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Witnesses testified at the first congressional hearing on stem cells research since Judge Royce Lamberth banned funding for embryonic stem cell research and the Appellate Court’s stay of tha…

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and others testified about the government’s plan for developing medicines to combat public health threats such as pandemic flu and biote…

Margaret Hamburg testified about Food and Drug Administration fiscal year 2011 budget requests. The budget request reflected the FDA’s intentions to transform food safety practices, improve …

Lisa Jackson and Larry Robinson testified at a hearing on the use of dispersants in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Topics included the effects dispersants have on wildlife and sea…

Representatives from non-profit organizations testified on the use of dispersants in the clean up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Among the topics they addressed were the effects on the env…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Michael Bromwich, the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, testified on the reorganization of the Minerals Management Service. Among the …

Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen testified in the fiscal year 2011 defense budget. The department was requesting $708 billion for the next fiscal year, the largest Defense Department budge…

Don Blankenship and Cecil Roberts testified about the April 5, 2010 explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine, as well as the company’s safety record. Several questions also focused…

Mine safety officials testified on proposals to invest in mine safety programs, focusing on efforts to prevent mine disasters. They focused on the April 5, 2010 explosion at Massey Energy’s …

Attorney General Eric Holder and Inspector General Glenn Fine testified on the 2011 Justice Department fiscal year budget and Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s upcoming meeting with Presi…

Francis Collins testified on the $32 billion fiscal year 2011 budget request for the National Institutes of Health. He also talked about ongoing research into diseases such as cancer and Alz…

Gary Gensler and Mary Shapiro testified about their agencies' fiscal year 2011 budget requests. They also talked about proposed financial services regulations, and how the proposals would af…

Witnesses testified about proposed fiscal 2011 appropriations for rail transportation programs and activities. They focused on the Obama administration’s budget request for the Federal Rail …

NASA Administrator Charles Bolton and a member of the the NASA safety advisory board testified about the fiscal year 2011 NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) budget. Questio…

Robert Mueller testified on the fiscal year 2011 $8.3 billion budget request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Among the topics he addressed were the FBI’s efforts to combat cur…

Secretary Gates and Secretary Clinton testified about 2010 supplemental spending requests for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They urged senators to approve a $37.5 billion request and s…

Shaun Donovan testified about the fiscal year 2011 Housing and Urban Development budget. In his remarks he talked about proposed cuts to the budget and efforts to stabilize the housing marke…

Postal officials testified about the current financial situation facing the U.S. Postal Service. Postmaster General John Potter defended cost-cutting proposals to cut Saturday mail delivery …

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack testified on the proposed $9 billion fiscal year 2011 Department of Agriculture budget.

Secretary Sebelius talked about the 2011 Health and Human Services budget request. Among the topics she addressed were increased funding for the Food and Drug Administration, health safety a…