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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine testified on the space agency’s 2019 budget request before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. He discussed some of NASA’s projects including its planned missions…

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on the bureau’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget. He was also asked about Chinese telecom company ZTE and concerns that its technology could be used…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt testified at a Senate hearing on his agency’s budget request for fiscal year 2019. While most Republican members of the panel…

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs held a hearing to consider the Veterans Affairs Department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Senior VA…

Senators gave speeches on various subjects.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Among the issues discussed were his proposal to…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request.…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testified before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on his agency’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. Several Democratic members on the subcommittee…

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified at a Senate hearing on the department’s fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. She also took questions on the construction of a physical…

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the status of Puerto Rico’s electric grid, which was damaged when Hurricane Maria struck the island in September 2017.…

Following the hearing, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) spoke briefly with reporters on her committee’s upcoming appropriations hearings that are…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified at a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Justice Department’s fiscal year 2019 budget request. In addition to funding matters, he answered questions on…

Energy Secretary Rick Perry testified at a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2019 budget request for his department. Topics included energy infrastructure modernization and cybersecurity,…

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee held a hearing to consider the impact of the opioid epidemic on children and families. Witnesses included a mother who lost two of…

The Senate voted 97-2 to pass H.R.1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. The bill would make websites accountable for facilitating the sale of children…

Secretary Ryan Zinke testified at a hearing on the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 Interior Department budget request. Topics include a proposed raise in national park entrance fees, mineral…

The Senate worked on a bill to combat online sex trafficking, H.R.1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. The bill would make websites accountable for…

During a Senate hearing on opioid addiction, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) testified about their states' responses to the epidemic. They answered committee…

The Senate continued consideration of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection bill, which would ease banking regulations under the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial…

A bipartisan group of 16 senators unveiled their proposal aimed to protect so-called DREAMers and strengthen border security. “DREAMers” refers to undocumented migrants who arrived in the…