Conyers in da House (!!!)

[WilliamPitt]

Via email:

Press Release

Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Michigan, 14th District

Ranking Member, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
Dean, Congressional Black Caucus

www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/index.html
<http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/index.html>

For Immediate Release:

Conyers to Introduce Legislation Regarding Price Gouging and Bankruptcy to
Limit Financial Fallout from Hurricane; Pleads for More Effective Federal
Response

When Congress returns next week, I am planning to introduce several
important initiatives as Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee. First,
I plan to introduce legislation explicitly giving the federal government
authority to pursue price gouging actions -- price gouging is a national
problem, and it warrants a national response. Second, I am introducing a
law to amend the Bankruptcy Code so that the most onerous provisions of the
new law, scheduled to take effect October 17, do not inflict damage on the
millions of victims of Hurricane Katrina and their families. While these
steps won't save lives, they will help alleviate the massive financial
burdens in the Gulf and around the nation.

What we have before us is an unvarnished human catastrophe, and it
will require an unprecedented national effort to save lives and rebuild.
There is no sugarcoating how we got here. There is little doubt the
Administration has underfunded flood protection in New Orleans. There is
little doubt FEMA and the military not only did not prepare adequately for
the likelihood of flooding in a city below sea level that is in a hurricane
prone area. There is little doubt that even after the Hurricane hit, our
government was slow and unimaginative in its response.

While we will need to study those mistakes at some point, the task
before us today is alleviating the ongoing hardship we see every day. At
some point the president will also need to reevaluate the individuals he has
placed in charge of FEMA. Clearly, it is unacceptable to have a director
who is unaware that the New Orleans Convention Center is being used to house
hurricane victims, and a deputy director who asserts that FEMA's
performance is "probably one of the most efficient and effective responses
in the country's history."

Our nation can and must do better for the victims of Hurricane
Katrina.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Thank GOD for the CBC and progressive caucus

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Save New Orleans, then save this country!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[Cleita]

2. Next, I hope he introduces articles of impeachment n/t

[Vincardog]

3. Kick and nominated

[Cleita]

4. Dupe

Posted twice.

[Junkdrawer]

5. Wonder if that was before or after the most shameless photo-op in history

Rove shot too low - way too obvious.

People only believe that kind of shit when they're afraid for their lives - not when their pity is being manipulated.

[Barack_America]

6. Thanks, I was just about to call him...

...I knew I could count on him though...

[stevedeshazer]

7. Thank God

For Conyers.

I was starting to think almost the entire Democratic Party was AWOL, too.

Oh, wait....