Michael Brooks, a senior enlisted officer with the DC National Guard at the time of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, sharply criticized a Defense Department inspector general’s report on…
3,485 viewsThe House Rules Committee debated four foreign aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Members discussed the merits of the bills. They also heard from other congressional members who had …
2,343 viewsZalmay Khalilzad, the ambassador who negotiated the U.S.-Taliban deal to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He said he held the …
1,936 viewsFormer U.S. Central Command Commander retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who oversaw the 2021 U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal, told House Foreign Affairs Committee members: “I alone bear full milita…
11,021 viewsState Department and U.S. Agency for International Development officials testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee for Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia on the Biden …
854 viewsFederal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker reiterated at a House Aviation Committee hearing that air safety is a top priority for the agency and that it taken immediate a…
1,637 viewsThe House debated the combined rule providing for consideration of H. Res. 863 (Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas), and H.R. 485 (the Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2023…
View in Congressional Chronicle6,761 viewsFormer Homeland Security Department officials from the Trump administration, including former acting Secretary Chad Wolf (2019-21), testified on migration at the southern border before the H…
1,240 viewsJohn Sopko, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), said Afghans who worked with the U.S. during the war and remain in the country are being sought out and murdered…
337 viewsAssistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf and Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for the Middle East Dana Stroul testified on U.S. support for Israel amid its war wi…
2,233 viewsTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on oversight of his department before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He discussed how the Infrastructure Investment …
270 viewsThe House approved two suspension bills that were debated earlier in the day and thereafter continued debate on fiscal year 2024 funding for the Departments of Transportation and Housing and…
View in Congressional Chronicle298 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules in response to the Hamas attacks on Israel, including to sanction all financial supporters of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic …
View in Congressional Chronicle8,856 viewsThe families of several of the 13 U.S. service members killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul International Airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan heavily criticized the Biden adm…
2,910 viewsRep. Brian Mast (R-FL) spoke to reporters about where things stand with the speaker election.
217 viewsRep. Brian Mast (FL) talked to reporters about the Republican Party’s choice for speaker following House Majority Leader Steve Scalise’s decision to drop his bid for the top post. He said he…
1,577 viewsSpecial Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry defended the Biden administration’s climate agenda during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountab…
8,112 viewsThree men, current and retired military officials, gave lawmakers their assessment of what went wrong during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, during a public hearing befo…
3,448 viewsThe House debated the fiscal year 2024 military construction-Department of Veterans Affairs Department spending bill.
View in Congressional Chronicle468 viewsThe House approved the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Four Republicans voted against the bill, and four Democrats voted for it. The measure would next go to the …
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