A NEW DIRECTION
The 110th Congress is making progress for the American people on the toughest challenges we face - working together to defend our country, restore accountability, grow our economy, strengthen our families, and preserve our planet.
Since January, more than 50 key measures have passed the House, 72 percent with significant bipartisan support. In critical instances, the President and his Republican allies in Congress have stubbornly stood in the way of progress with more than 30 veto threats, obstruction and delay.
The New Direction Congress is working to change course in Iraq. This war, now into its fifth year, has not made America safer, even as our troops have bravely performed their duties. This Congress continues to demand that President Bush and the Administration be held accountable, that the Iraqi government take responsibility for its own country, and that we responsibly bring this war to an end. ...(more)
Ackerman Demands Accountability on Iraq
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens/L.I.), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, participated in the September 10, 2007 hearing when General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker delivered their report to Congress on the state of progress in Iraq. Following is the transcript of Ackerman's questioning of General Petraeus. ...(more)
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5/8/2008
U.S. Assistance to the Middle East: Old Tools for New Tasks? -
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Gary L. Ackerman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, made the following statement today at the hearing he convened on “U.S. Assistance to the Middle East: Old Tools for New Tasks?”
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5/6/2008
A Congressional Perspective on U.S.-Korea Relations -
(Washington, DC) - I want to thank the U.S.-Korea Institute for inviting me to be here this morning and I’d like to recognize Jessica Einhorn, Dean of the School of Advanced International Studies, Hak-joon Kim, Chairman of Donga Ilbo, Don Oberdorfer, Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute and Byungki Kim, Professor, Korea University. I’d also like to say hello to Ambassador Lee Tai Sik. I am pleased to be addressing such a distinguished group of Korea scholars and policy-makers during the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Korea and during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
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4/24/2008
U.S. Policy and the Road to Damascus: Who's Converting Whom? -
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Gary L. Ackerman, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia made the following statement today (4/24/08) at the hearing he convened, "U.S. Policy and the Road to Damascus: Who's Converting Whom?"
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4/17/2008
Between Feckless and Reckless: U.S. Policy Options to Prevent a Nuclear Iran -
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Gary L. Ackerman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, delivered the following statement today (4/17/08) on the challenge of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons:
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4/16/2008
Examining Proposals to Reform Insurance Regulation -
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens/L.I.), a member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Government Sponsored Enterprises and Insurance, today made the following opening statement during the Subcommittee’s hearing entitled “Examining Proposals to Reform Insurance Regulation.”
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4/2/2008
Statement of Chairman Gary L. Ackerman Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan -
(Washington, DC) - The Subcommittee will come to order. The Bush Administration seems singularly incapable of pulling together all the elements of national power into a coherent strategy that will assure us of victory in Afghanistan. But that’s not my conclusion. Listen to what the Atlantic Council has to say: “Make no mistake, NATO is not winning in Afghanistan.” Or the Center for the Presidency’s Afghanistan Study Group: “The mission to stabilize Afghanistan is faltering.” Or the International Crisis Group: “Afghanistan is not lost but the signs are not good.” The President and his Administration have proven that they have no strategy to win in Afghanistan. The Chinese scholar of war, Sun Tzu, said that “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”
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3/13/2008
Congressman Ackerman Stands Up for Credit Card Holders -
(Washington, DC) - The U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on a bill that would help even the playing field between credit card holders and the companies who issue the credit.
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3/13/2008
Ackerman Makes Statement on Credit Cardholder's Bill of Rights -
(Washington, DC) - U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-Queens/L.I.), Senior Member of the House Financial Services Committee, today made the following statement during a hearing held by the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit entitled “The Credit Cardholder’s Bill of Rights: New Protections for Consumers.”
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