Archive: 2007

“‘I appreciate Senator Dole and Secretary Shalala’s willingness to again serve America. Democrats certainly agree with the report’s conclusions that call for ‘fundamental changes’ in the system and ‘aggressive treatment’ of Iraq’s signature wounds. That is why we have voted for historic commitments to ensure that America’s veterans and troops returning home from IraqAfghanistan receive the quality, timely health care that they were promised and that they deserve.”

“‘Six years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and three years after the bipartisan and independent 9/11 Commission delivered to the American people a roadmap for security that the Republican Congress had failed to pass into law, the Democratic Congress is about to deliver to the President a bill for his signature to make the American people safer.”

As noted in the Washington Post this morning, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers prepared a 52-page memo “that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials may have broken the law during the multiple firings of U.S. attorneys.” The… Continue

Today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and several members of the Blue Dog Coalition released a new web video illustrating Republican hypocrisy on fiscal responsibility and what Democrats are doing to address the issue. Rep. Dennis Moore (KS-03), Rep. Baron Hill (IN-09),… Continue

The contempt proceedings in the House Judiciary Committee today are part of a broader effort by House Democrats to restore our nation's fundamental system of checks and balances. The Constitution gives the Congress a crucial role in overseeing the Executive Branch in… Continue

“The Democratic Congress will go on record — every day if necessary — to register a judgment in opposition to the course of action that the President is taking in Iraq. The Democratic Congress will go on record — every day if… Continue

UPDATE: The Committee has approved the report recommending to the House that Miers and Bolten be cited for Contempt of Congress. The vote was party-line. At 10:15, the Judiciary Committee will hold a “Meeting to Consider: a Resolution and Report Recommending to… Continue

“‘Leader Reid, it seems like yesterday we were here urging the Senate to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home. And here we are, one week later, gathered here to observe a remarkable thing. An increase in minimum wage shouldn’t be that remarkable, but it took 10 long years because of Republican obstructionism to block fairness for an increase in the minimum wage. Ten years. In fact, in the last Congress, the Republicans prevented consideration of the minimum wage coming to the House floor 11 times. Does that tell you whose side they are on?”

Working full time, a minimum wage worker brings home only $10,712 a year, nearly $6,000 below the poverty level for a family of three. Today, minimum wage workers will see the first federal pay increase in a decade. Raising the minimum wage… Continue

Continuing the ongoing investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman, an update from the Oversight Committee: Today Chairman Waxman and Ranking Member Davis sent a letter to the White House requesting specific documents related to the… Continue