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Pelosi: Title IX Assured a Woman's Right to Educational Equality
June 18, 2007
"'By ending gender discrimination in all education programs, Title IX has given women the chance to excel and to take their rightful place as leaders and achievers on campuses across the United States. No longer would young women find their educational options limited by years of engrained discrimination."
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Pelosi Statement Upon Opening of District Attorney's Bayview Neighborhood Office
June 18, 2007
"'This facility will be home to the Bayview-Potrero Hill Community Response Network which will provide crisis response to families and victims of crime, case management and intervention for gang-involved youth, and outreach and support to engage high-risk youth. The people of the Bayview know better than anyone the need for these services, and I commend those in attendance for their leadership and involvement."
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GAO Report on Presidential Signing Statements
June 18, 2007
From the Judiciary Committee:

GAO Report Shows Power Grab in Presidential Signing Statements

(Washington, DC)- Today, the nonpartisan General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report which found that in a limited number of Presidential signing statements examined, the Bush Administration failed to execute the law as instructed in over 30 percent of the cases. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Senate Appropriations Chairman Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) requested the report.

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Interim Report on RNC Emails and the Presidential Records Act
June 18, 2007
The Oversight Committee has been investigating whether White House officials violated the Presidential Records Act by using e-mail accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney '04 campaign for official White House communications. This interim staff report provides a summary of the evidence the Committee has received to date, along with recommendations for next steps in the investigation.

* Investigation of Possible Violations of the Presidential Records Act (pdf)

* Deposition of Susan Ralston (pdf)

* Errata Sheet for Deposition of Susan Ralston (pdf)

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Pelosi: Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Reflects Commitment of Democrats to Protect American People
June 15, 2007
"'The strong homeland security appropriations bill passed by the House today reflects the commitment of Democrats to protect the American people."
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations
June 15, 2007
Today, the House is debating HR 2642, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations for FY 2008. This bill will provide veterans with the health care and benefits we promised them, resulting in the hiring of more qualified doctors and nurses to improve medical services to our veterans and to reduce waiting times for doctor appointments, and provide more to help veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and mental health care issues.

Action on veterans' health care funding could not come at a more important time - a military report released yesterday, shows there are significant problems in the military health care system and a significant rise in veterans suffering from mental disorders.

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Speaker Pelosi on China, Trade Deficits, and Human Rights
June 15, 2007
Pelosi Says Congress Will Pass a China Currency Bill (Update1)

Mark Drajem, Bloomberg - June 14, 2007

The U.S. Congress will pass a measure to prod China to raise the value of its currency after the U.S. Treasury's refusal to label the export powerhouse a currency manipulator, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, said today that she has been warning about the U.S. trade deficit with China for the last 17 years and now the impact on U.S. manufacturers from the weak yuan is attracting the attention of her colleagues.

``Congress will step in,'' Pelosi said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's ``Political Capital with Al Hunt.''

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Science Subcommittee Urges Criminal Investigation of NASA General Counsel
June 14, 2007
Chairman Brad Miller and Ranking Member F. James Sensenbrenner of the Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight urged the Department of Justice today to investigate and possibly prosecute Michael Wholley, the general counsel of NASA, for obstruction of justice and destruction of government records. Subcommittee Chairman Miller and Ranking Member Sensenbrenner have referred the matter to DOJ for investigation and possible prosecutions.

Full letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (pdf):

June 14, 2007

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mr. Gonzales:

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Foreign Affairs Hearing: Human Rights Double Standard?
June 14, 2007
The Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight is currently holding a hearing, "Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. Policy Toward Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Uzbekistan." Subcommittee Chairman Bill Delahunt will preside over the hearing, and witnesses will include Amr Hamzawy and Martha Brill Olcott of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, as well as Thomas Malinowski of Human Rights Watch and Thomas W. Lippman of the Middle East Institute.

Watch the hearing live >>

Subcommittee Chairman Bill Delahunt gives opening remarks:

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Chairman Conyers on New FBI Report on NSLs
June 14, 2007
From the Judiciary Committee:

Conyers: New FBI Report Confirms "Worst Fears"

(Washington, DC)- Today, FBI officials briefed House Judiciary Committee staff on a new draft audit report detailing the bureau's use of National Security Letters (NSLs). The briefing served to update and correct prior statements to Congress, since the release of an earlier Inspector General report. The FBI confirmed that they found more abuses in the use of NSLs than the IG's report had originally found. FBI officials say they are launching a new compliance program as a result.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) had the following statement:

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