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Yesterday Members of the House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and Members of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences held a joint hearing to review the case against NASA Inspector General Robert "Moose" Cobb.

Yesterday the Education and Labor Committee held a hearing, "Protecting U.S. and Guest Workers: the Recruitment and Employment of Temporary Foreign Labor."

Chairman George Miller:

The Oversight Subcommittee on Domestic Policy is currently holding a hearing, "Hot Fuel: Big Oil's Double Standard for Measuring Gasoline." The hearing is examining high gasoline prices, specifically addressing the "hot fuels" problem -- during the summer, the amount of gasoline by weight in a gallon is less than the same gallon pumped during winter. Oil executives were invited to testify but did not appear.

Last July, despite overwhelming support from the American people and a solid majority of the Congress, President Bush vetoed the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2006. Today, the Democratic-led House and Senate are giving the President another chance to sign this bill expanding scientists' access to embryonic stem cell lines and opening the door to potential lifesaving cures for millions of Americans.

This afternoon, Speaker Pelosi signed the bill and sent it to the President:

Today, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler sent a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney, asking him to recuse himself from any involvement in issues related to the I. Scooter Libby criminal prosecution and potential pardon.

Full letter (pdf):

June 7, 2007

The Honorable Dick Cheney

Vice President

United States of America

Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Washington, D.C. 20501

The Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties is currently holding an oversight hearing on the Constitutional limitations on domestic surveillance. The hearing is the first in a series entitled "The Constitution in Crisis: The State of Civil Liberties in America."

Watch the hearing live >>

Testimony offered yesterday before the Senate Banking Committee raised questions about whether some student lenders are using inappropriate criteria to determine the loan terms and other borrower benefits they offer to students at different colleges -- that is, whether the lenders may in some cases be "redlining".