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Press Release
January 12, 2009
“Congress will soon receive a formal request from the Bush Administration to release the second half of the financial rescue funds. The request comes the same week the House will vote on Chairman Barney Frank's reform and accountability legislation to address the many shortcomings in the Bush Administration's handling of the first $350 billion in TARP funds, used largely to bolster the balance sheets of banks. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs or face the prospect of foreclosure, and it is past time that we helped these families bolster their balance sheets."
Blog Post
January 12, 2009
Congress will soon receive a formal request from the Bush Administration to release the second half of the financial rescue funds. The request comes the same week the House will vote on Chairman Barney Frank's reform and accountability legislation to address the many shortcomings in the Bush Administration's handling of the first $350 billion in TARP funds, used largely to bolster the balance sheets of banks. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs or face the prospect of foreclosure, and it is past time that we helped these families bolster their balance sheets.
Chairman Frank's legislation makes significant changes to the financial rescue package -- from requiring strengthened oversight and transparency to additional foreclosure relief.
Articles
January 12, 2009
" President-elect Barack Obama is not the Washington pol capable of a little tech savvy. In a sign of the increasing influence of the Internet on politics, Congress has officially established a presence on YouTube."
Articles
January 12, 2009
“While we may not see eye to eye on everything, one thing we can agree on is the importance of utilizing technology to communicate with our constituents,” Pelosi says in the video."
Blog Post
January 12, 2009
Today, YouTube launched two "hubs" to make it easier for citizens to find their Congressional Representatives who have YouTube channels - a House Hub and a Senate Hub:
Speaker Pelosi's channel can be found at youtube.com/nancypelosi.
Press Release
January 9, 2009
“With 2.6 million jobs lost in 2008 and an unemployment rate of 7.2 percent, the American people have inherited an economy from the Bush Administration that is in the depth of recession. Today's dismal jobs numbers show once again what Democrats in Congress have been saying for more than a year: our nation needs a bold economic recovery and reinvestment plan that will create American jobs and put our nation back on track to prosperity."
Speech
January 9, 2009
“And yet in terms of pay equity, I'm a mother of four daughters and one son, and for all of them this is important legislation. Many colleagues in this House, many women Members of the House, we have fathers of daughters. And those fathers of daughters know that their daughters are capable of doing anything that they set out to do, and the value that is placed on them in the workplace is the same value that is be placed on young men of whatever age."
Press Release
January 9, 2009
“The Bush Administration has ignored the intent of Congress and the demand by American people for strong accountability and transparency in the financial rescue package. That is why, next week, the House will vote on legislation introduced today by Chairman Barney Frank that expands oversight, protects taxpayers' interests, and makes significant improvements to the law."
Speech
January 9, 2009
“If we are to achieve a real peace, we must begin with a ceasefire to the current conflict, which is why this resolution calls for the Bush Administration to work toward that end. But a ceasefire must do more than just end the current fighting - it must address some of the root causes of the conflict so we may attain a peace that is, in the words of this resolution, ‘durable and sustainable."
Press Release
January 9, 2009
“In selecting Admiral Dennis Blair and Leon Panetta to direct the intelligence community and one of its most critical agencies, President-elect Obama has chosen two strong leaders who understand well the value of timely and reliable intelligence."