Tag: Energy Independence

Speaker Pelosi sent the following letter today to House Republican Leader John Boehner in response to a letter sent to the Speaker yesterday by the GOP leadership. Below is a text of the letter: April 23, 2008 The Honorable John A. Boehner… Continue

Today in a letter to EPA Administrator Johnson, Chairman Henry Waxman of the Oversight Committee requested that he be prepared to testify in May regarding the recently released Union of Concerned Scientists Report documenting extensive and widespread political interference with the work… Continue

The price for regular gasoline reached a record $3.53 per gallon today — 23 percent more than this time last year and 140 percent more than when President Bush took office. The Democratic-led Congress has passed a number of key bills to… Continue

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President George W. Bush urging him to sign into law legislation that Congress has passed to help American families with the rising price of gasoline. “I respectfully ask you again… Continue

Almost four decades ago, a group of visionary Americans energized the environmental movement, and indeed our nation, by dedicating a day to this ideal: we must preserve God's creation, our planet, for the generations to come. On this Earth Day, the greatest… Continue

Rep. Chris Murphy (CT-05) spoke this morning on the struggle Americans face with rising gas prices and what Democrats have done to address it against fierce opposition from Republicans in Congress and President Bush, who has done nothing of any effect to… Continue

After seven years of denying the seriousness of the climate crisis and delaying tough action to save the planet, President Bush finally will discuss the subject this afternoon. With just nine months left in his term, the White House has already made… Continue

The Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is currently holding a hearing, “Drilling for Answers on Oil and Gas Prices, Profits, and Alternatives.” Top-level executives from the five largest oil companies will discuss the current state of oil and gas… Continue

From the Oversight Committee: Chairman Waxman Statement on EPA's Greenhouse Gas Decision WASHINGTON, DC — Today Chairman Henry A. Waxman released the following statement in response to a letter from EPA Administrator Johnson: “This is a transparent delaying tactic and a major… Continue

Last Monday Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairman Edward Markey of the Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming discussed climate change and the Energy Independence and Security Act at a press conference at Stanley Elementary School in Waltham, Massachusetts. Speaker Pelosi… Continue