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CR, pp. H11609-H11677. The House passed H.R. 1467, to authorize funding for the extension of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 through the fiscal year 1992.

CR, pp. H11293-H11411. The House disagreed to the Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 395, the continuing appropriations bill, and agreed to a conference thereon.

Witnesses testified in favor of establishing an executive level Department of Veterans' Affairs. Areas investigated include the cost of administering a new department and how that added cost will…

The House debated and passed H.J. Res. 395, making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1988. CR, pp. H10899-H10990.

The House debated various bills including S.1297, The De Soto Trail. CR, pp. H10747-H10787.

CR, pp. H10663-H10724. The House cleared for the president S. 1452, the SEC reauthorization bill, which would authorize funds for SEC enforcement and other activities for fiscal years 1988…

CR, pp. H9993-H10034. The House passed and cleared for the President, S.J. Res. 220, providing for the extension of certain housing and community development programs.

CR, pp. H9729-H9872. The House agreed to the conference report on S. 825, which would authorize housing and community development programs, clearing the bill for the Senate.

The subcommittee held a hearing on H.J. 321, proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the U.S. government and for greater accountability in the…

The subcommittee of the Post Office and Civil Service on Human Rights held a hearing on classified information nondisclosure agreements.

The House subcommittee on surface transportation held a hearing on truck safety. The primary foci of the oversight hearing were the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 and the Commercial Motor…

The conferees met to resolve differences between Senate and House-passed versions of H.J.Res. 324, a provision to increase the statutory limit on the public debt. Senator Bentsen of Texas…

Secretary Caspar Weinberger was questioned further about his opposition to arms sales to Iran. Secretary Weinberger says that the transfer of U.S. arms by Israel, without official U.S.…

Donald Regan testified that he was generally aware of the Iran initiative but that he was not aware of diversion of arms sale profits to the Contras. He described President Ronald Reagan as…

Attorney General Edwin Meese III answered questions from committee members on his questioning of Oliver North and John Poindexter and his report of the diversion scheme to President Ronald…

Secretary of State George Shultz testified before the committee. In responding to a committee member’s question comparing Iran-Contra to Watergate, Secretary of State George Shultz commented that…

Poindexter testifies that President Reagan signed a retroactive finding, prepared by the CIA, concerning the sale of arms to Iran. Poindexter also says that he destroyed the finding when the Justice…

Questioning of Oliver North continued, with many members of the committee making statements concerning patriotism, democracy, and the lessons of the Iran-Contra affair.

Stanley Sporkin testified concerning the drafting of two presidential findings that authorized selling arms to Iran.

Fawn Hall testified further concerning the changing of documents. Representative Lee Hamilton then concluded the first phase of the Iran-Contra hearings by reviewing the revelations of the…