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This month, the House made significant strides in its efforts to rebuild the economy to immediately help families and provide for long-term growth. Some of the most important legislation passed and signed in recent days includes the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, and the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act.________________________________________________________________________

This is a transformative time for America's energy policy. That's not because the problems are new-in fact, they date back decades, decades during which we ignored the carbon content of our energy sources. We have put our environment at risk and deepened our dependence on foreign fuel sources. What makes this moment transformative is a window of political opportunity.________________________________________________________________________

Last winter, President Obama took office facing challenges unparalleled in recent memory-particularly an economy in steep decline. Since then, he and the Democratic-led Congress have taken a wide range of measures to end this historic recession and return our economy to prosperity.________________________________________________________________________