Archive: 2007

The Oversight Subcommittee on Domestic Policy has just concluded a hearing to take an in-depth look at the predatory mortgages, payday loans, and foreclosures that plague inner-city America. This will be the first in a series of hearings Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich… Continue

As a global leader on combating climate change, Al Gore has been both an educator and an agitator — spurring so many to take real action. Today, he presented Congress with challenging and creative ideas, and made a compelling case for the… Continue

Former U.S. Senator and Vietnam Combat Veteran Max Cleland (D-GA) today endorsed the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act, issuing the following statement: Our soldiers have shown courage and valor in Iraq and they will continue to do the… Continue

Today, the Honorable Al Gore testified before Congress saying, “I promise you a day will come when our children and grandchildren will look back and they’ll ask one of two questions. Either they will ask, ‘What in God’s name were they doing?… Continue

“I hope the Democrats, under Speaker Nancy Pelosi, keep pushing to set a deadline for withdrawal from Iraq, because they are providing two patriotic services that the Republicans failed to offer in the previous four years: The first is policy discipline.”

A release from the Judiciary Committee: Judiciary Subcommittee Authorizes Chairman Conyers to Issue Subpoenas in US Attorney Investigation (Washington, DC)- Today, the House Judiciary Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee (CAL) voted to authorize the full committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) to… Continue

The Energy Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality is currently holding a joint hearing with the Science Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Environment entitled “Perspectives on Climate Change.” Witnesses: Former Vice President Al Gore and Dr. Bjørn Lomborg, Adjunct Professor, Copenhagen… Continue

“With the war in Iraq now in its fifth year, the need for a strategy to bring the involvement of United States combat troops in the fighting to an end is all the more urgent. The plan approved last week by the House Appropriations Committee, which conditions U.S. support on the accomplishment of performance benchmarks by the Iraqi government and establishes a process for shifting the focus of the U.S. military mission from combat to training and redeploying our troops, in my judgment offers a better chance for success than the open-ended commitment favored by President Bush.”

“‘Despite President Bush’s request that our assistance to Iraq continue to be given with ‘no strings attached,’ the United States cannot afford an open-ended commitment to a war without end. A means must be devised to end the U.S. combat role in Iraq and reduce our troop levels, so that we can begin to rebuild our military and reclaim our position of leadership in the world.”

Last night, on the 4th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, Speaker Pelosi spoke on the House floor about the Democrats’ plan for Iraq: The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act. Read the transcript >> Here is… Continue