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A hearing was held on preparedness and response by the State of Louisiana to Hurricane Katrina. Two panels testified about emergency responses to Hurricane Katrina, the status of recovery ef…

The Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina held a hearing titled “Hurricane Katrina: Voices from Inside the Storm.” Gulf coast evac…

In the first afternoon portion of hearings, Mr. Brown testified about federal, state and local responses to Hurricane Katrina. In his testimony he placed blame for inadequate relief and reco…

The 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission held a regional hearing on additions to the list of possible closures and realignments of defense bases. Elected officials and commun…

The House plans to finish work on HR 2601, Foreign Relations authorization bill; possibly work on HR 3070, NASA authorization bill; take the postponed vote on a suspension bill debated Monda…

Representative Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced legislation to amend section 215 of the Patriot Act, which deals with the federal government’s ability to obtain sales and lending records fro…

The House will consider: H.J.Res. 27 - Withdrawing the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization.

The House will consider: H.Con.Res. 159 - Recognizing the sacrifices being made by the families of members of the Armed Forces and supporting the designation of a week as National Militar…

The House will consider HR 2361, Interior-Environment Appropriations for fiscal 2006.

The House met in special session to consider a bill to expand the jurisdiction of the federal courts in order to review the case of Terri Schaivo, an incapacitated Florida woman at the cente…