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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Chairman General Richard Myers testified before the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee about defense spending for fiscal year 2005…

Secretary of State, Colin Powell appeared before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. Sec. Powell testified about the State Department’s funding request for fiscal year 2005, operations in …

Witnesses testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the National Institutes of Health. Committee members praised the institut…

Secretary of the Senate, Emily Reynolds, and Architect of the Capitol, Alan Hantman, testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget pr…

Witnesses testified before the Senate Appropriations Sub-Committee regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Committee members expressed concern …

The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on funding for Alzheimer’s Disease Research. The committee heard testimony from scientist, patient advocates, and people suffe…

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta testified before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the proposed fiscal year 2005 Department of Transportation budget. Some committee membe…

Dov Zakheim testified about the Defense Department’s budget proposals for fiscal year 2005. Among the topics he addressed were procurement programs, personnel issues, the cost of deployments…

Witnesses testified about proposed changes to regulations governing overtime pay for white collar workers. Among the topics they addressed were the types and number of workers affected by th…

Witnesses testified about the Palestinian education system and programs that potentially encouraged terrorism and incited violence against Israeli citizens.

Defense Department leaders testified about requests for additional funding for military and reconstruction operations in Iraq. Among the issues they addressed were the security situation in …

Mr. Bremer testified about President Bush’s request of an additional $87 billion for reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Among the topics he addressed were the progress of efforts to date, secur…

Witnesses testified regarding financial reporting and disclosure rules for labor unions. Supporters of new rules argued that the old financial disclosure forms were outdated and provided suc…

Witnesses testified regarding proposed new mine safety regulations on coal dust. There was disagreement about whether or not the regulations should be changed, and how best to change them.

At a hearing of the Senate Labor Subcommittee witnesses testified regarding proposed changes to overtime regulations. Supporters of new regulations argued that the old regulations needed to …

Agriculture officials testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, about Budget request by the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2004. Among the issues they addressed wer…

Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee members heard testimony from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the fiscal year 2004 appropriations for the Defense Department.

Commandant Collins and Director Basham testified about fiscal year 2004 budget requests, homeland security, and port and border security.

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…

Following a short recess, the conference committee resumed attempts to reach a compromise agreement between the House and Senate on supplemental appropriations for the war with Iraq, homelan…