Press Releases

"This weekend, House Republican leaders will take their allegiance to the President's failed policies to a new latitude. They will follow him all the way to the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska instead of touring the 68 million acres of onshore and offshore lands that oil companies have already leased, but have not developed."

"Rising unemployment across the United States makes it clear that Congress must act on additional economic recovery measures to create jobs and help Americans with rising food and energy costs."

"Congressional Democrats have repeatedly urged President Bush to bring our troops home from Iraq honorably, responsibly, safely and soon. After rejecting 18 months of attempts by the Democratic majority in Congress to adopt redeployment timetables, the President now proposes a vague ‘general time horizon' that falls far short of a commitment to ending our involvement in Iraq."

"Tony Snow was a man of deep, passionate beliefs, but also remarkable kindness and gentility. Even through his battle with cancer, he showed us all how to live life: with courage, determination, and humor."

"The House of Representatives has passed legislation that will strengthen the economic pressure on the regime in Burma as it continues its campaign of repression and violence."

"If the Administration goes through with this draft proposal, it will launch a dangerous assault on women's health."

"I have taken the dog tags all around the world and have shown them to heads of state throughout the Middle East, in the hope that Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev would be returned to their loved ones alive."

"Rising prices pose a serious threat to the standard of living of every American, particularly in light of the fact that real incomes have dropped by nearly $1,000 since 2001. After years of an energy policy written by and for the oil companies, and inaction on the greatest challenges to our long-term prosperity as a nation, Americans are earning less, yet paying more for everything from groceries and gas to college tuition and health care."