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Facts About the Cost of the War in Iraq to Our Troops

The Administration's response to the housing crisis should have been more rapid and more comprehensive. I urge President Bush to work with the Senate and change his approach to this crisis by appointing a new HUD Secretary who will aggressively address urgent housing issues in America, including the foreclosure crisis.

While Secretary Paulson's plan to restructure regulation of the financial markets is a step in the right direction, we need to go further; we must take steps now to provide help to families who are hurting.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admits 'We don't have troops...ready to go' to fight the war in Afghanistan

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 reversal of EPA's position. In December, Administrator Johnson found that CO2 emissions endanger the environment and proposed new standards for motor vehicles. Today's action repudiates those efforts.

The war will cost Americans more than $3 trillion and continues to jeopardize our military's ability to respond to threats anywhere else on the globe. Money spent in Iraq is desperately needed at home to educate our children, rebuild our infrastructure and provide health care for millions of Americans.