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Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I rise to acknowledge that today our country has been struck by a terrible, terrible tragedy. The death toll at Virginia Tech now is over 30. This is the worst campus shooting in the history of our country.As the Virginia Tech community struggles with the mourning and questioning that is certain to follow, the continued prayers from this Congress are with the students, their families, the faculty, and the staff at Virginia Tech.
Leader Boehner joins me in extending our condolences to all concerned, and we ask for a moment of silence to be observed in this body. Would we all please rise to observe the moment of silence?
Mary Beth Sheridan, Hamil R. Harris and David Nakamura
Washington Post - April 16, 2007
Despite winds and a light rain, thousands of chanting marchers led by D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty headed down Pennsylvania Avenue today in an effort to build support for D.C. voting rights in Congress."We are not totally free," Fenty (D) told a roaring crowd this afternoon, shortly before the marchers left Freedom Plaza en route to a rally at the Capitol Reflecting Pool. "That's why we are here to march today. It's a civil rights issue."
GAO Finds Science Agencies Have Few Activities Left To Outsource To Private Sector(Washington, DC) Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, today received from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) a report on the use of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-76 by the agencies under the Committee's jurisdiction.
"Between 2003 and 2005, GAO says that there were only 22 competitions under Circular A-76 at these science agencies. There were only three cases where the private sector was determined to be the most efficient at achieving agency goals," said Chairman Gordon.
Justice Department Fails to Comply with House Judiciary Subpoena(Washington, DC)- Today, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the Justice Department's failure to comply with the Committee's subpoena response deadline of 2 p.m. today. The subpoena seeks information the Department has continued to refuse to provide or has provided only in redacted form.
"We are disappointed that the Justice Department failed to produce the documents and other materials for which we issued a subpoena last week. While we understand that the Department considers this effort a priority and we plan to continue working with them, we will review all available legal options to secure compliance with the subpoena."
We are ready to work with the President to change the direction in Iraq, but the President must accept the facts and put aside partisan attacks and heated rhetoric. The fact is that the non-partisan Congressional Research Service has found that the Army could maintain its wartime operations well into July with the funding that Congress has already appropriated.
Democrats' Reid, Pelosi: It's a new direction
Speaker Pelosi and Senate Leader Reid, Orlando Sentinel - April 15, 2007