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For many years, I have been proud to stand with the people of Appalachia in opposing mountaintop removal, though like many people, I have seen mountaintop removal mostly from photos and satellite imagery in GoogleEarth
Last November Democrats listened to the American people. Unfortunately, President Bush continues to ignore them.
We are fast approaching the one-year anniversary of the November elections, when the American people went to the polls demanding to take our nation in a new direction. Over the last ten months, the new Democratic Congress has produced real results that are now making a real difference in millions of Americans' lives.
This week, House Republicans offered a motion to recommit condemning MoveOn.org for its advertisement stating that General Petraeus had "betrayed us."
President Bush says progress is being made in Iraq, but many of the examples he pointed to in a nationally televised speech last week were overestimated or overly optimistic.
For a decade now the Children's Health Insurance Program has provided six million children access to private health insurance. Thanks to CHIP, every year over the last decade the number of uninsured children fell. That is until the last two years.
President Bush has threatened to veto a bill that would provide health care insurance to five million children who are currently uninsured.
At a time when there are serious problems in our health care system, the Children's Health Insurance Program, otherwise known as CHIP, has a proven track record.
The American people are demanding this Congress take action to responsibly end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home safely.
Yesterday both the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Ways and Means Committee began marking up the CHAMP Act---a comprehensive bill that ensures millions of vulnerable children have access to health insurance through the Children's Health Insurance Program, otherwise known as CHIP.