In June the Oversight Committee held a hearing on China, which is hosting the 2008 Olympics, to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur. Having continually pressed President Bush to do more to stop this… Continue

Yesterday, the House of Representatives kept their promise to protect and defend the American people with the passage of the conference report for H.R.1, the first bill passed by the Democratic-led Congress that implements the recommendations of the bipartisan independent 9/11 Commission…. Continue

Chairman George Miller of the Education and Labor Committee reacts to President Bush’s threat to veto the the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: Chairman Miller Statement on Veto Threat of Ledbetter Fair Pay Act WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA),… Continue

Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke on the House floor this afternoon expressing her support for the joint House-Senate conference report on H.R.1, implementing recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. The conference report passed, 371-40. Speaker Pelosi: “Today, we will pass the final version of… Continue

This week, the General Accountability Office (GAO) released a report requested by Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) lack of monitoring and control over their $35 billion of property, plant, and equipment. NASA has reported… Continue

The Armed Services Committee is currently receiving testimony on H.R. 3087, to require the President, in coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other senior military leaders, to develop and transmit to Congress… Continue

Tonight, in passing the rule on the Farm Bill, Democrats abided by the new Congress’ Pay-Go rules by closing a tax loophole for companies headquartered overseas. Closing the loophole brought fierce opposition from Republicans, and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX-25) responded on the… Continue

Following today’s Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers is formally requesting notes Mueller testified he wrote after the now-infamous 2004 meeting in former Attorney General John Ashcroft’s hospital room about the NSA wiretapping… Continue

The Education and Labor Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing today, “The S-MINER Act (H.R. 2768) and the Miner Health Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 2769).” Chairwoman Lynn Woolsey: “In addition, we heard testimony that black lung disease is on the rise… Continue

The Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness held a hearing today, “The Workforce Investment Act: Ideas to Improve the Workforce Development System.” The hearing examined how the reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act can be used to… Continue