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This evening, President Obama released a security review on strengthening intelligence and aviation security in response to the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day. Speaker Pelosi on the President's remarks:

In the days following the attempted terrorist attack on a Detroit-bound airplane on Christmas Day, some critics of the Obama Administration have made absurd claims that the President and Members of Congress do not take our national security seriously:

Senate passage of health insurance reform legislation last week brings Congress closer to providing quality, affordable health insurance to every American.

“Today, President Obama put forward a clear framework for an agreement: mitigation, transparency and financing - a framework that would represent an historic global accord and real progress among the community of nations."

“The agreement reached tonight in Copenhagen is a breakthrough in the global effort to combat the climate crisis and could not have been reached without President Obama's active involvement and leadership."

“Women have the most to gain and the most to lose in the climate crisis. The impacts are not gender-neutral; as the primary users, managers, and stewards of natural resources, women feel the consequences first."