Archive: 2008

Washington, D.C. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today in response to Senate Republicans blocking consideration of the Consumer-First Energy Act and the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008: “Senate Republicans have once again shown themselves to… Continue

The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, “Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture: The Perspective of the State Department’s Legal Adviser.” State Department Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger will testify. Watch the hearing… Continue

“Exactly 45 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, recognizing that the right to equal pay for equal work is a fundamental value.”

“Senate Republicans have once again shown themselves to be unwilling to break free of the costly, failed Bush energy policies of the past.”

From the Judiciary Committee: Conyers Invites McClellan to Testify June 20th (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) invited former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan to testify before the Committee at a June 20th hearing about reported… Continue

“The Bush Administration’s own Energy Information Administration announced yesterday that global supply uncertainties and increased worldwide demand are placing great pressure on our oil markets and driving record gas prices.”

Today Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking Member Tom Davis of the Oversight Committee issued a proposed Committee report on White House contacts with Jack Abramoff that concludes that Mr. Abramoff had personal contact with President Bush, that high-level White House officials held… Continue

In an op-ed for the Washington Times, Speaker Pelosi writes, “Fiscal responsibility is about more than balancing the nation’s checkbook; it is about keeping our promises to our seniors and our young people and promoting job creation and prosperity.”

“With crude oil prices reaching another record high today, Democrats in Congress are fighting to reverse seven years of Bush-Cheney energy policies that have driven up the price at the pump for Americans struggling to make ends meet.”

“Today’s dismal economic news highlights again the need for an extension of unemployment benefits to those who have been unable to find new jobs.”