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Federal officials testified on their efforts to help states with the process of setting up health care insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (the health care law). Health s…

At about 12:30 p.m., the House began debate on the rule for the defense authorization conference report. At about 1:30 p.m, the House began debate on the rule for the two Plan B-related meas…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) members testified on the FCC’s broadband spectrum auction plan.

The U.S House of Representatives convened for a legislative session.

The U.S. House of Representatives convened for a legislative session. Debate was held on changing energy efficiency laws.

Joy Lovelace testified on the meningitis outbreak earlier in 2012 that killed her husband, Eddie Lovelace, who contracted the disease from a tainted injection. The outbreak was linked to 32 …

Witnesses testified about a meningitis outbreak earlier in 2012 that had been linked to 32 deaths in 19 states, and stricken 440 others. The outbreak was traced to a Massachusetts-based phar…

Representatives Ed Markey (D-MA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA), the leading congressional investigators into the BP oil spill, reacted to the settlement reached between BP and the Department of Ju…

The House passed H.R. 6371, the Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act.

After speaking on the House floor, Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) spoke to reporters and reiterated their call for the House to reconvene to complete its rem…

The U.S. House of Representatives convened in a pro forma session.

The House convened for a legislative session.

Panelists talked about standards for safe and secure operations at Department of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories and production sites, as the agency addresses the persistent challenges i…

Witnesses testified on on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) implementation of the CPSC Improvement Act of 2008 and other consumer product issues. Among the issues they addresse…

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioners testified at an oversight hearing of their agency. Some of the issues covered in the hearing included new safety recommendations in response…

The House debated resolutions relating to offshore drilling.

Witnesses testified about he origin and scope of the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program, lessons learned from the committee’s investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee, energ…

Commissioners testified about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) operations focusing on current proceedings before the FCC, the commission’s regulatory process, and progress in implemen…