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December 5, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi was joined by Members of the House and Senate and young children at an enrollment ceremony in the Capitol this morning to sign Head Start legislation and send it to President Bush for his signature into law.
Speaker Pelosi:

"The Head Start for School Readiness Act puts the children's summit's findings into action. It is informed by the latest science.

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December 5, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Today, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter to Allan B. Hubbard, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council outlining the bipartisan compromise that led to the Energy Independence and Security Act.

"We have crafted legislation that addresses the areas of concern raised in your letter, and this bipartisan legislation has earned the strong support of leaders in the business, labor, faith, and environmental communities across the nation," Pelosi wrote in response to correspondence from Mr. Hubbard.

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December 5, 2007
The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, "Executive Pay and Compensation Consultants," to examine the role played by compensation consultants in determining the pay packages of senior executives at the largest publicly traded corporations.
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December 4, 2007
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Iraq Update: More than 1.6 Million American Troops Have Been Deployed to Iraq & Afghanistan Since September 2001

Where is the Political Reconciliation?

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December 4, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation, sent the following letter to the Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General requesting an immediate investigation of the Coast Guard's response to the November 7 oil spill in San Francisco Bay, as well as the Coast Guard's emergency response capabilities in San Francisco Bay.
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December 4, 2007
In light of the new National Intelligence Estimate, the President should re-evaluate his Iran policy, particularly his focus on the threat of military force at the expense of sustained diplomatic engagement.

Congress has passed more than half a trillion dollars this year for defense, provided our troops with additional equipment, such as mine resistant vehicles, that the Administration failed to request, and offered a strategy that brings our troops home responsibly, safely and soon.

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December 4, 2007
From the Education and Labor Committee:

Education and Labor Committee Seeks Deposition Authority for Crandall Canyon Investigation

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) plans to introduce a resolution today that would grant the House Education and Labor Committee the authority to compel witnesses to give depositions as part of the Committee's investigation into the deaths of nine men at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah in August 2007.

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December 3, 2007
While we should harbor no illusions about the intentions of some Iranian leaders, the new Iran NIE suggests there is time for a new policy toward Iran that deters it from restarting its nuclear program while also improving relations overall.

The NIE also illustrates the effectiveness of international monitoring and targeted sanctions to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

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December 3, 2007
Chairman Silvestre Reyes, D-TX, of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released the following statement on the unclassified key judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence today:

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December 3, 2007
Today, Chairman Henry Waxman wrote to Attorney General Mukasey regarding White House objections that are preventing Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from providing the Oversight Committee with records from interviews of White House officials taken during his investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson's identity.

The text of the letter:

The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey

Attorney General