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The House debated about 40 bills under suspension of the rules, with many dealing with homeland security and making more information available to the public and first responders.

A hearing was held on the report released the previous month by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which announced that there were 56,300 new HIV infections in the United S…

The committee held a second oversight hearing on executive compensation practices. Experts and government officials in the first panel testified about the current mortgage crisis including u…

Medical experts testified about the possible benefits and risks of products such as human growth hormone and B-12 that are advertised to reverse the aging process, enhance physical performan…

A hearing was held to examine progress on the construction of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center (K-Town). The Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, a hotel and retail facility…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held the second in a series of oversight hearings on the regulatory mistakes and financial excesses that led to the market breakdown on Wa…

Members of the House took to the floor during the day to remember the men and women who were killed in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

Representative Chris Van Hollen, chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, and Representative Thomas Davis, former chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, t…

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Representative Darrell Issa, the ranking Republican member of the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, held a press conference to announce legisl…

The hearing was held to investigate the level of compliance from the White House with the Presidential Records Act, specifically in the preservation of email. In September 2002, the Bush Adm…

Experts in economics, regulation, and corporate governance testified on the causes and effects of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Topics included excessive CEO compensation, bad judgment …

Rep. Jackie Speier was sworn in by the House Speaker as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 12th District of California. In a special election April 8 she won the…

A hearing was held on the Report to the Commissioner of Baseball of an Independent Investigation into the Illegal Use of Steroids and Other Performance Enhancing Substances by Players in Maj…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing titled “Should FDA Food and Drug Administration Drug and Medical Device Regulation Bar State Liability Claims?” FDA a…