House
Democrats Leading the Way to a New Direction in
Iraq
This
week, Majority Leader Hoyer spoke several times on the need
for a responsible redeployment from Iraq. Below are
several statements and documents put out by the Majority
Leader's Office that discuss how the President's Iraq
policy is clearly failing and how Democrats
are working to change direction in Iraq:
Majority
Leader Hoyer's Statement on the College Cost Reduction
Act
Majority
Leader Hoyer spoke on the House Floor on Wednesday in support
of the College Cost Reduction Act, which passed
with strong bipartisan support. This landmark
legislation will provide the largest investment in college aid
since the GI Bill in 1944, at no new cost to taxpayers.
Majority
Leader Hoyer Statement on New Deficit
Projection
Majority
Leader Hoyer responded to the new deficit projection for the
current fiscal year issued by the White House, calling it a
sad commentary on President Bush's fiscal record that the
deficit will be "only" $205 billion.
Hoyer
Statement on Passage of Food and Drug Administration
Amendments Act of 2007
On
Wednesday, the House passed legislation that will help
millions of Americans lead healthier lives by decreasing the
time it takes to provide FDA approval of medications, giving
the FDA resources to take potentially dangerous medications
off of shelves quickly, and encouraging pharmaceutical
companies to perform pediatric safety reviews of their
medications. Read
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