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Today Chairman Ed Markey follows up:

Markey: Given Decision to Protect Polar Bear Habitat, Bush Administration Decides to Drill It Full of Holes Instead

Interior Dept. to Choose Oil Drilling Ahead of Imperiled Bear

WASHINGTON (February 5, 2008) -- For the Bush administration, today is the last day to list the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act before going ahead with an oil lease sale in the polar bear's habitat. That oil drilling sale happens tomorrow.

Misplaced Priorities: The Bush Budget Top Ten List

The Bush budget makes health care for our troops more expensive, runs one of the largest deficits in history and cuts support for critical programs that aid families across the country. A list of the ten most egregious provisions in the Bush budget is included below.

Members Call on the Science Board to Assess Resources Needed to Remedy FDA's Funding Crisis

WASHINGTON, DC -- Reps. Henry A. Waxman, John D. Dingell, Bart Stupak, and Frank Pallone, Jr., called on members of one of FDA's own advisory committees to provide Congress with its assessment of the resources needed to remedy the crisis at the agency stemming from years of chronic underfunding.

Chairman George Miller of the Education and Labor Committee:

Bush Budget Fails Workers, Children, College Students, Families, and the Economy, Says Chairman Miller

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today on the Bush administration's proposed budget for the 2009 fiscal year.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

"The American people expect our nation's budget to chart a course that reflects their values and aspirations, makes critical investments in our future and is fiscally responsible. The President's budget fails to meet those standards.

"The President's misguided budget cuts health care for seniors and working families, freezes lifesaving medical research, raises health care costs for veterans, and slashes energy assistance--all at a time of rising prices and a slowing economy. And once again, the President does not fully account for the true cost of the war in Iraq.