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Federal officials testified on their efforts to help states with the process of setting up health care insurance exchanges mandated by the Affordable Care Act (the health care law). Health s…

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) members testified on the FCC’s broadband spectrum auction plan.

Joy Lovelace testified on the meningitis outbreak earlier in 2012 that killed her husband, Eddie Lovelace, who contracted the disease from a tainted injection. The outbreak was linked to 32 …

Witnesses testified about a meningitis outbreak earlier in 2012 that had been linked to 32 deaths in 19 states, and stricken 440 others. The outbreak was traced to a Massachusetts-based phar…

Barry Cadden invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and would not testify at a hearing on the meningitis outbreak earlier in 2012 that was linked to 32 deaths in 19 states, and sickened 440 othe…

Panelists talked about standards for safe and secure operations at Department of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories and production sites, as the agency addresses the persistent challenges i…

Witnesses testified on on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) implementation of the CPSC Improvement Act of 2008 and other consumer product issues. Among the issues they addresse…

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) commissioners testified at an oversight hearing of their agency. Some of the issues covered in the hearing included new safety recommendations in response…

Witnesses testified about he origin and scope of the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program, lessons learned from the committee’s investigation into the Solyndra loan guarantee, energ…

Commissioners testified about Federal Communications Commission (FCC) operations focusing on current proceedings before the FCC, the commission’s regulatory process, and progress in implemen…

Representatives for broadcast, satellite, cable, and online companies testified on the adequacy of existing communication laws for meeting the demands of new technology. Among the issues cov…

Witnesses testified on efforts to prevent and treat traumatic brain injuries. Among the topics they addressed were the numbers and prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), inter-agency co…

Witnesses testified on international proposals that could give the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union control over the Internet. Consequences of a United Nations' control…

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) convened an opening meeting of House and Senate conferees on the surface transportation bill. Senator Boxer and Ranki…

Commerce Secretary John Bryson testified about the state of American manufacturing and the Obama administration’s plan to revive the industry.

Witnesses testified on measures taken by the federal government, the states, and the private sector to prevent leaks from the supply chain that allow prescription drugs to be diverted to ill…

First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified to the committee concerning the president’s health care reform proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care reform task force which desig…

Wireless communications executives testified on cybersecurity for communication networks. Panelists warned Congress against mandating regulation but encouraged more information sharing betwe…

Secretary Chu testified on the Energy Department’s fiscal year 2013 budget request. Questions focused on the high price of gasoline, the potential of tapping into the Strategic Petroleum Res…

Administrator Lisa Jackson testified on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fiscal year 2013 budget request. She defended her agency’s study of the effects on hydraulic fracking, a n…