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House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

HR 5318: A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation status to the products of the People’s Republic of China. HR 5677: A bill to make appropriations for the Departments of Labor…

HR 3603: A bill to promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and deliver…

HR 5055: A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1993. HR 1624: A bill to provide for the establishment of a memorial on federal land within the District o…

The committee heard testimony from Secretary of State James Baker on proposals to provide economic aid to the independent republics which had formerly been part of the Soviet Union. Earlier …

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell detailed the needs for foreign military assistance in light of changes in the world balance of power. …

Secretary Brady testified on U.S. foreign financial policy, including the Enterprise for Americas Initiative (Western hemisphere), and the question of aid to Eastern Europe and former Soviet…

The House passed S. 2050, to ensure that the ceiling established with respect to health education assistance loans does not prohibit the provision of federal loan insurance to new and previo…

The House passed H.R. 3595, to delay until September 30, 1992, the issuance of any regulations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services changing the treatment of voluntary contributions…

The House failed to agree on the conference report on House Rule 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House passed House Rule 3489, to reauthorize the Export Administration…

The House passed H.R. 3039, to reauthorize the Defense Production Act of 1950.

The House suspended the rules and passed H.R. 1046, that increased the rates of disability compensation for veterans with service related disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemni…

The House passed H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Broomfield (R-MI) motion to recommit with instructions was rejected. THe Bereuter (R-NE) amendment to provide dis…

The House approved the Journal of Tuesday, June 18, 1991. The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The House agreed to the Roth (R-WI) ame…

The House agreed to the conference report on S. 64, to provide for the establishment of a National Commission for a Longer School Year. The House passed H.Res. 174, the Rule to consider H.R.…

The House continued consideration of H.R. 2508, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Representative Tony Hall (D-OH) offered an amendment en bloc that earmarks $335 million in the fi…

The House passed H.R. 1415, to authorize appropriations for the next to fiscal years for the Department of State. Amendments by Reps. Berman, Snowe, Upton, Dymally, Bereuter, Traficant, Paxo…

The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on the relief efforts being undertaken by the U.S. and allied militaries in Iraq for Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq.

Members of Congress spoke to reporters on their reaction to the President George H.W. Bush’s address to a Joint Session of Congress earlier in the evening. Responses mainly concerned appreci…