Hearing on National Parks Overcrowding
Witnesses from the National Park Service and other organizations testified at a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on overcrowding at national…
713 viewsWitnesses from the National Park Service and other organizations testified at a House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing on overcrowding at national…
713 viewsWhile in while in Vail, Colorado, President Biden signed a proclamation to establish Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument. The designation aims to honor veterans and Indigenous…
992 viewsThe House approved legislation concerning school-based mental health services, corporate merger filing fees, and voting access for the disabled. Members also approved 25 suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,654 viewsRepresentative Castor and members of the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held a news conference to discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, which the House is considered and passed later…
414 viewsIn a 220-207 vote, the House approved the Democratic tax, health care and climate change bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act and which passed the Senate 51-50 the previous Sunday. The…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,379 viewsThe House approved an assault weapons ban, a measure to ban private ownership of lions and tigers. and a bill addressing the drought and wildfires on the West coast. Members also passed two…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,410 viewsThe House worked on a bill to ban private ownership of lions and tigers, and they considered wildfire and drought relief legislation. Democrats also worked to bring an assault weapons ban…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,691 viewsThe House considered several suspension bills, including one calling for a study on how COVID-19 affects brain function and another requiring safety standards to help prevent choking on…
View in Congressional Chronicle546 viewsThe House passed two bills. The first measure addresses mental health and opioid abuse treatment. The second establishes the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, focused on…
View in Congressional Chronicle717 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 Chronicle2,452 viewsThe House considered 12 bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation to reauthorize water projects by the Army Corps of Engineers under the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)…
View in Congressional Chronicle580 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently…
6,375 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee debated and voted on the “Protecting Our Kids Act,” a package of gun control proposals meant in part as a response to a series of mass shootings, most recently…
690 views“Pro-choice” and “pro-life” advocates testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on access to abortions and the impact overturning Roe v. Wade would have on that access. This hearing…
17,605 viewsThe House approved workforce development legislation. The measure would authorize $74 billion in funding over the next five years for employee training and education programs. Members also…
View in Congressional Chronicle496 viewsThe House voted on three suspension bills that were debated earlier in the day.
View in Congressional Chronicle183 viewsHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended himself against Republican committee members, who assailed his record on immigration policy and called for his resignation as he testified before the House Judiciary…
7,024 viewsSeveral House Democratic representatives and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) spoke to reporters about members of Congress stock trading practices and ethical concerns.
459 viewsThe House approved legislation suspending normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, meaning exports from those countries will come with additional tariffs. Members also voted to ban…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,634 viewsOfficials with the Interior Department and Forest Service testified on wildfire and forest management before the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands. Topics…
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