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A portrait of the first African American member of Congress, Joseph Rainey of South Carolina, was unveiled. Representative Rainey served from 1870-1878. Reverend Coughlin offered the opening…

A hearing was held on the status of reconstruction in Iraq. Government officials testified about critical elements of the reconstruction efforts, which included lack of funding, the creation…

The House passed a $20.3 billion bill for foreign aid in fiscal year 2006.

Former Senate Majority Leader Mitchell and former House Speaker Gingrich testified about the June 15 report of the independent task force on the United Nations mandated by the fiscal year 20…

Chairman Martin testified about funding, jurisdiction, and operations of the Federal Communications Commission for fiscal year 2006.

Officials testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science and Commerce about the fiscal year 2006 budget proposal for the National Science Foundation, the state of national…

Committee members met to consider amendments, provisions, and potential alterations to the supplemental spending request by the Department of Defense for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

FBI Director Robert Mueller testified about funding requests for bureau operations. Among the topics he addressed were homeland security operations, proposed improvements in information tech…

Mr. Tobias testified about fiscal year 2006 appropriations for foreign operations and funding for U.S. international HIV/AIDS assistance programs. Among the issues he addressed were the scop…

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified about funding requests for fiscal year 2006 foreign operations. Among the topics she addressed were U.S. policy in Palestinian lands and the Mid…