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From the Oversight and Government Reform Committee:

Rice Testimony Postponed

Tenet to Cooperate in Committee Investigation

Speaker Pelosi delivered the commencement address this morning at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. Below are her remarks as prepared:

This morning, the Chief Judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia District signed an order to grant Monica Goodling limited use immunity for testimony and related information she provides to the House Judiciary Committee in connection with the Committee's investigation into the US Attorneys firings and related matters.

Judiciary Chairman John Conyers responded:

On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly passed the Student Loan Sunshine Act, and we noted how the bill, which would clean up student loan practices, dovetailed with extensive oversight efforts during this Congress on the increasingly scandal-plagued federal student loan program.

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is currently holding a hearing: "Administration Proposals on Climate Change & Energy Independence."

On April 16, a group of 11 retired three-star and four-star generals and admirals issued a report entitled, "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change." This report concluded that global warming "presents significant national security challenges to the United States." It focuses on how climate change "can act as a threat multiplier

Tonight, the House is considering HR 2082, the FY 2008 Intelligence Authorization.