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Rep. Lantos talked about headline news stories including events in Jerusalem and the Persian Gulf. He responded to viewer telephone calls.

The Congressional Human Rights Caucus conducted a hearing to investigate alleged Iraqi human rights violations in occupied Kuwait. Cases of rape, execution, imprisonment and the destruction …

Representative Tom Lantos talked about the changes in Eastern Europe. Rep. Lantos was elected to Congress in 1980 and serves as chairman of the Subcommittee on Employment and Housing of the …

The House agreed to suspend the rules and passed S. 2597, to amend the Act of June 20, 1910 to give the State of New Mexico authority to exchange lands granted by the United States in trust.…

The House agreed to H.R. 5170, Airport and Airway Improvement bill, to authorize appropriations to improve aviation safety and capacity after substituting the committee amendment and rejecti…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment and Housing committee continued its investigation of fraud and mismanagement at HUD during the tenure of Samuel Pierce. Witnesses i…

Secretary of State James A. Baker III testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the recent summit between U.S. and Soviet leaders at Camp David. Sec. Baker related the extra…

A panel of scholars and analysts discussed U.S. foreign policy towards China. The panel talked about U. S. China relations and how President George H.W. Bush recently announced that he was r…

The subcommittees on Asian and Pacific Affairs, on Human Rights and International Organizations, and on International Economic Policy and Trade met to review the Most Favored Nation tariff s…

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Gilliam testified under immunity in the second of three scheduled appearances. The subcommittee was investigating alleged misconduct in the Department of Ho…

Of particular interest to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and The Middle East were recent negative statements by President Saddam Hussein, the proliferation of weapons of ma…

The House agreed to H. Res. 377, expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the late Senator Matsunaga. The House passed S.J. Res. 153, designating the third week in May 1990 as…

The House passed H.R. 4404, making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, and other urgent needs, and tran…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Employment and Housing heard testimony concerning private pension systems.

The House passed H.R. 4167 to provide for a short-term extension of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Rep. Clay (D-MD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to amend the act to provide…

Rep. Lantos talked about recent reports which indicate a sharp rise in violation of child labor laws.

The House began reading for amendment under the five-minute rule on H.R. 3581, the Rural Economic Act of 1989, but came to no resolution thereon.

Pro Forma Session of the US House of Representatives.

Rep. Tom Lantos D-California talks at a press conference about a HUD investigation.

Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney and Joint Chiefs Chairman Colin Powell gave testimony on Foreign Aid and Military Assistance before the House Foreign Affairs Committee.