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From the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming:

Markey: Polar Bear Told to Sink or Swim

Bush Admin. Gives Gift to Big Oil, Short Shrift to Polar Bear, Says Chairman

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Rep. Linda Sánchez (CA-39), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, and Reps. Artur Davis (AL-07) and Tammy Baldwin (WI-02) sent a letter to Robert Luskin, attorney for former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, clarifying the committee's request for Rove to testify.

The House has just passed the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act, H.R. 6022 by a vote of 385-25.

From the Education and Labor Committee:

GAO Report Shows Need for Minimum Standards to Protect Teens in Residential Programs, Says Chairman Miller

Education & Labor Committee Will Vote Tomorrow on Legislation to Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs

News reports that troops determined by the Department of Defense to be medically unfit for combat have been deployed to Iraq are additional reminders of the unacceptable strain the war in Iraq is continuing to have on the readiness of our military and our national security.

Today, the House passed a package of housing measures that will help families facing foreclosure keep their homes, help other families avoid foreclosures in the future, and help the recovery of communities harmed by empty homes caught in the foreclosure process.

From the Appropriations Committee:

FACT SHEET:

Emergency Supplemental: Iraq, Afghanistan, Veterans, and Workers