During a press conference by House Republicans, Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) talks about his conversation with a radio hosts about whether Democrats are more concerned with caribou than Americans who drive Dodge Caravans. He says that Democrats need to consider Americans who live in places without reliable public transportation. (0:42)
During a press conference of the House Republicans Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) says that even Paris Hilton has an energy plan that she’s talking about and calls for a debate and a vote on Republican energy bills in the House of Representatives. (0:39)
“Let out people go,” entreated Rep Joe Barton (R-Tex.) former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Barton was speaking at a press conference on the fifth day of Republican grandstanding in the House of Representative. Barton and Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who returned from [...]
During a conference call from the Middle East Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) says that while the Taliban activities have increased in Afghanistan so has the ability of the U.S. coalition to deal with them. He also speaks about the problems found in southern Afghanistan on the border with Pakistan where militants are able to cross [...]
In a conference call with reporters, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that the U.S. had a presence in Afghanistan after Sept. 11, 2001. He said that all the attention was diverted to Iraq and that Afghanistan might be better off had more attention been paid to that conflict. (0:28)
“The situation is good, but we feel that there is a lot more work to do,” said Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on a conference call with reporters to discuss his trip to Afghanistan to meet with President Hamid Karzai. Senator Reid was accompanied by other members of the U.S. Senate including Jeff Bingamen(D-N.M.), Bill Nelson [...]
“I hope that you have noticed in the last three days of debate by the Republicans up here that we have tried to be civil and appropriate. I would ask you to compare that with the supposed Democrat representative we’ve had here today and his rudeness and screaming and yelling”, said Rep. John Carter [...]
A second day of speeches in the House Chamber continued as GOP members told Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to call for a vote on the American Energy Act, the GOP’s “all of the above” energy strategy. Representatives repeatedly said that given the current energy costs faced by Americans, now is not the [...]
The National Security Subcommittee held an oversight hearing on sexual assault in the military. The hearing sought to ensure that that the Department of Defense has adequate policies and oversight mechanisms in place to prevent, treat and punish sexual assaults.
The DoD established the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) after a similar Congressional [...]
Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio.) while hosting a conference call this morning discussed his belief that the continuing high cost of oil is not only affecting Americans daily life but our national security. Voinovich commented that numbers released by the Office of Budget and Management (OMB) showing America’s deficit had climbed 750 billion dollars means that [...]
