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Today, the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a hearing with the top executives of the big five oil companies

Congressional Republicans continue to protect insurance companies and threaten to take us back to the failed Bush policies that left workers, families and small businesses with high premiums, denied care and lost coverage.

The Gulf Coast catastrophe underscores the need for comprehensive energy and climate reform to rein in Big Oil and reduce our reliance on dirty and foreign fuels.

Republicans and opponents of health care reform continue to push out misinformation about the Affordable Care Act--the historic health insurance reform legislation signed into law by President Obama in March.

The latest myth:

Yesterday, Republican Leader Boehner claimed the Bush tax cuts enacted under Republican controlled Congresses did not lead to the deficit:

Today, Speaker Pelosi announced that Dr. Robert V. Remini, the House Historian, has chosen to retire from the post on August 31st. Dr. Remini has served as Historian for the past five years, having reestablished the office in 2005. The Historian's Office seeks to improve public knowledge and understanding of the 'People's House.' Speaker Pelosi on Dr. Remini:

This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi met with family members of individuals who died on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico:

For eight years, President Bush and his Republican allies looked the other way as Wall Street and the big banks exploited loopholes, gambled our money on complex schemes, and rewarded failure and recklessness. America's families and small businesses paid the price--we lost 8 million jobs and $17 trillion in retirement savings and Americans' net worth in the meltdown: