Senate Hearing on Alaskan Oil Spill
The Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Exxon chair L.G. Rawl and others two weeks after the March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
760 viewsThe Senate Commerce Committee heard testimony from Exxon chair L.G. Rawl and others two weeks after the March 24, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska’s Prince William Sound.
760 viewsThe committee heard testimony from Department of Defense officials on the administration’s new policy concerning homosexuals in the U.S. military. The previous day, President Clinton announc…
4,386 viewsS.J.Res. 2, S.Res. 11, and S.Res. 12 were introduced. S.Res. 11, to commend the Secretary General of the United Nations was passed, as well as S.Res. 12, calling upon President Gorbachev to …
View in Congressional Chronicle456 viewsMeasures Introduced: Nine bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3243-3251, and S. Con. Res. 156. Page S11131 S. 876, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require …
View in Congressional Chronicle440 viewsThe Senate will convene at 9:30 am to for final remarks on H.J.Res. 110, a resolution making further continuing appropriations for FY 2001. A vote on the resolution will occur at 10:00 am. …
View in Congressional Chronicle491 viewsThe Senate will resume debate on the motion to proceed to S. 2557, the National Energy Security Act of 2000. Measures Introduced: Eight bills were introduced, as follows: S. 3141-3148. …
View in Congressional Chronicle317 viewsIn the first hearing, the committee examined issues relating to unacceptable airline delays and cancellations and the customer service problems they cause. Witnesses also talked about safety…
134 viewsGovernment officials and industry experts testified about the recent Federal Trade Commission report on marketing violent entertainment to children. The report criticized the entertainment i…
652 viewsThe Senate is expected to take up H.R. 4444, the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000, and H.R. 4733, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. H.R. 4444 would confer Permanent Norma…
View in Congressional Chronicle343 viewsWitnesses testified about various aspects of protecting individual privacy on the Internet. Among the issues they addressed were finding a balance between personal privacy concerns and busin…
189 viewsMeasures Introduced : Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2878-2882, S.J. Res. 50, and S. Res. 337. Page S7072 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows:…
View in Congressional Chronicle294 viewsThe Senate is expected to take up S. 2549, the Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001, H.R. 8, the Death Tax Elimination Act, and H.R. 4578, the Department of the Inter…
View in Congressional Chronicle351 viewsMeasures Introduced: Fourteen bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2766-2779, and S. Res. 326-327. Pages S5662-63 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: …
View in Congressional Chronicle373 viewsMeasures Introduced: Fifteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 2732-2746, and S. Con. Res. 123. Pages S5240-41 Measures Reported: Reports were made as follows: …
View in Congressional Chronicle316 viewsEnergy Department officials testified about the recent loss from Los Alamos National Laboratory of nuclear weapons information stored on two hard disc drives. Under criticism by committee me…
130 viewsMeasures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2726-2731, S. Res. 323, and S. Con. Res. 122. Pages S5106-07 Measures Reported: Reports were made as f…
View in Congressional Chronicle234 viewsMeasures Introduced: Six bills were introduced, as follows: S. 2493-2498. Page S3258 Charles M. Schulz Gold Medal Award: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was discharged …
View in Congressional Chronicle116 viewsThe Senate debated nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
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