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The subcommittee heard testimony on the issue of sweepstakes fraud and senior citizens. They addressed the issue of sweepstakes mailings and their impact on the lives of senior citizens. The…

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee members heard testimony from CIA Director George Tenet and NSA Director Kenneth Minihan regarding the security of government computers and possible thre…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee questioned the panelists on issues of satellite technology exportation to countries such as China.

Senate Governmental Affairs Subcommittee members heard testimony from local law enforcement officials regarding safety issues in the District of Columbia. The hearing came in the wake of the…

Subcommittee members heard testimony from representatives of telephone companies and billing companies regarding telephone billing fraud.

Senators heard testimony about imported foods, and the correlation between the rise in use of these foods and the rise of food-borne illnesses and deaths. The General Accounting Office repor…

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee members heard testimony about Budget Director Appointee Jacob Lew.

During a hearing in SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE members heard testimony from nutritionists and officials from the Food and Drug Administration about food importing procedures…

Committee members heard testimony from other senators on greater enforcement of the Vacancies Act, which had last been amended in 1988. The act required temporary executive branch appointmen…

Senators Fred Thompson (R-Tennessee) and John Glenn (D-Ohio) discussed the final report on the Governmental Affairs Committee on its investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in 1996 c…

Members of the Senate Governmental Affairs subcommittee covered a hearing on Medicare fraud prevention. Members heard testimony from a convicted Medicare fraud felon and investigators who ha…

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee members continued the investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in the last election. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and attorney Paul Eckstein …

Members of the Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation & Federal Services heard testimony from postal officials on the state of the U.S. Postal Service. Postmaster General Marv…

Committee members continued the investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in the last election. Former Equitable Life Insurance Corporation Chairman & CEO Richard Jenrette testified ab…

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee members continued the investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in the last election. Officials from the White House Communications Agency testifi…

Senate Governmental Affairs Committee members continued the investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in the last election. They heard testimony from officials of the White House Commu…

Committee members continued the investigation into campaign fund-raising abuses in the last election. Members debated what the videotapes released by the White House show about campaign fina…

The continuation of the SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING INVESTIGATION heard testimony from Harold Ickes, former White House Deputy Chief-of-Staff regarding his ro…

The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony from Harold Ickes, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff. Mr. Ickes talked about his role in fund raising during the 1996 preside…

Prior to a SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE Meeting on CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISING Senators made opening statements. Senators discussed release of videotapes of events with campaign donors…