President Obama is trying to bring about the largest change in social policy in more than 75 years. To do that, he has to get consensus among 300 million Americans who fall into two basic categories: those worried that change will not go far enough, and those worried they will...

It should come as no surprise that agents of the status quo are dispensing false and misleading information about health care reform. More than anything else, they fear the American people taking control of their health care system for the first time.

The medical industry wants to maintain their...

America is the economic engine that drives the global economy, and it's about time we ran that engine on clean and renewable energy. We have within our power the ability to transform America into nation that wisely and responsibly consumes and produces energy, and provides leadership that enables the world...

World Aids Day, December 1, 2008

World Aids Day is a day to bear witness, to celebrate the progress we have made and to re-dedicate ourselves to the fight by telling our own personal stories. When experiences are shared from every corner of the globe, we remind the world of...

And Health Care is Going, Going, Almost Gone for Millions of Americans.

Another 9.0 quake rattled America's health care crisis to the core last week, but coming amidst the wreckage to the U.S. economy from nearly eight painful years of bad policy by this administration, many people mistook it for...

As we mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, the most troubling fact, in a long and tragic list of troubling facts, is that we already know there will be a sixth anniversary. Worse yet, depending upon the outcome of the November election, there could be a seventh, tenth,...

The R in "Republicans" must also stand for "Rich." That's the only plausible explanation I can find to explain why my Republican colleagues in the House prefer to sink the American middle-class to keep afloat unfair and bloated tax breaks for the rich, and I mean Rich with a capital...

Too many times today, we hear the American people and politicians say about the Iraq war, "If I only knew then what I know now I would have not supported it, or demanded more information and assurances beforehand."

This is precisely why I think that Members of Congress- with...

There's another surge in Iraq that the president is not talking about. An outbreak of cholera is spreading across Iraq and the numbers are alarming. The World Health Organization says 14 Iraqis have died from cholera so far, but the threat is grave.

Already, cholera has been confirmed in...

The President called another news conference today to pretend he is making progress in Iraq. It is the beginning of another White House White Wash.

This President is bound and determined to have U.S. soldiers fighting and dying in Iraq throughout every last day of his Administration.

The Administration's...

I was one of the last to vote in favor of NAFTA, because I was worried about what might happen. What finally persuaded me were the side letters outside the core agreement that pledged to address concerns that I and others had at the time. Fast forward to today and...

What might Iran have in common with Laos and Cambodia? It's time to ask the question.

On an almost daily basis, the President demonizes Iran. While the Iraq Study Group advocated diplomacy with Iran (and Syria) to help end the Iraq war, the President is saber rattling, and his threats...

The American people learned something new and very important in the President's latest Iraq speech: The White House is now occupied by President Lyndon Bush.

The U.S. invaded Iraq over 25,000 U.S. casualties ago, and the President's new idea is the same old idea - order more U.S. soldiers...

After the election of November 7th I flew to Amman Jordan with Dal LaMagna, Senator Maria Cantwell's campaign co-chair, who acted as my video cameraman. On the flight over we had a long conversation with an American personal security contractor who has been working in Iraq. He predicted most of...

The Congress of the United States has reconvened in Washington, D.C., but don't expect Congress to legislate on behalf of the American people.

The Republican Party will spend the next 30 days trying to make you afraid. It is the Republican midterm election strategy.

For the rest of September,...

It was with unwavering support for Israel, its safety, security and right to exist, that I voted today against House Resolution 921. Hezbollah started this conflict with an ambush, and Israel has every right to defend itself. Of that, there is no doubt. Nor is there any doubt anywhere in...

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld arrived on an unannounced visit to Iraq today and proclaimed: "Each time I come to Iraq I see progress."

Iraq is a nation disintegrating into homicidal chaos. It is a country whose leaders acknowledge is on the brink of all-out civil war. But, the...

The Iraq debate in the House of Representatives should begin with one fundamental truth: We are in Iraq and our leaders have no plan to get out of Iraq.

The President says U.S. soldiers will stay in harm's way, for as long as he says so.

"We will...

This is Iraq Week in the House of Representatives. The Republican Majority hopes they can stop the bleeding --- not on the ground in Iraq, but in opinion polls across America. They want to co-op the success of the U.S. military last week, and define progress in Iraq, all over...

It is awfully cold in Washington, D.C., these days, and the arrival of Spring is not going to change the frigid temperature beginning to grip the nation's capital.

Washington, D.C., is fast becoming a cold, cold place under this President and his Administration.
The Big Chill is on and...