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A House Science, Space and Technology subcommittee held a hearing on the findings of a 2018 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report highlighting NASA cost and schedule overruns, and ways to address…

House and Senate conferees made opening statements in a meeting to negotiate a long-term highway and mass transit funding bill. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chair Bill…

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden testified on his agency’s fiscal year 2015 budget proposal. The request is $17.5 billion with the goal sending humans to an asteroid by 2025, the first-ever…

Witnesses testified on NASA’s strategic direction as the Nation faces budgetary challenges. They also reviewed the National Research Council report on NASA’s strategic direction and the…

Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Topics included the killing of Osama bin Laden, the threat from al-Qaeda, DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), and the extensions…

Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the House Judiciary Committee. Topics included the killing of Osama bin Laden, the threat from al-Qaeda, DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act), and the extensions of key…

Charles Bolden testified about the Obama administrations fiscal year 2012 budget request for NASA. The request was for $18.7 billion, with $4.3 billion for the Space Shuttle and…

The House passed a $40 billion emergency spending bill for New York City, Washington, D.C., and national security amid the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The House also…

Committee members gathered to debate final language on the 1997 concurrent budget resolution which is designed to balance the budget by 2002. The Republican leadership proposals contain…

United States House of Representatives session on May 18, 1995, debated the FY '96 budget plans -- the plan reported by the House Budget Committee and several substitute budget plans. After…

Committe members held the first markup session to work on the fiscal year 1996 budget, including provisions concerning Medicare and education.

Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) applauded the administration’s support of global free trade but opposed President Clinton’s claim that the growth in the economy is due to his economic…

Republican representatives, including Representative Kasich, discussed the Republican alternative budget plan. The plan includes a welfare reform plan, crime legislation, health care…

Office of Management and Budget (White House Budget) Director Leon Panetta appeared in front of the House Budget Committee to discuss the revised midterm budget estimates. Robert Reischauer,…

The committee heard testimony from members of Congress on H.R. 2264, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The legislation contains the tax increases and spending cuts proposed by the…

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), member of the House Budget Committee, discussed the House legislation concerning deficit reduction being considered by the committee during the week, and which will…

Economist Milton Friedman spoke to the House Republican Conference Task Force on the Economy on issues relating to the American economy, including the Clinton economic program and…

The House Budget Committee met to work on draft legislation for the fiscal year 1994 budget resolution. The House measure would require $63 billion more in spending cuts over the next five…

Members of the House of Representatives criticized or praised the Clinton economic program in one minute speeches on the floor of the House. The president was scheduled to address Congress…

HCR 238: A resolution to provide for the printing of the book entilted, “Year of the American Indian 1992: Congressional Recognition and Appreciation.” HR 5488: A bill to make…