House Session
The House passed a bill that would allow the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,746 viewsThe House passed a bill that would allow the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services the authority to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices.
View in Congressional Chronicle1,746 viewsImmigration attorneys and a former Homeland Security official testified on migration policy at a House Homeland Security subcommittee hearing. The hearing focused on the “remain in Mexico” p…
2,461 viewsFBI Director Chris Wray, outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, and other officials testified on countering global threats before the House Homeland Security Committee. Severa…
10,349 viewsThe House debated and passed several bills under suspension of the rules, including one that prevents the sale of e-cigarettes to children by requiring online age verification for purchasing…
View in Congressional Chronicle880 viewsMembers debated the rules for two bills to be debated later in the week. Then, in a 354-60 vote, the House adopted a joint resolution opposing President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. tro…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,895 viewsThe House considered several bills under suspension of the rules. Members also debated a resolution to terminate President Trump’s emergency declaration at the U.S.-Mexico border, and they p…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,302 viewsThe House passed a number of bills, including one that establishes a pension rehabilitation trust fund within the Treasury Department for multi-employer benefit plans. Another one sets human…
View in Congressional Chronicle1,949 viewsThe House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on whistleblower protections at the Veterans Affairs Department. Dr. Tamara Bonzanto, the assistant se…
834 viewsThe House passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s comments about four minority members of Congress in which he told them they should “go back” to the countries “from which they came…
View in Congressional Chronicle18,885 viewsWhistleblowers and non-governmental experts testified at a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee hearing on the role whistleblowers played in exposing issues facing patients at VA health care…
2,122 viewsThe House continued work on a five-bill spending package, H.R. 3055, the Commerce, Justice, Science (1); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (2); Interior, Environme…
View in Congressional Chronicle939 viewsCarla Provost, the U.S. Border Patrol chief, was among the witnesses at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Defense Department’s deployment of military personnel to the U.S.-M…
3,078 viewsThe House considered several homeland security-related suspension bills.
View in Congressional Chronicle772 viewsThe House considered several homeland security-related bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle559 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan testified before the House Homeland Security Committee regarding his agency’s fiscal year 2020 budget request. He was questioned about U.S.…
2,067 viewsThe House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security held a hearing on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for several agencies including Customs and Border Protection (…
1,855 viewsOfficials from the FBI, Justice and Homeland Security departments testified on the rise of domestic terrorism. Several topics were covered including how the respective agencies were tracking…
3,509 viewsHomeland Security officials testified before a House subcommittee on President Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget request for two agencies within the department: the Cybersecurity and Infrastru…
664 viewsThe House Veterans' Affairs Committee held a hearing to examine ways to combat suicide among military veterans. Witnesses included officials from the National Institutes of Health, Veterans …
997 viewsThe House debated a resolution disapproving of the Trump administration’s legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act. Members also worked on a number of suspension bills dealing with renami…
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