Ebola Virus
Witnesses testified at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on the threat of the Ebola virus. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the Ebola outbreak in…
10,904 viewsWitnesses testified at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on the threat of the Ebola virus. Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said the Ebola outbreak in…
10,904 viewsThe House convened for a legislative session.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,014 viewsThe House debated several bills, including one requiring the Homeland Security Department to lay out parameters for the opening of pre-clearance facilities and customs services outside the…
View in Congressional Chronicle496 viewsSurvivors from the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square protests and massacre shared their stories at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing marking the 25th anniversary of the student…
2,049 viewsThe House reconvened to consider 10 bills under Suspension of the Rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle714 viewsThe House debates six suspension bills, including one condemning the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, for the abduction of 276 schoolgirls.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,699 viewsMembers debated and passed a $1.1 trillion dollar omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2014. The bill included a closed rule allowing for one hour of…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,161 viewsThe U.S. House of Representatives renewed the Violence Against Women Act through 2018 by a 286-138 margin.
View in Congressional Chronicle591 viewsWitnesses testified at an emergency hearing on recent developments concerning Chinese blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from his 19 month house arrest to the U.S. Embassy in…
3,764 viewsThe House worked on commerce, justice and science appropriations.
View in Congressional Chronicle24,371 viewsRepresentatives voted on H.R. 4105, the tariffs for non-market economies bill. They paid tribute to Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), who died earlier in the day of cancer.
View in Congressional Chronicle565 viewsThe wives of Chinese dissidents testified on their husbands' stories before the commission on China’s human rights abuses. Geng Ho detailed some of the horrific abuses endured by her…
742 viewsNorth Korean prisoner camp survivors testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights. The hearing took place as U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Robert King met…
5,659 viewsWitnesses testified about treatment for hydrocephalus. Benjamin Warf spoke about his new surgical procedure that reduced the number of hydrocephalus-related deaths in Ugandan children.…
2,672 viewsThe Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the U.S. Helsinki Commission, held a hearing on the plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt and the political future of the…
3,319 viewsWitnesses testified at an emergency hearing about a growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Bradford Phillips said that between 70,000 to 90,000 people would die in the Sudan region if the U.N. did…
2,455 viewsThe House debated a bill to establish a special envoy for religious freedom in the Near East and South Central Asia.
View in Congressional Chronicle2,436 viewsRep Crowley (D-NY) gave a silent one-minute speech during today’s House session.
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