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Health officials testified before the members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee about the availability of influenza vaccines. They talked about the announcement of the British vaccine…

Mr. Armitage testified before the committee about the Bush Administration’s “revised plan for U.S. assistance to Iraq.” He discussed the administration’s request to shift funds tagged for r…

The witnesses testified about the 2005 fiscal year budget proposals for the Library of Congress, the U.S. Capitol Visitors' Center, and other projects.

Mr. Armitage and Mr. Wolfowitz testified about funding requests for foreign operations. Among the topics they addressed were military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, coope…

Officials testified about the plans to combat infectious diseases, especially influenza and SARS. They discussed activities including the expansion of the Centers for Disease Control and the…

The committee heard from military spouses to monitor the quality of life in the military. Among the topics discussed were uncertainty about durations of deployments, the efforts military fam…

Witnesses testified about the Bush administration’s funding requests for public diplomacy and government broadcasting operations overseas. Among the topics they addressed were efforts to bui…

Center for Disease Control Director Julie Gerberding MD testified about the fiscal year 2005 budget proposal for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Topics included data collecti…

Justices Anthony Kennedy and Clarence Thomas presented the U.S. Supreme Court budget with details of their requests such as more staff positions, improved Internet access and other items. Th…

FBI Director Robert Mueller testified about funding requests for Federal Bureau of Investigation operations. Among the topics he addressed were efforts to identify and pursue terrorist cells…

Witnesses at this hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee testified regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget. EPA Administrator Mike Leav…

Secretary Venneman and other Agriculture Department officials testified about the department’s proposed fiscal year 2005 budget of $82 billion in spending, an increase of $4 billion, or abou…

Secretary Rumsfeld and other Defense Department officials testified about the department’s proposed fiscal year 2005 budget of $68.9 billion. Other topics included a lack of intelligence per…

Members of the House Appropriations Committee offered amendments and debated various aspects of a proposed bill appropriating an additional 87 billion dollars of funds to supplement military…

Officials testified about supplemental spending requests for reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the issues they addressed were the state of reconstruction efforts, how the…

Defense officials testified about supplemental spending requests for military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the topics they addressed were how the fund…

Ambassador Bremer and General Abizaid testified about supplemental funding requests for military and civilian reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Among the topics they addressed were the securit…

Director Robert Mueller testified about efforts to reorganize and improve the administration of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Among the issues he addressed were intelligence gathering…

Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy testified about Supreme Court funding requests for fiscal year 2004 in front of the House Appropriations Subcommittee. The two Just…

The conference committee attempted to reach a compromise agreement between the House and Senate on supplemental appropriations for the war with Iraq, homeland security, and other purposes. T…