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HOUSTON, TX. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has announced the House Judiciary Committee will return to Washington before the end of the Congressional District work period to address the issue of gun violence prevention.
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, will convene a field hearing to examine the Los Angeles homelessness crisis.
Ready, set, fest! Today we announced the program and speakers for the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival — Sept. 26-28 in downtown Austin. It's our ninth annual ideas weekend, our biggest by a mile and absolutely our most ambitious yet.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has declared that the citizens of Venezuela "have suffered for too long at the hands" of the violent Maduro regime. His administration has warned Venezuela is as dangerous a place to be as North Korea, Iran and Syria. Violent crime is common; food, water, electricity and medicine are in short supply, the warnings say.
After remaining silent for nearly two years – with the exception of a brief statement expressing his reluctance to speak before Congress – former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before two U.S. House committees about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and President Donald Trump's actions around that investigation.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert on Wednesday tore into Robert Mueller during his long-awaited appearance on Capitol Hill, accusing the former special counsel of "perpetuating injustice" by dragging out his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Engineers and elected officials are using outdated tools to assess flood risks and make coastal areas more resilient to storms, which are becoming increasingly severe and frequent, a panel of experts testified Monday at a congressional committee hearing in Houston.
The panel, convened by U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher for a House Science subcommittee hearing, told Congress members that scientists have become better than ever at forecasting hurricanes and storm surges.
WASHINGTON — For the third time since President Donald Trump took office, Democratic Congressman Al Green of Houston pressed the U.S. House of Representatives to impeach the president Wednesday.
And for the third time, Green failed.
The Democratic-controlled House voted to table Green's articles of impeachment, which he put forward Tuesday night, effectively killing the measure. The motion to table impeachment passed 332 to 95.
Facebook's crypto chief David Marcus faced skepticism Wednesday from lawmakers at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the company's plans for the digital currency Libra.