Videos

The House Government Operations Subcommittee heard testimony concerning the safety of the country’s milk supply. The Food and Drug Administration’s monitoring procedures was reviewed as well…

Members of the subcommittee heard testimony from federal and local officials and legal experts. The committee focused on the problems of the border patrol high speed pursuit policy which has…

The House Government Operations subcommittee heard testimony from health care providers and legislators on the government’s prevention efforts against the AIDS epidemic. More than 218,000 ca…

The subcommittee heard testimony from administration officials and residents of public housing on allegations of corruption and mismanagement of public housing programs. The subcommittee foc…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislation and National Affairs heard testimony on legislation that would mandate full disclosure of the federal government’s files on the in…

The hearing focused on the effectiveness of the Patriot missile system. The patriot gained fame during the war in the Persian Gulf, as a defense against the Iraqi Scud missiles. But over the…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Human Resources held an investigative hearing on whether reduced federal funding for tuberculosis research had contributed to an increase in t…

The House Government Operations to consider reform of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug approval process. The witnesses included the FDA commissioner and other agency representatives, …

The subcommittee heard testimony on the misuse of the Department of Housing and Urban Development community development and block grant funds. The programs seek to improve American neighborh…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing to examine the Local Partnership Act of 1991, a bill that attempts to reverse the curtailment of fe…

The subcommittee heard testimony on the U.S. drug policy in the nations of Peru, Colombia and Bolivia. During the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Conyers introduced two audits from the Genera…

The House Government Operations Subcommittee on Legislative and National Security heard testimony on the changing ballistic missile threat to the United States. Witnesses spoke about the imp…

The subcommittee heard testimony from rail industry, administration officials, environmental groups and concerned citizens on the issue of train derailments and their potentially harmful eff…

On July 14, 1991, a train transporting tankers of weed killers derailed in California and dumped thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals into the Sacramento River. Every living thing in the …

The subcommittee heard testimony on the deferment of a debt of over one billion dollars owed the Department of Defense by defense contractors following the cancellation of the Navy A-12 atta…

The subcommittee heard testimony on recent disruptions in telephone services occurring in many areas around the country. On June 26, millions of telephone customers' service were disrupted f…

The House Government Operations Employment and Houseing Subcommittee heard testimony on the 1989 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Reform Act, originally intended to reduce waste and frau…

The committee heard testimony on a report issued by the General Accounting Office entitled, “Canadian Health Insurance: Lessons for the United States.” The hearing is one of a series being …

A House Government Operations Subcommittee heard testimony on the development of the space station Freedom. Specifically, the subcommittee investigated and compared the estimate of the cost …

The committee heard testimony on the cancellation of the A-12 aircraft program by the Department of Defense. In January 1991, Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney canceled the A-12 aircraft deve…