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“Yesterday, once again, for the – I don’t know – 30 somethingth time, the Republicans tried to take away protections for patients in our country.”

“We must work to extend to tens of millions of seniors their opportunity to see their doctor under Medicare. This is very, very important.”

Last week, House Democrats unanimously said no to the Republican plan to end Medicare because it is the wrong choice for America. It would increase costs to seniors by $6,000 in order to give millionaires $200,000 in more tax breaks, put insurance… Continue

“Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you all very much for joining us, weathering this bit of a storm–planes a little later, but here we are to attend to some very important business. I am pleased to welcome all of you to this hearing of the Steering and Policy Committee, under the leadership of our Chair, Rosa DeLauro; Congressman Ed Markey, the Ranking Member of Natural Resources Committee; Congressman Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee; and Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, a leader in sustainability in the Congress. Congressman Rob Andrews, thank you for your leadership. Jared Polis, thank you for your joining us. Congresswoman Mazie Hirono, all the way from Hawaii, and the first one here I think.”

“America has always been the land of opportunity. This has been the source of our greatness as a nation. Opportunity has been the promise for those who come to our shores; opportunity has been the responsibility from one generation to the next.”

“As the daughter of a mayor, sister of a mayor, I always feel very at home among mayors. I recognize that you have a very special place in American society — in the political or governmental arena. There are no buffers between mayors and their constituents.”

‘Nancy Pelosi and her army of whips had counted the votes and counted them again. But as they conferred in Pelosi’s warren of offices just off the Capitol Rotunda in June, it seemed there was no way to get them to add up to 218. That’s a majority in the House, the number it would take to pass the climate-change legislation the Speaker calls ‘my flagship issue.’ But in the middle of a recession, the measure that Republicans were calling a job killer seemed too much to ask of her stressed-out caucus, especially after Democrats had already put their necks on the line to bail out Wall Street and the auto industry and to pass a $787 billion economic-stimulus package, and when they were looking ahead to a massive overhaul of the health care system. Further, it would probably be futile. The Senate might not follow, and even the White House was sending mixed signals as to whether it wanted to do this on top of everything else it had going on in Barack Obama’s first year in office….’

‘August will be a month of inoculation against the negative message of the insurance industry,’ Pelosi said in an interview, resting in a yellow armchair in her stately office, which has sweeping views of the Mall. ‘It will be a month of education in terms of what is in our bill. It will be a month of communication — listening, listening, listening to what constituents have to say.’

This week, the House will consider the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) to revitalize our economy by creating millions of new jobs, increase our national security by reducing our dependence on foreign oil, and preserve our planet by reducing… Continue

“Together, we welcome the many new Members of Congress who today join the House of Representatives of the United States of America. Congratulations to all of our new Members and our re-elected Members.”