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

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

The House convened in legislative session. Debate was held on amending the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement.

The House of Representatives convened for a legislative session. Members debated the naming of federal buildings, including naming one after former Speaker of the House Thomas Phillip “Tip”…

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 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…

Mary Kendall testified on her involvement in the Obama administration’s temporary freeze on deepwater drilling after the BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A 2010 Interior Department repo…

1) H.R. 2139 - Lions Club International Century of Service Commemorative Act, as amended 2) H.R. 5986 - To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric pro…

H.R. 8 - Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012 (Structured Rule) 1) H.R. 1905 - Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 2) H.Con.Res. 127 - Expressing the sen…

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 Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands questioned witnesses on how to prevent future forest fires. Topics ranged from better emergency response…

The House debated resolutions relating to offshore drilling.

The House convened for a legislative session.

The House considered the 2013 defense spending bill.