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The House passed two bills. One would provide a path for undocumented farm workers to get green cards. The other was the final version of a fiscal year 2020 defense policy and programs…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,373 viewsThe House passed two bills. One would provide a path for undocumented farm workers to get green cards. The other was the final version of a fiscal year 2020 defense policy and programs…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,373 viewsFederal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai and the other four agency commissioners testified before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.…
1,365 viewsThe House approved a measure that restricts robocalls, and members started work on a bill that bans illegal insider trading, making exchanges to the Securities Exchange Act.
View in Congressional Chronicle703 viewsHouse Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a delegation of congressional Democrats to the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Madrid, Spain. Speaker Pelosi addressed reporters at the international conference, telling them…
203 viewsThe House passed a measure that sanctions Turkish officials and banks in relation to military operations in Syria, debated and passed a resolution that recognizes and remembers the Armenian…
View in Congressional Chronicle4,007 viewsCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on health care policy. Democratic members pressed the…
5,082 viewsGoogle and Reddit officials testified before two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees about internet privacy and consumer protection. The hearing focused on Section 230 of the…
1,292 viewsVoting industry experts testified at a House Energy subcommittee on proposed legislation to secure the nation’s wireless infrastructure from foreign interference.
426 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the relationship between e-cigarettes and an outbreak in lung disease. In this portion, public…
1,290 viewsThe House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for seven weeks beyond the end of the budget year on September 30, 2019. Members then considered several bills under…
View in Congressional Chronicle893 viewsHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) held a news conference on a legislative proposal to address the cost of prescription drugs. Flanked by chairs of the relevant committees with jurisdiction…
781 viewsTwo new House members were sworn in: Greg Murphy (R-NC) and Dan Bishop (R-NC). Members also voted on a motion to instruct conferees in their meeting with Senate colleagues on the National…
View in Congressional Chronicle490 viewsThe House passed two bills restricting oil and gas drilling in the U.S.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,454 viewsThe House passed a number of bills, including one that establishes a pension rehabilitation trust fund within the Treasury Department for multi-employer benefit plans. Another one sets…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,857 viewsEnergy and and electric grid officials testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity threats to the U.S. electric grid. Topics covered included…
2,016 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior,…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,306 viewsA House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing on efforts to protect children and consumers from hazardous products. Among the witnesses were Consumer Reports Home and Products…
405 viewsThe House debated and voted on amendments to a near-$1 trillion spending package covering four of the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund the government and related agencies. This…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,872 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology held a hearing on the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act Reauthorization (STELAR) legislation, which…
6,547 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee held a hearing on dangers facing drivers in the summer vacation season and ways new technology could reduce…
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