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This afternoon, the House passed legislation to protect personal genetic information from discriminatory use by health insurers and employers. For decades, scientists have been identifying chromosomes within genes, allowing the ability to test specific genes that may trigger disease later in life.

Speaker Pelosi released the following statement on her briefing yesterday with General David Petraeus:

Having postponed debate on the subpoena for former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card regarding the leaking of covert CIA Agent Valerie Plame's identity pending negotiations with White House Counsel Fred Fielding, and having cancelled the subpoena vote for documents regarding White House dealings with MZM in light of new White House responsiveness, the Oversight Committee today approved three

From the Judiciary Committee:

As noted below, the Oversight Committee is now holding a business meeting scheduled to discuss subpoenas regarding Secretary Rice and Iraq intelligence, former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert identity, RNC emails and documents, and contacts between the White House and MZM.

At 10:00 the Oversight Committee will hold a business meeting at which four subpoenas for testimony and documents will be considered. The subpoenas under consideration are for:

"This important legislation sets a new direction for Iraq. It acknowledges that America went to war without mobilizing the nation, that our strategy in Iraq has been tragically flawed since the invasion in March 2003, that our Army and Marine Corps are at the breaking point with little to show for it, and that our military alone will never establish representative government in Iraq.

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just concluded its hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focused on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq.