Archive: 2007

“Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement following a hearing this morning by the Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the care of wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Other committees will hold hearings later this week:

‘This week’s Congressional oversight hearings on conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are shining a bright light on how our government has failed those who have sacrificed the most.”

From New Member and Chairman of the Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Rep. Harry Mitchell (AZ-05): Mitchell to Hold Hearings On Longterm Needs of Walter Reed Patients WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Harry Mitchell will hold hearings on reports of… Continue

SSG John Daniel Shannon testified this morning before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, National Security Subcommittee, at a field hearing at Walter Reed. SSG Shannon’s experience was highlighted in the Washington Post reports on the deplorable conditions in Walter Reed’s outpatient… Continue

This week's Congressional oversight hearings on conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are shining a bright light on how our government has failed those who have sacrificed the most. Unfortunately, the problems at Walter Reed seem to be… Continue

Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), announced this morning that her subcommittee will seek to issue subpoenas to two additional former U.S. Attorneys who were fired by the Bush Administration. The CAL Subcommittee… Continue

Both the Oversight Committee and Appropriations Committee are holding hearings today on the conditions at Walter Reed. Our troops and Veterans who fought for us on the battlefield should not have to fight their own government for the care they earned and… Continue

Today on NBC’s Meet the Press, Rep. John Murtha (PA-12) outlined the troop protections, already in place in the military, that Democrats want to see enforced in order to ease the strain on our troops, prevent the army from breaking as many… Continue

“For Pelosi, the initiative meshes with an environmentalist legacy that she seems keen on shaping.”

The resignation of Secretary Harvey over the substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is further evidence of the Administration's inability to competently discharge its responsibilities to those most deserving of the nation's attention. Whether it is in the failure to… Continue

“Washington, D.C. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the resignation of Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey:

‘The resignation of Secretary Harvey over the substandard conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center is further evidence of the Administration’s inability to competently discharge its responsibilities to those most deserving of the nation’s attention.”