Archive: 2008

The Armed Services Committee is currently holding a hearing on Security and Stability in Afghanistan and Iraq: Developments in U.S. Strategy and Operations and the Way Ahead. Witnesses: The Honorable Robert M. Gates Secretary of Defense Department of Defense Admiral Michael G…. Continue

Today, the Chairmen of the Committees on Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs issued a report entitled “Wasted Lessons of 9/11: How The Bush Administration Ignored the Law and Squandered Its Opportunities to Make Our Country Safer,” which examines the record of the… Continue

“This week, the House will vote on comprehensive energy legislation that is a result of a reasonable compromise.”

“After five and a half years of war, President Bush will leave office with nearly as many U.S. troops in Iraq as were there before the ‘surge’ began in January 2007.”

This morning, President Bush announced his plan on force levels in Iraq. The AP reports: No reduction of forces in Iraq this year WASHINGTON — President Bush will keep roughly the same number of U.S. forces in Iraq through the end of… Continue

“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a second disaster relief measure by next week to help Iowans recover from floods and storms that struck the state in recent months.”

Congressman John Larson of Connecticut, Vice Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning. In his address, Congressman Larson discusses energy legislation the New Direction Congress will bring forward to combat rising energy and gas prices and… Continue

“I urge you to exercise your authority under the Stafford Act to provide necessary relief for those continuing to struggle in the aftermath of this historic natural disaster.”

“I spoke today with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on the depth of the housing finance crisis, in which millions of families are losing their homes.”

There is not a person in our country who has not seen a loved one suffer because of cancer. Cancer kills 565,000 Americans annually, and each year there are more than 1.4 million new cases. All Americans must work together to make… Continue