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Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today in response to calls from Senator McCain that Congress resume session to consider energy proposals:

Democrats offered a real solution to high energy prices that would bring immediate relief within 10 days by forcing the President to free our oil from the nation's stockpile. The Republicans propose to giveaway public lands to Big Oil, which will not immediately reduce the price at the pump and save Americans only 2 cents 10 years from now. This Republican hoax is unworthy of the serious debate we must have to reduce the price at the pump and promote energy independence.

From the Majority Leader's Office:

Some in GOP Engage in Stunts, After House GOP Blocks Real Efforts to Combat High Gas Prices

WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Hoyer Steny Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today:

On Friday on the floor, Chairman Chet Edwards of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs denounced Republican attempts to derail critical military and veterans funding. The maneuver was part of their ongoing attempts to pass drilling legislation that would do nothing to help with gas prices. He read the urgings of the veterans organizations not to meddle with the legislation in such ways, prompting boos from Republican Members.

Chairman Edwards: "Mr.

This morning, Congressman Henry Waxman of California, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, delivered the Democratic Radio Address. In his address, Congressman Waxman discusses critical legislation passed by the House this week that addresses the health and safety of America's children. Chairman Waxman explains, "on one single day, we passed two critically important pieces of legislation.

From the Judiciary Committee:

Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President Bush, ahead of his trip to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, urging him to make human rights and freedom of the press in China top priorities of his visit.

Below is a text of the letter:

August 1, 2008

President George W. Bush

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, D.C.

Dear President Bush:

The House has just passed the Paycheck Fairness Act, H.R. 1338, by a vote of 247-178. Although the wage gap between men and women has narrowed since the passage of the landmark Equal Pay Act in 1963, gender-based wage discrimination remains a problem for women in the U.S. workforce. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women only make 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man.