer Center.

The House convened for open procedures.