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As noted yesterday, on February 14th, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers announced that he would remain in Washington to work on FISA issues after Republicans voted unanimously against an extension of the Protect America Act.

From the Education and Labor Committee:

On February 14th, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers announced that he would remain in Washington to work on FISA issues after Republicans voted unanimously against an extension of the Protect America Act.

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel released the following statement today on the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax of 2008 (H.R. 5351), which will be voted on in the House next week.

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on Army Chief of Staff General George Casey's comments to reporters yesterday that the stress of repeated Iraq deployments is affecting the quality of Army recruits, midlevel officer retention, and other factors that are critical for Army readiness.

From Majority Leader Steny Hoyer's office (pdf):

FISA FACT VS. FICTION

Republicans Try to Stampede America Once Again

Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary this week of articles in the Washington Post on the shocking conditions experienced by wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington:

Washington, D.C. -- Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Foreign Affairs Committee Acting Chairman Howard Berman and other members of Congress sent the following letter to President José Ramos-Horta, the President of East Timor, after the recent attempt on his life.