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Speaker Pelosi released the following statement tonight following a meeting with the Chairmen of the committees working on energy independence and global warming initiatives:

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton and Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Vic Snyder have asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to undertake an immediate review of allegations that wounded and injured soldiers are being sent to Iraq.

In an article entitled "The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq," Mark Benjamin reports:

Retired General and Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley K. Clark endorsed the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Health, and Iraq Accountability Act today saying:

UPDATE: The Act has passed, 331-94.

The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, being debated now as part of the Democrats' Accountability Agenda, strengthens protections for federal whistleblowers to prevent retaliation against those who report wrongdoing, waste, fraud, or abuse to authorities. It would protect all whistleblowers, with specific language for national security, contractor, and scientific whistleblowers.

On March 5, 2007, Reps. Lacy Clay (MO-01), Todd Platts (PA-19), and Henry Waxman (CA-30) introduced H.R. 1309, the Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 2007. This legislation contains a dozen substantive provisions that will increase public access to government information by strengthening the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The Amendments passed today, 308-117.

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Rep. Clay explained the bill during debate:

Rep. Lacy Clay:

From the Democratic Caucus regarding the explosive story in McClatchy Newspapers today:

Emanuel Statement on "The Real Problem" with Carol Lam

As Lam Investigated Public Corruption, Justice Department Called for Her Dismissal

Washington, D.C. -- House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel released the following statement after news reports today revealed that Kyle Sampson, Chief of Staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, sent an email to the White House counsel's office regarding the "real problem with Carol Lam" on the same day the Los Angeles Times reported Lam's investigation into Duke Cunningham had expanded to include Rep. Jerry Lewis:

"What Obey and Pelosi and the rest of the Democratic leadership in both houses are about is finding some way to curtail the president's determination to pass the war on to his successor regardless of the continuing cost to U.S. interests and lives."