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Representative Bob Smith, R-Oregon, talked about his career in Congress and why he is retiring after twelve years in the House.

The House met to consider the American Heritage Areas Bill, the GATT International Trade Agreement, and U.S. Troops in Haiti.

The House met to take up the 1995 Spending Bill for the Department of Transportation and several related agencies. They also considered a bill that would create a new super agency that would…

Members of the United States House of Representatives gave floor speeches and voted on a bill that dealt with the Interior Departments ability to manage national heritage areas.

This was a portion of the continuing Senate debate on the health care reform legislation introduced by Senator Mitchell, including the passage of an amendment that would ensure that business…

The U.S. House met and discussed the Federal Crop Insurance Reform legislation.

The US House of Representatives took up legislation on District Columbia Appropriations, Foreign Operations Appropriations, and Radon Awareness and Disclosure.

After One Minute speeches, the House debated H.R.2442, a bill to reauthorize Appropriations under the Public Works Development Act of 1965 with an amendment to abolish the Economic Developme…

The House Session approved the Journal. Members debated the Balanced Budget Amendment. Three other bills were considered. The House received a message from the Senate - in the passage of S 1…

The U.S. House of Representatives debated the Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment.

The House met and resumed the work on the FY' 1995 Federal Budget Resolution.

The U.S. House of Representatives worked on H.R. 6, an education funding bill, which would authorize $12.6 billion for elementary and secondary school programs. They later voted on amendment…

The U.S. House of Representatives, on this day, took up four bills under suspension of the rules, meaning these are non-controversial bills and are expected to easily pass the House. The Hou…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened to finish work on 13 appropriations bills that were supposed to be in place by the beginning of October. On the agenda was the consideration of the…

The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony from officials representing the departments of Labor, Treasury and Agriculture, as well as from the Food and Drug Administration, concerning t…

House representatives met to consider a number of appropriations bills, including the $240 billion Defense Department Bill. They also took up a resolution that would extend funding through…

The U.S House of Representatives continued work on the Fiscal Year 1994 Appropriations Bills for Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, District of Columbia, and Department of Transportation.

In an excerpt from the session of the House, members debated the Clinton administration’s deficit reduction plan due to come up for a vote later in the day.

The House debated and voted on H.R. 2264. It passed 219-213. There were several motions passed on the Budget Bill rule. The Bill is aimed at reducing the deficit by $500 billion over 5 years…

Congressional members from Oregon spoke in a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on plans to remove the Statue of Freedom from atop the Capitol dome for cleaning and renovations.