Morning Hour
The House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle786 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle786 viewsThe House approved the final version of marriage equality legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage under federal law. The bill would next go to President Biden. Members also…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,453 views“It’s time to pass the torch to a new generation, and it’s time to come home,” said Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA), who was retiring from Congress after 15 years in the House of…
177 viewsThe House approved Senate-passed bipartisan legislation prohibiting non-disclosure agreements in cases of sexual assault or harassment. The Senate unanimously passed the bill by voice vote…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,002 viewsDefense Department officials testified at a House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security hearing on the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp sexual abuse allegations that…
1,290 viewsDefense Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros testified at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing on the implementation of the recommendations…
476 viewsDefense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness Gil Cisneros testified on how the recommendations of the Independent Review Commission (IRC) on Sexual Assault in the Military have been…
The House debated legislation to provide relief to borrowers who consolidated federal student loan debt with a spouse and need to separate it due to divorce or domestic violence. Members…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,489 viewsService members and military health care providers testified at a House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel hearing their experiences in getting abortions, providing abortions, and…
1,238 viewsSpeaker Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Democratic Women’s and Pro-Choice Caucuses held a news conference on the impact of legislation limiting women’s access to abortion and reproductive…
516 viewsDuring a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing, technology security experts warned about the growing threat of foreign-made commercial spyware. The witnesses from Google’s Threat Analysis Group and…
632 viewsExecutives with Daniel Defense and Sturm, Ruger and Co. defended their gun manufacturing businesses against personal responsibility following multiple mass shootings across the U.S. where…
3,966 viewsThe House approved two abortion-related bills in response to the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The first measure, the Women’s Health Protection Act, turns the…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,109 viewsThe House worked on bills dealing with abortion rights, veterans' benefits, and defense programs. They also worked on legislation that would establish an “Amber Alert” system for active…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,859 views“Pro-choice” and “pro-life” advocates and care providers testified before the House Reform and Oversight Committee about the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.…
4,626 viewsHouse Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) said the NFL’s unwillingness to release the full findings of an internal investigation into the workplace environment of the Washington Commanders football…
1,871 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,212 viewsThe House passed a Democratic bill intended to reduce gun violence in response to a recent spate of mass shootings. The legislation includes measures that would raise the age to buy a…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,239 viewsA student who lived through the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, gave powerful testimony to lawmakers on how she pretended to be dead by putting a slain classmate’s blood…
9,349 viewsThe House voted 220-203 to hold former Trump administration advisers Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas issued by the Select…
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