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The House considered several bills under suspension of the rules, including one dealing with computer science and STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education.

The House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee held a hearing on a bill by Representative Chris Stewart (R-UT) that would create Utah’s sixth national park out of lands previously a …

The House met for morning hour, with members permitted to speak on any topic.

The House Natural Resources Committee held a hearing with officials from the Financial Oversight and Management Board assigned to lead the efforts in fixing Puerto Rico’s bankrupted economy.…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Joseph Dunford testified at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Trump’s military strategy in Afghanistan. Sec…

The House debated and passed several Department of Homeland Security bills. One requires DHS to conduct an annual homeland security assessment on the terrorist threat to the U.S. Members als…

Two House Armed Services subcommittess held a hearing examining navy readiness, training, and leadership following the fatal USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain collisions. Witnesses included Admi…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual authorizing legislation for the Defense Department and its constituent m…

The House Armed Services Committee met to mark up the fiscal year 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, the annual authorizing legislation for the Defense Department and its constituent m…

Defense Secretary James Mattis and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Joseph Dunford testified before the House Armed Services Committee about President Trump’s fiscal year 2018 Defense Dep…

Missile Defense Agency Director Vice Adm. James Syring testified before a House Armed Services Subcommittee on the president’s 2018 budget request for missile defense. He outlined some of th…

The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a hearing on U.S. military space assets and potential national security threats. General John Raymond, commander of Air Force S…

The House voted 217-213 to approve the Republican replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act,. Members also voted down an exemption for members of Congress from the revised Republican heal…

House Democratic Caucus leaders spoke to reporters. Caucus Chair Joseph Crowley (D-NY) called President Trump’s first 100 days in office “a failure” and listed what he called the broken camp…

U.S. Pacific Command Commander Admiral Harry Harris testified before the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. military strategy in the Asia-Pacific region. Most questions were focused on N…

The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps chiefs testified before the House Armed Services Committee about their budgets and the impact of repeated short-term funding through congressional …

Three former Pentagon officials testified at a hearing on the future of the U.S. armed forces and the opportunities to improve these services. The witnesses gave recommendations for creating…

The House debated a bill creating new Veterans Affairs Department staff recruitment and retention programs.

The House was debated three bills under suspension of the rules, including a bill to re-designate Georgia’s Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site as a National Historic Park.

The House convened for a legislative session.