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Budget Committee Republicans Vote Against Protecting Seniors, Consumers and Small Businesses
March 16, 2010
Yesterday, the House Budget Committee passed reconciliation legislation to move comprehensive health insurance reform forward. During the markup, Democrats offered a number of motions to protect seniors, consumers and small businesses. Nearly all Republicans serving on the Budget Committee opposed these provisions:

PROTECTING MEDICARE FOR AMERICA'S SENIORS AND CLOSING THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG DONUT HOLE

PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM INSURANCE CAPS AND BANNING ANNUAL AND LIFETIME LIMITS ON HEALTH CARE COVERAGE

HOLDING HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES ACCOUNTABLE

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Pelosi Remarks at Press Conference on Benefits to Seniors in Health Insurance Reform
March 16, 2010
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressman Charlie Wilson held a press conference this afternoon in the Capitol following a meeting with advocates for seniors on behalf of comprehensive health insurance reform legislation.
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Federal Communication Commission's National Broadband Plan
March 16, 2010
The deployment of high-speed, broadband infrastructure from coast to coast will fuel the development of millions of new jobs here at home and global competitiveness for our nation. Furthermore, affordable access to the internet and other broadband services will also provide innovative solutions to address national priorities such as health care, education, energy independence, and public safety. That is why the Recovery Act made a strategic investment of $7.2 billion in our nation's broadband infrastructure and charged the Federal Communications Commission with developing a National Broadband Plan.
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Pelosi Statement on Senator Dodd's Wall Street Reform Proposal
March 15, 2010
“Nearly two years after the financial crisis decimated the hard-earned savings, pensions and wealth of millions of American families, the time is long past for meaningful, comprehensive Wall Street reform."
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Pelosi: President's Education Blueprint Establishes Clear Goals for Preparing Students for College, Careers
March 15, 2010
"Reforming our elementary and secondary school systems is critical to our nation's long-term success. We have a moral responsibility to educate our children, raise a new generation of well-prepared students, and give our young people the tools and skills to compete in the global economy. We must work together - as elected leaders, teachers, and parents - to make our classrooms centers of academic excellence and to ensure that a strong education is a right afforded to every child."
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Pelosi: 'Health Insurance Reform Starts With Our Children'
March 15, 2010
Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference this afternoon in the Capitol following a meeting with children's advocates on behalf of comprehensive health insurance reform legislation.
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Pelosi Remarks at Press Availability Following Democratic Caucus Meeting Today
March 11, 2010
Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a brief press availability this afternoon following a Democratic Caucus meeting.
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Nation's Leading Economists Urge Congress To Pass Health Insurance Reform
March 11, 2010
In a letter sent this morning to President Obama and Congress, 41 of the nation's leading economists -- including three winners of the Nobel Prize -- urge the swift passage of comprehensive health reform before Congress to slow 'unsustainable' health care spending:

...Without effective reform of the way we pay for health care, growth of health care spending will create unsustainable fiscal burdens, eat into cash compensation, perpetuate waste, and undermine the prospects for universal access to needed care.

The health care reforms passed by the House and Senate -- with recent modifications proposed by President Obama -- include serious measures that will slow the growth of health care spending...

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The 51st Anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising
March 10, 2010
Today, on the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan Uprising, we honor the many brave Tibetans who have sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and the aspirations of the Tibetan people to live in peace.

51 years ago today, the people of Lhasa peacefully assembled and called for an end to harsh Chinese rule in Tibet. The ensuing crackdown was brutal, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama was forced into exile.

For more than five decades, Tibetans have waited for peaceful evolution and democratic reforms that would usher in a brighter future in China and Tibet. The dialogue continues between Tibetan envoys and Chinese officials, but there has not been any substantive progress. A negotiated agreement is essential and it would ensure internal stability in Tibet and bolster China's reputation in the world.

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Health Insurance Reform Mythbuster: 'Reform Will Undermine Health Care for America's Seniors, Slashing Medicare'
March 10, 2010
Health insurance reform opponents continue to spread myths, including the notion that Republicans are fighting to protect seniors from Medicare changes. In fact, the House-passed bill and the President's plan improve care and benefits under Medicare and extends Medicare solvency.

But in the hypocrisy file, Congressional Republicans have made no effort to hide their attempts to gut Medicare over the years -- from then-Speaker Newt Gingrich proudly declaring that Medicare would wither on the vine in 1995 to the top Republican on the House Budget Committee this year proposing that Medicare be completely privatized within 10 years.

MYTH: The President's health insurance reform bill will undermine health care for America's seniors--slashing Medicare by $500 billion.

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