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Rahall Pledges to Investigate Politicization of Klamath River Basin Issues
June 28, 2007
From the Committee on Natural Resources:

Rahall to Continue Probe of Politicization of Endangered Species Act

Klamath River Basin to be on agenda

Washington, D.C. -- Late Wednesday evening, U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, received a letter from 36 House Democrats from California and Oregon calling for an oversight hearing on the alarming role Vice President Dick Cheney may have played in Klamath River Basin decisions. As reported by the Washington Post on June 27, 2007, Cheney's intervention in the development of a 10-year water plan for the Klamath River resulted in a 2002 die-off of around 70,000 salmon near the California-Oregon border -- the largest adult salmon kill in the history of the West.

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Miller, Markey Release New Report Showing that Undisclosed Conflicts Reduce Pension Plan Returns
June 28, 2007
From Education and Labor Chairman George Miller:

Miller, Markey Release New Report Showing that Undisclosed Conflicts Reduce Pension Plan Returns

Workers Likely Bear Brunt of Lower Returns in the Form of Reduced Pension Benefits

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Pension plans may earn substantially lower rates of return when they are assisted by consultants who have significant conflicts of interest that are not disclosed, according to a new report by government investigators released today by Reps. George Miller (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA).

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Supreme Court School Decision a Retreat From Our Nation's Commitment to Opportunity and Equality
June 28, 2007
I am extremely disappointed in the Supreme Court's decision overriding the efforts of local communities to grapple with the complex issue of diversity in our schools. This decision is a retreat from our nation's commitment to opportunity and equality in our schools and a retreat from the fundamental values of our country.

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Chairman Conyers Responds to White House Asserting Executive Privilege on Judiciary Subpoenas
June 28, 2007
Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers released the following statement in response to the President's assertion of executive privilege in response to the committee's June 13 subpoena for documents:

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CHS Hearing on Homeland Security Declassification
June 28, 2007
The Committee on Homeland Security is currently holding a hearing, "Over-Classification and Pseudo-Classification: Making DHS the Gold Standard for Designating Classified and Sensitive Homeland Security Information." Witnesses will include Mr. J. William Leonard, Director of the Information Security Oversight Office for the National Archives and Record Administration; Mr. Scott Armstrong, Founder of the Information Trust; Ms. Suzanne E. Spaulding, Principal of the Bingham Consulting Group LLC; and Mr. Mark Agrast, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress.

Watch the hearing live >>

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Chairmen Write to AG Gonzales on Vice President's Office's Handling of Classified Information
June 27, 2007
Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, and Oversight and Government Reform Information Policy Subcommittee Chairman Wm. Lacy Clay today called upon Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to explain his role in the Vice President's extraordinary attempt to remove his office from executive branch oversight and the subsequent refusal to comply with procedures to protect classified information in the Office of the Vice President (OVP). The Chairmen specifically called on Gonzales to report on the status of his long-overdue response to the National Archives' request to rule on the legality of VP Cheney's actions.

Full letter (pdf):

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Foreign Affairs Hearing on the Nuclear Black Market
June 27, 2007
The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, along with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, chaired by Reps. Gary Ackerman and Brad Sherman respectively, are currently holding a joint hearing, "A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New Management?" Witnesses will include Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Mr. David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security; and Ms. Lisa Curtis, Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation.
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House Democrats on the Crumbling Republican Stonewall
June 27, 2007
This morning Democrats took to the House floor to discuss recent calls from influential Republican Senators for redeployment in Iraq:

Democratic Caucus Chairman Emanuel:

"Starting in July, we will put the Administration and the Republicans to the test. A new direction in Iraq, or more of the same of the present force? Vote after vote. We said last May that we would begin to see the beginning of the end. And just this week, we begin to see that light at the end of the tunnel of this failed policy."

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PBS's Charlie Rose: Interview with Speaker Nancy Pelosi
June 27, 2007
PBS's Charlie Rose interviews Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a range of issues, including Iraq, Immigration, and the Economy.
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More Dollars, Less Sense
June 27, 2007
Today the Oversight Committee released a report entitled More Dollars, Less Sense: Worsening Contracting Trends Under the Bush Administration.
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