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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

As Hurricane Ike is set to strike the Texas Gulf Coast, Representative Nick Lampson, participating by phone, talked about preparation and evacuation procedures. Representative Lampson is ser…

The House passed extended unemployment benefits that allow an extra three months of benefits, with those in high unemployment states getting up to a year of benefits. Also, members began wor…

Representative Nick Lampson talked about the future of the space program. He responded to questions from members of the audience. This was the opening address at the 27th annual Internati…

The House debated a bill that would temporarily halt the federal government’s oil purchases for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in order to reduce gas prices. Lawmakers also worked on a bill…

Witnesses testified about the future of the International Space Station, transportation and service to the station following the planned end of Space Shuttle flights in 2010, and the expecte…

Rep. Nick Lampson, chairman of the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, talked about the Space Shuttle Endeavour launch yesterday, the future of NASA, the pus…

Witnesses testified about sexual exploitation of children and minors on the Internet. Among the topics they addressed were child pornography and its electronic distribution, use of the Inter…

Secretary Raymond talked about the 19 beef recalls in 2007. They occurred as a result of concerns of E. coli contamination, including a recent recall by food company Cargill that had recalle…