House Ceremonial Swearing-In, Part 1
The House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place…
3,293 viewsThe House speaker held a ceremonial swearing-in ceremony with newly-elected representatives. The event happens at the start of each Congress. The official swearing-in ceremony took place…
3,293 viewsAs the House awaited Senate action on on a spending bill to fund the federal government beyond the midnight deadline later in the day, members considered bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle801 viewsHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) and other lawmakers spoke to reporters following a briefing with CIA Director Gina Haspel on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. He said the…
534 viewsThe House met for Morning Hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.
View in Congressional Chronicle916 viewsA House Foreign Affairs subcommittee heard testimony from the State Department’s special representative for Syria on U.S. response to Syria’s civil war, efforts by USAID, and how Russia and…
687 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to reauthorize the Coast Guard program and a bill to expand educational and professional exchange programs with…
View in Congressional Chronicle404 viewsThe House considered 38 bills under suspension of the rules, including reauthorizing programs that deal with flu outbreaks; a Senate-passed drug-pricing transparency measure allowing…
View in Congressional Chronicle490 viewsTwitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified before the House Energy & Commerce Committee about how his company uses artificial intelligence and humans to manage content on its platform. Members of Congress…
16,400 viewsThe commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) testified at an oversight hearing on the operations of their regulatory agency. Issues addressed included network upgrades to accommodate 5G…
973 viewsThe House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held an oversight hearing with all five Federal Trade Commission commissioners. They answered…
697 viewsOfficials from the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Latin…
723 viewsA House Energy and Commerce subcommittee held a hearing to consider legislation requiring a uniform anti-doping and medication control program in horse racing. Representatives Andy Barr…
257 viewsThe House debated and passed the fiscal year 2019 Defense Department spending bill. Members also approved a resolution insisting that the Justice Department provide House investigators…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,998 viewsA bipartisan group of members of Congress and administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, participated in a series of national security policy…
79 viewsRepublican members of the House and Senate met with President Trump in the White House’s Cabinet Room to discuss the ongoing separation of children from their migrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico…
2,869 viewsAcademic researchers and technology industry executives briefed members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the potential applications for quantum computing, a technology under…
966 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The vote was 351-66.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,184 viewsSecretary of State Mike Pompeo testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on his agency’s budget request for the 2019 fiscal year. Topics included U.S. diplomatic strategy, the proposed…
2,982 viewsThe House passed a measure that would advance the federal approval process to build a permanent nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,143 viewsThe House considered bills under suspension of the rules, including legislation that would limit assistance for areas of Syria controlled by its government and a bill that imposes new…
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