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The subcommittee continues a series of hearings investigating misdemeanors and misuse of funds at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Former secretary, Samuel Pierce had refused…

Several witnesses testified in front of the House Government Operations Subcommittee as part of the ongoing Congressional investigation into the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The committee works on H.R. 3402, a bill containing more than $800 million in grants, loans, and loan guarantees to Poland and Hungary over the next three years.

The House Government Operations Subcommittee convened to continue investigation of alleged misuse of funds at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The subcommittee examined influ…

U.S. House of Representatives, House Government Operations Subcommittee on Housing, Hearing on HUD Investigation, Day 11 Part 3

This House Governmental Operations Subcommittee on Housing was held to investigate corruption within the Department of Housing and Urban Development as it relates to contracts to provide low…

Rep. Tom Lantos, chairman of the Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment and Housing, spoke to the Women’s Democratic Club about fraud, mismanagement and a myriad of abuses in feder…

The subcommittee investigated the extensive misuse of funds by top officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A top assistant to former HUD secretary Samuel Pierce refused…

The subcommittee continues investigations of misuse of funds by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Chairman Tom Lantos enforces a house rule permitting former HUD secretary Sam…

Representative Tom Lantos (D-CA) held a news conference on the HUD Contracts Investigation.

The House Gov’t Operations subcommittee met and voted unanimously to issue a Subpoena to Former HUD Secretary Samuel Pierce for excessive misuse of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel…

The subcommittee heard testimony on developments in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. John Kelly reported on U.S. efforts to advance towards a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Representative Tom Lantos, D-California talked about his background, including fighting against the Nazis as part of the underground and leaving his native Hungary in 1947. He also described…

Continuing Department of Housing and Urban Development investigation by the subcommittee is planned to hear testimony from Samuel Pierce, former secretary of HUD. However, Mr. Pierce does no…

While under the suspension of the rules the House passed several measures. Of special note was H.R. 2987, the Flag Protection Act. This bill amends the United States Code to protect the phys…

The House passed H.R. 1594, Most Favored Nation Status for Hungary. The bill extends nondiscrimination treatment to the products of Hungary for 3 years.

The House passed H.R. 1056, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to federal facilities. The bill would…

The House passed H.R. 2883, appropriating 44 billion dollars for the 1990 Farm bill. Other programs supported by the bill include funding for rural housing and WIC, a supplemental feeding pr…

The House passed reauthorization bill H.R. 828 to fund the Bureau of Land Management through 1994. The bill also restricts commercial use of government lands and offers further environment p…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Housing and Employment held this hearing to investigate questionable contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development