Videos

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment heard testimony which focused on smoking and health. Topics included scientific evidence that tobacco is addictive.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment heard testimony on pesticide residues in foods. There is a short break during the program.

The subcommittee heard testimony concerning the dangerous levels of lead in housewares and the related subjects of consumer protection, product safety, hazardous waste materials, and health …

The subcommittee held a hearing on dangerous levels of lead in housewares. This is an incomplete program.

The subcommittee held a hearing on Superfund, a program providing federal resources for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites.

The subcommittee held a hearing on regulation of and competition in the cable industry. This video includes the original advertisements that aired in 1988. Additionally, the first hour of th…

The subcommittee held its second hearing on the affordability and availability of automobile insurance.

The subcommittee heard testimony on the recommendations crafted by the Working Group on Financial Markets, which had been tasked with improving “the integrity, efficiency, orderliness, and c…

The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on equal employment opportunity hiring and promotion practices affecting minorities in the broadcast, cable, and telecommunications industries. Thi…

The subcommittee held a hearing on viewer and consumer choices in cable television programming. Witnesses testified about the benefits and detriments of the Cable Communications Policy Act o…

The subcommittee heard testimony regarding the status of efforts by the Defense Logistics Agency and the military services to cease purchasing and using counterfeit or substandard metal fast…

The subcommittee heard testimony on amending the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs establishing migrant health centers and community health centers.

The subcommittee heard testimony about the implementation of recommendations from the report of the National Commission on Fraudulent Financial Reporting, also known as the Treadway Commissi…

The subcommittee met to investigate several areas of the securities market with the intent of improving the laws in this area. Subcommittee members were interested in regulating the market w…

The subcommittee held a hearing relating to the operations of the nation’s securities markets and the effectiveness of the federal securities laws. Following members' opening remarks, Mr. Mi…

The subcommittee held a hearing on computer software sytems and programs, investment and capital finance, securities trading, stocks and equity financing, and general securities. This video …

The subcommittee held a hearing on the reauthorization Title X of the Public Health Service Act providing federal funding for comprehensive family planning for low-income families.

The subcommittee held a hearing on oversight of the cable television industry. Witnesses from governments and cable television companies testified about the impacts of the Cable Communicatio…

The subcommittee held a hearing about “Black Monday,” October 19, 1987, when American and global stock markets crashed.

The Senate continued consideration of the appropriations bill for energy and water development, H.R. 2700, for FY 1988.