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Reps. Arcuri and Richardson on the College Cost Reduction Act
September 18, 2007
Rep. Laura Richardson (CA-37), sworn in just two weeks ago, joined Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24) to applaud the College Cost Reduction Act, which will be sent to the President today and which he has agreed to sign into law. The Act will make the largest single investment in college financial aid since the GI Bill of 1944, boosting college aid by roughly $20 billion over the next five years.
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Greenspan Confirms Republicans Abandoned Fiscal Responsibility
September 17, 2007
Former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan Denounces Republican Fiscal Irresponsibility

"Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sharply criticizes President George W. Bush's administration and Republican congressional leaders in his memoir for putting political imperatives ahead of sound economic policies..." [Reuters, 9/15/07]

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Oversight Committee to Hold Hearings on Blackwater
September 17, 2007
Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman released the following statement this afternoon following the press accounts that Iraq had revoked the license of U.S. contractor Blackwater:

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Next Attorney General Must Restore Public Trust That Has Been Eroded by Bush Administration
September 17, 2007
The President today nominated a former federal judge with a distinguished career to be the next attorney general.

An Attorney General must be independent from political influence and have deep respect for the Constitution of the United States. The next Attorney General must restore the public trust that has been seriously eroded by the subversion of federal law enforcement for partisan purposes and by the Bush Administration's persistent disregard of constitutional rights.

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Speaker Pelosi in Oregon
September 17, 2007
Pelosi gets an Oregon earful

Oregonian editorial - September 15, 2007

The House speaker's Portland forum on global warming can only add to the momentum for change

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's stinging criticism of the Bush administration's Iraq policies grabbed all the headlines, and rightly so, upon her quick visit to Portland this week.

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Chairman Tom Lantos Delivers Democratic Radio Address
September 15, 2007
Congressman Tom Lantos (CA-12), Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the Democratic Radio Address this morning.

In his address, Chairman Lantos discusses President Bush's failed policies in Iraq and the need for a New Direction saying, "to win the war against international terrorism, we must stop frittering away our resources -- military, diplomatic, and economic -- on an endless religious war in Iraq.

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Whip Clyburn on Administration's Benchmark Assessment
September 14, 2007
From the Democratic Whip:

CLYBURN ON ADMINISTRATION'S BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT REPORT ON IRAQ

Washington, D.C. -- House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn today responded to the Bush Administration's Benchmark Assessment Report on Iraq which found that little progress has been made to meet benchmarks for success.

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Iraq Update: Bush by the Numbers
September 14, 2007
The Office of the Majority Leader released the following document:

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Pelosi: Despite White House Report Showing Little Progress, Bush is Committed to 10 More Years of War in Iraq
September 14, 2007
Washington, D.C. -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on a new White House report that indicates that Iraq has made little progress toward meeting key political and security benchmarks:

"President Bush is committed to 10 more years of war in Iraq at a cost of untold lives lost and hundreds of billions of dollars to American taxpayers, even though today's White House report admits little progress has been made by the Iraqi government.

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Education and Labor Hearing on Extending Medical Leave to Military Families
September 14, 2007