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May 11, 2006, 5:19 am
By
Pa. GOP Rep. John Peterson
Congress took an important first step yesterday toward fixing an energy supply problem it created more than a generation ago. With the Appropriations Committee going on record in support of safe natural gas production, the burden has now shifted onto those who oppose the safe production of domestic natural gas to explain to the American people why this country should continue to lock up vast reserves of energy while home-grown industries and the American consumer class continue to pay the highest prices in the world.
I look forward to leading that debate on the House floor. I don't believe it's an overstatement to suggest the future of the American economy may be riding on it.
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May 10, 2006, 1:28 pm
By
N.J. Dem. Rep. Frank Pallone
House Republicans are prepared to go along with the Bush administration and begin financially penalizing millions of American seniors who don't choose a drug plan by May 15th.
Imagine that----we still have millions of seniors surviving on fixed incomes, often making such desperate decisions between medicine and food. And now, House Republicans are prepared to add to that financial burden by instituting a tax they will be forced to pay every month for the rest of their lives.
If this Congress does not step in this week, more than five million seniors will face a Bush prescription drug tax when they finally decide to sign up for a drug plan after the May 15th deadline.
What is so magical about May 15th? The Bush administration made numerous mistakes during the first months of implementation that made choosing the right plan even more burdensome. Those mistakes have not yet been corrected. A GAO report released last week shows that 60-percent of the information from 1-800-MEDICARE or from the Medicare website is still incorrect. Why wouldn't the president and his Congressional friends want to help confused seniors out by giving them seven more months to pick the plan that is best for them?
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May 10, 2006, 12:21 pm
By
Texas GOP Rep. Michael McCaul
Simply moving FEMA out of the Department of Homeland Security won’t solve its problems.
We’ve done our homework on this and with the input of local authorities and first-responders, it’s clear that putting preparedness back with response, as we do in our bill, will greatly enhance the federal government’s ability to respond to any crisis.
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Homeland Security, Lawmaker News, Politics
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May 10, 2006, 11:05 am
By
Calif. Dem. Rep. Tom Lantos
Today our committee held a fascinating hearing on U.S.-China policy featuring Under Secretary Robert Zoellick, the top expert on the topic at the State Department, who has recently done excellent and heartfelt work to help bring peace to the Darfur region of Sudan.
In order to get the conversation rolling, the hearing was titled, "A Resurgent China: Responsible Stakeholder or Robust Rival." To my mind, this presents a false dichotomy. Nearly three decades after we normalized relations, it is self-evident that China is both.
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May 10, 2006, 9:06 am
By
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn
Here we are again. Very little has changed since Mr. Kavanaugh’s first hearing two years ago. The objections to his nomination still proceed as follows. First, he lacks the proper experience. In the alternative, he’s got the wrong kind of experience. And, mixed up somewhere in there, he’s represented the wrong clients. As yesterday's hearings demonstrated, each of these objections is flimsy at best.
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May 10, 2006, 9:01 am
By
S.C. GOP Rep. Bob Inglis
The bill's rapid movement through the House, and that it passed with 416 votes, shows that momentum is gathering toward a national commitment to the hydrogen economy. This is no science project, it will give prizes for those who will bring us closer to having hydrogen as a usable energy source. A hydrogen future is closer than we think.
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May 10, 2006, 8:44 am
By
Miss. Dem. Rep. Bennie Thompson
After seeing the destruction of last year's hurricanes and daily dialogue with our nation's first responders and emergency managers, we have come up with a real remedy to heal this ailing agency. The legislation that I, along with other House members are introducing, would equip FEMA with the right tools, resources, guidance and leadership it needs to deal with any disaster our country may face. Whether we call the agency charged with emergency preparedness and response FEMA or something else, the Senate's report echoes our urgent call to strengthen disaster preparedness and response within the Department.
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May 10, 2006, 6:16 am
By
Ind. GOP Rep. Mike Pence
On all of my five trips to our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, I insisted on seeing the heroes before we go home...the injured soldiers at our medical center in Germany. As soon as any soldiers injured or ill can be safely moved, they are transported to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany. It is very common to meet soldiers, many who were manning a gun turret yesterday, resting in a hospital bed at Landstuhl today.
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May 10, 2006, 3:57 am
By
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
The vote on the Republican prescription drug bill in the House of Representatives was held open for nearly three hours; Republicans attempted to bribe one of their own Members on the House floor; and the Administration lied to Members of Congress about the bill's true cost. Borne out of the culture of corruption, the prescription drug plan is jam-packed full of giveaways to big business pharmaceutical companies and managed care firms, but does not have fundamental provisions that would protect Americans. When seniors telephoned the call centers run by the Bush Administration to ask which Medicare prescription drug plan would save them the most money, they were given the wrong answer 60% of the time. American families deserve a benefit that doesn't complicate their lives, but does more to lower costs and confusion.
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Healthcare, Lawmaker News, Politics, The Administration
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May 10, 2006, 3:33 am
By
N.J. GOP Rep. Chris Smith
One might think that advances in adult and cord-blood stem cells would silence or at a minimum refocus those who insist that taxpayer dollars be used to subsidize the killing of human embryos. Strangely, the obsession to use federal taxpayer dollars for what could very well be a decades long process (where failure remains a strong possibility) remains.Despite many important advancements in adult and cord-blood stem cell research, media hype continues to focus on embryonic stem cells with little regard given to the fact that nearly 70 human clinical applications using adult stem cells have been published in peer reviewed journals.
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