MESSAGE FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER« Thread Started on Oct 5, 2007, 11:00pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------MESSAGE FROM THE MAJORITY LEADER--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This week, the House passed an important piece of legislation that will help us continue to pressure the President to change direction in Iraq. The Tanner-Abercrombie bill requires the President to present Congress with a plan for redeployment within 60 days and every 90 days thereafter. This vote showed that there is strong bipartisan support for detailing an endgame strategy in Iraq.On Wednesday, the President vetoed a bipartisan and fiscally responsible bill that would continue to provide health insurance to 6.6 million children in need, and cover an additional 3.8 million low-income children. This directly contradicts his 2004 campaign promise to extend health insurance to millions of poor children, and is a cynical attempt to establish his fiscal bonafides with his base. The House and hundreds of outside advocacy groups are working hard to override the President's veto, and prevent him from standing in between 10 million children and the health care they deserve.Tomorrow, I will deliver the Democrats' national radio address, urging House Republicans to stand with all those who support children's health insurance - 43 governors, Senate Republicans, Congressional Democrats, and most importantly 72% of Americans - and help override the President's veto.Next week, the House will consider a war profiteering bill that will strengthen criminal law so that war profiteers can be prosecuted. In light of recent product safety issues, the House will take up several bills to ensure that imported products are safe and meet U.S. standards. The House will also continue working to alleviate the current housing crisis with an affordable housing bill that will establish a fund run by the Housing and Urban Development Department to assist state and local governments reconstruct and build public housing.Sincerely yours,STENY H. HOYER