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June 17, 2009
June 17, 2009Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today on legislation she co-sponsored that would reinstitute statutory pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules, which will restore fiscal discipline to the federal government. Last week, President Obama urged Congress to pass the legislation, which was introduced today by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and more than 150 Democratic co-sponsors. "The legislation introduced today to make pay-as-you-go budgeting the law of the land will help return our nation to sound fiscal health. Just as every American family must leave within their means, so must the federal government." Full release
Through collaborative efforts with automakers, the North American steel industry is continuing to reinvent its advanced steel technologies to meet stringent requirements for safer, fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles, according to Ron Krupitzer, vice president of automotive applications for AISI's Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI). Krupitzer discussed the importance of steel in future vehicles in a testimony at the Congressional Steel Caucus hearing yesterday in Washington D.C. Full release.
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, newly-elected president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, will be using his new position to push an anti-gun agenda at a White House meeting planned later this summer, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms warned today. Full release.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) National applauded the decision by President Obama to sign a presidential memorandum authorizing the extension of benefits to same-sex partners of federal workers. However, the group urged the President to honor his promise to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that prevents the Federal government from recognizing same-sex unions. Full release.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leaders and many Members of Congress held a roundtable discussion this morning in the Capitol with leaders of veterans' and military service organizations. Below are the Speaker's opening remarks. Full release.
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle and Bob Dole, members of the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Advisory Board, today released a bipartisan, budget-neutral framework for comprehensive health reform to ensure that every American has affordable, quality health coverage. The Leaders' Project on the State of American Health Care report, entitled "Crossing Our Lines: Working Together to Reform the U.S. Health System," offers realistic, bipartisan and politically-viable policy recommendations to address the delivery, cost, coverage and financing challenges facing the nation's health care system. Full release.
President Obama called on all Americans to help in our nation's recovery by volunteering in their communities this summer in a video message released today by the White House and the Corporation for National and Community Service. Full release.
n April 13, 2009, the Restore Justice At Justice coalition, www.restorejusticeatjustice.com, urged Attorney General Eric Holder to identify all those politically prosecuted under the Bush Administration and to then vacate their convictions where appropriate, beginning with Don Siegelman and Paul Minor. However, according to coalition spokesman Brad Friedman, "after almost two months, we have heard nothing from Mr. Holder despite a tidal wave of information about the impropriety of these cases. The Holder DOJ has been quick to dismiss charges against Republicans such as Alaska politicians Ted Stevens, Pete Kott and Vic Kohring for prosecutorial misconduct while taking no corrective action in the cases of Democrats such as Siegelman, Minor and so many others whose cases seem to have been wracked with prosecutorial misconduct." Full release.
NASA postponed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission Wednesday because of a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system outside the shuttle's external fuel tank. Full release.