Morning Hour
During Morning Hour, any member may speak for up to five minutes on any topic. When no additional members seek recognition, Morning Hour concludes.
View in Congressional Chronicle617 viewsDuring Morning Hour, any member may speak for up to five minutes on any topic. When no additional members seek recognition, Morning Hour concludes.
View in Congressional Chronicle617 viewsWitnesses testified on the future of drug and vaccine development, as well as the challenges to ensuring the availability, affordability and safe distribution of anti-malarial medicines.
429 viewsOne Minute Speeches (15 per side) H.Res. 364 - Designating room HVC 215 of the Capitol Visitor Center as the “Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room” (Suspension, 40 Minutes of Debate) H.Res. 477 -…
View in Congressional Chronicle49,684 viewsRepresentative Donald Payne (D-NJ) talked about House consideration of H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications…
296 viewsThe House considered legislation on business and financial regulations.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,105 viewsSecretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on U.S. foreign policy. Topics included Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, israel-Palestin relations, and Russia, India, and Cu…
1,530 viewsThe House approved a bill that would award a congressional gold medal to the first black Marine recruits in World War II. Members also approved the debate rules for a land exchange bill for …
View in Congressional Chronicle2,712 viewsDefense and State Department officials testified on President Obama’s decision to send 100 U.S. military advisers to advise local forces fighting the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its lea…
1,168 viewsWitnesses testified about current trends and security challenges facing the Western Hemisphere and priorities for U.S. security assistance and policy, including a focus on the Iranian plot t…
332 viewsNorth Korean prisoner camp survivors testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Human Rights. The hearing took place as U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Robert King met wit…
5,684 viewsThe House considered President Obama’s jobs bill and legislation on the National Labor Relations Board.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,398 viewsWitnesses testified at an emergency hearing about a growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Bradford Phillips said that between 70,000 to 90,000 people would die in the Sudan region if the U.N…
2,469 viewsWitnesses testified about treatment for hydrocephalus. Benjamin Warf spoke about his new surgical procedure that reduced the number of hydrocephalus-related deaths in Ugandan children. Hydr…
2,697 viewsThe House approved the Republican debt and deficit reduction plan, which they call the Cut, Cap, and Balance Bill. The legislation requires $111 billion in spending reductions and establishe…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,486 viewsCurrent and former State Department officials testified about relations with Somalia and various security threats in the region. Among the topics they addressed were piracy, terrorism, the r…
2,253 viewsThe House passed the fiscal year 2012 military construction and Veterans' Affairs spending bill.
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