Press Releases

"The Energy Independence and Security Act's enactment marked a critical turning point in our nation's energy and environmental policy."

"In issuing this midnight regulation, the Bush Administration has once again rejected medical and sound science in favor of misguided ideology that has no place in our government."

"Today's jobless claims again illustrate the struggles that workers are facing as they search for jobs, worry about layoffs, or fight to make ends meet. It is critical that Democrats and Republicans work together to ensure that the new year is a time of new economic opportunities for all Americans."

"President-elect Obama's nomination of Senator Ken Salazar and former Governor Tom Vilsack brings two more principled and dedicated public servants into the Obama Cabinet."

"As the head of the Chicago public school system, Arne Duncan challenged students and teachers alike to grow and achieve, and his methods have delivered real results. I look forward to his quick confirmation so that together we can work to strengthen America's public schools."

"President-elect Obama has assembled an extraordinary ‘green team' that is more than equal to the enormous task of protecting our planet, launching a clean energy economy with millions of green jobs, and providing a more affordable and secure energy future."

"President-elect Obama's selection of Shaun Donovan to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development reaffirms the new Administration's commitment to strengthening home ownership, increasing access to affordable rental housing, curbing predatory lending, improving public housing, and tackling the economic crisis by halting the rise in foreclosures."

"The Administration must now require, as a condition of receiving those taxpayer funds, the same tough accountability and shared sacrifice by all parties - executives, unions, suppliers, creditors, dealers, bondholders, and shareholders - mandated in the bipartisan legislation passed by the House this week."