The Gavel

From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee: Vice President Exempts His Office from the Requirements for Protecting Classified Information Washington, D.C. — The Oversight Committee has learned that over the objections of the National Archives, Vice President Cheney exempted his office from… Continue

The Committee on Foreign Affairs is currently hosting the first-ever open meeting between the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Affairs of the Duma, the legislature of the Russian Federation. The joint session will mark the third in the… Continue

Today the House debated the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The Act is named in honor of Emmett Till, a teenager who was brutally murdered and mutilated while on a summer vacation in Money, Mississippi in 1955. The act establishes… Continue

From the Judiciary Committee: Deputy Attorney General to Testify About U.S. Attorney Firings Washington — On Thursday, June 21, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL) is scheduled to hear the testimony of Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty as… Continue

From the Education and Labor Committee: House Labor Committee Approves Bill to Extend Collective Bargaining Rights to Public Safety Workers in all 50 States WASHINGTON, D.C. — By an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 42-1, the House Education and Labor Committee today approved… Continue

Once again, the President has ignored the will of the American people, of leading medical researchers, and of a bipartisan majority of the Congress. His cruel veto says 'no' to the hopes of million of families across America. Stem cell research offers… Continue

The New York Times reports today that President Bush will try to temper the political blowback of his veto of expanded stem cell research by offering a new proposal in its place: Bush Will Pair Veto With New Cell Initiative Sheryl Gay… Continue

“‘In his famous Gettysburg address, President Abraham Lincoln promised a new birth of freedom in our nation. And today we commemorate the day of new birth in which all people in America were made free: June 19, 1865.”

The Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security is currently holding a hearing, “War Profiteering and Other Contractor Crimes Committed Overseas.” Watch the hearing live >> Subcommittee Chairman Bobby Scott gives opening remarks: Rep. Scott: “We currently have a situation in… Continue

From the Science Committee: Subcommittee Works to Advance Solar Energy Technologies (Washington, DC) The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Energy and Environment today explored means to advance solar energy research and technologies. The Subcommittee addressed the topic in the… Continue