Minutes after President Bush's veto of the Iraq Accountability Act is read on the House floor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi urges Congress to vote to override his veto.
The four family members of the four Blackwater employees slain in the brutal and tragic Fallujah attack present a joint opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
This morning Jackie Speier was sworn in on the House floor to fill the 12th district seat of California vacated by the passing of former Congressman Tom Lantos.
The House Energy and Science Committees hold a joint hearing on climate change. Vice President Al Gore testifies, this is the first part of his opening statement.
Ambassador Ryan Crocker and General David Petraeus testify in a joint hearing with the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees. Chairman Tom Lantos of the Foreign Affairs Committee gives opening remarks.
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks out against the Military Commissions Act: "Let us do the job we were elected to do on this, one of the pivotal issues of our time. Let us honor our oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution and our responsibility to protect the American people and to prosecute and punish those who would do harm to them."
The House debates the Iraq Accountability Act Conference Report: either endorse the President's open-ended commitment to the war in Iraq or demand accountability, support our troops and set a timeline for the phased redeployment of our troops.
Debate from the consideration of a resolution which disapproves of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
The Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee is currently holding a hearing, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Review." The hearing will include testimony from military veterans on the effects of the policy. Rep. Patrick Murphy (PA-08), the only Iraq veteran in Congress, questions the witnesses.
The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds a hearing, "Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation?" Professor Michael Greenberger, Director of the Center for Health and Homeland Security at University of Maryland, gives opening testimony.
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