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President Donald Trump's views on immigration are hard to pin down.
He is a longtime critic of illegal immigration and has embraced a draconian approach to enforcement of our nation's laws concerning unauthorized entry. But it's increasingly hard to believe that he's committed to upholding the law — or that he supports legal immigration, as he has often insisted.
WASHINGTON — Texans have been waiting a year and a half for more than $4 billion in disaster recovery money Congress approved after Hurricane Harvey and major floods the two years before. They'll have to wait several months more, but the federal government finally cleared a major hurdle toward sending the cash on Friday.
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. On September 4, 2019 at 10:00 am, the House Judiciary Committee will mark up a series of bills to help respond to the growing problem of gun violence -- H.R. 1186, the Keep Americans Safe Act; H.R. 1236, the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2019, amended to also include provisions from H.R.
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.
WHO: Members of the House Financial Services Committee
Members of the California Delegation
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.
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.
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.
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.