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David McCullough received the U.S. Capitol Historical Society Freedom Award and delivered remarks. Congressional leaders paid tribute to Mr. McCullough’s achievements, including two Pulitzer…

House Ways and Means Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), and political commentator Cokie Roberts delivered remarks at a program celebrating the history of t…

Senators spoke at a dinner honoring the 196th anniversary of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and reminisced about their experiences on the committee. They also talked about the impor…

The U.S. Capitol Historical Society honored the work of the House Appropriations Committee with speeches from its officers about the committee’s history. Rep. Bill Young, chairman of the App…

H.R. 918: A bill to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims. H.J.Res. 560: A res…

House considered multiple bills: S 3144: A bill to amend title ten, United States Code, to improve the health care system provided for members and former members of the armed forces and thei…

HR 2194: A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to clarify provisions concerning the application of certain requirements and sanctions to federal facilities. HR 4250: A bill to autho…

HR 4323: A bill to improve education for all students by restructuring the education system in the states. HR 5830: A bill to expedite construction of highway projects which provide additi…

The House of Representatives convened to consider multiple bills before the House. Representatives gave speeches on the floor to express their support or disapproval of the bills.

HR 3603: A bill to promote family preservation and the prevention of foster care with emphasis on families where abuse of alcohol or drugs is present, and to improve the quality and deliver…

HR 2977: A bill to authorize appropriations for public broadcasting. HR 2782: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that such Act does not preempt …

Ambassador Robert Strauss testified before the House Agriculture Committee on the food situation in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. Issues brought up in the hearing includ…

HR 5100: A bill to strengthen the international trade position of the United States. HR 5560: A bill to extend the National Commission on Time and Learning. HR 5517: A bill to make approp…

HR 5487: A bill to make appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and the Food and Drug Administration for the fiscal year ending Semptember 30, 1993. S 2905: A bill to provide a …

HR 5428: A bill to make appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993.

HR 5055: A bill to authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 1993. HR 1624: A bill to provide for the establishment of a memorial on federal land within the District o…

S. 2569: A bill to make the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; to provide joint duty credit for certain service; and to provide for the tempor…

HR 4364: A bill to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, space flight, control and data communications, construction of…

This was the second of four Republican Platform Meetings scheduled prior to the Republican Convention in Houston, Texas. It broke into several 90 minute sessions and the Platform Committee, …

The United States House of Representatives considered the following bills H.Res. 430, H.Res. 431, H.Res. 423, H.Res. 433, H.Res. 434. Members spoke their support for or against each of the b…