House Session
The House debated and approved (286-134) under suspension of the rules a $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fis…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,111 viewsThe House debated and approved (286-134) under suspension of the rules a $1.2 trillion six-bill spending package to fund about 70 percent of the federal government through the end of the fis…
View in Congressional Chronicle5,111 viewsThe House considered three bills opposing the Biden administration’s energy policies, including approval of a measure rejecting a carbon tax in the U.S. and legislation that would change the…
View in Congressional Chronicle440 viewsState public utility commissioners from Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, and Indiana testified on electricity demand and affordability during a hearing before a House Energy and Commerce subcommi…
702 viewsThe House considered several foreign policy-related bills under suspension of the rules including legislation to block the sale of Americans' sensitive personal data by data brokers to forei…
View in Congressional Chronicle260 viewsThe House approved (352-65-1) a bill that would require the video-sharing app TikTok to either divest from its Chinese-owned parent company, ByteDance, within 180 days of the bill’s enactmen…
View in Congressional Chronicle3,484 viewsThe House passed the Laken Riley Act, which would detain migrants for theft-related crime. The bill is named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered, allegedly by a Venezuelan m…
View in Congressional Chronicle528 viewsRare disease treatments, pharmaceutical treatment costs, access to out-of-state health care, and research and development legislative proposals were among the topics discussed as medical pro…
310 viewsThe House considered several small business-related bills under suspension of the rules.
View in Congressional Chronicle378 viewsThe House approved a bill to eliminate all current restrictions on the import and export of liquified natural gas (LNG). Members also passed several foreign policy suspension bills that were…
View in Congressional Chronicle661 viewsThe House passed legislation to ban government health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, from using an outcome metric known as quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) when determini…
View in Congressional Chronicle2,954 views“The CDC is a critical national security asset,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Mandy Cohen during her testimony on the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemi…
2,017 viewsThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair and four other commissioners testified on the Biden administration’s broadband policy and oversight of the agency during a hearing before th…
801 viewsAlan Davidson, the administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, testified before a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on oversight of his agency. Topi…
377 viewsHealth care executives testified on artificial intelligence (AI) before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. They examined the practical uses of AI, as well as the ethical c…
810 viewsHealth care professionals and advocates testified on ways to improve Medicare recipients' access to care at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing. Topics included patient access i…
5,733 viewsThe House continued consideration of several bills under suspension of the rules, including extending until March 8, 2024, Federal Aviation Administration programs set to expire at the end o…
View in Congressional Chronicle302 viewsThe House debated two measures. One bill would block an Environment to block an Environmental Protection Agency rule establishing new emission standards for light- and medium-duty vehicles b…
View in Congressional Chronicle434 viewsA Midco internet provider executive, along with other broadband industry experts, testified on funding for rural areas during a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on C…
638 viewsHawaiian Electric President and CEO Shelee Kimura told House lawmakers the cause of the wildfire that spread to Lahaina has not been determined and pinpointing a cause could take several mon…
1,385 viewsPharmaceutical industry and policy stakeholders testified on measures to prevent shortages in generic drugs before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. Witnesses and House m…
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