Howard Dean

December 12, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement following the Republican Des Moines Register/Iowa Public Television debate today:    » read more »

December 7, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following response after Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to fix the Alternative Minimum Tax and pay for it:

"Republicans continue to prove that you just can't trust them with your money. The Bush Republicans in Congress can't claim to be fiscal conservatives one day and then block Democratic efforts to responsibly manage our country's finances the next.    » read more »

November 13, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke about the budget today:

"When it comes to fiscal discipline, Republicans have made a mess. It was Bush Republicans who turned record surpluses into record deficits, gave reckless tax cuts to people who did not need it, and waged a failed war of choice in Iraq, a war that new reports suggest will end up costing $3.5 trillion if Republicans keep standing in the way of change.    » read more »

November 13, 2007 -- DNC Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Voting Rights Institute Chair Donna Brazile issued the following joint statement after the Senate confirmed Michael Mukasey to be Attorney General of the United States:

"As Attorney General, Michael Mukasey has a lot of work to do in the months ahead to repair the Justice Department's reputation.

For years, Bush Republicans have politicized the Department of Justice and waged an outright war on the right to vote by promoting restrictive voter ID laws, overzealous and inappropriate voter purging, and voter intimidation tactics.    » read more »

November 9, 2007 -- Upon hearing the news that Bernard Kerik would be indicted on multiple corruption charges, Rudy Giuliani refused to say whether or not he would pardon his long time friend. Having helped shepherd Kerik's career, evidence suggests that Giuliani knew about Kerik's ethical problems and still promoted him from driver in his 1993 mayoral campaign to New York City's Corrections Department Commissioner to the city's police chief to business partner. [Daily News, 11/09/07]    » read more »

November 7, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean today issued the following statement on the historic passage of H.R. 3685, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act:    » read more »

November 7, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement on Tuesday's elections, which offered good news for Democrats, both in terms of yesterday's gains and the long-term goal of winning in 2008 and beyond to build a permanent Democratic Majority.

In Kentucky, voters embraced Steve Beshear's positive vision and rejected more-of-the-same Republican culture of corruption, and in Virginia strong Democratic leadership helped not only reclaim the Virginia Senate for the first time since 1999, but ensured that Virginia will be in play in 2008.    » read more »

November 2, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke on his failed war of choice in Iraq:

"President Bush's war of choice in Iraq is making us less safe here at home. For the president to say otherwise just goes to show that he's more interested in scoring political points than finding a way out of Iraq.    » read more »

November 1, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush spoke about the war on terror and his misguided war in Iraq:    » read more »

October 30, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush announced his nomination of retired Lt. General James Peake to head the Department of Veterans Affairs.

If confirmed, Peake will take over a highly criticized Bush Veterans Affairs Department which has failed to provide promised services, properly care for our wounded veterans at medical centers like Walter Reed, and left the personal financial information of America's 26.5 million veterans vulnerable.    » read more »

October 30, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush threatened to veto funding important to the American people:    » read more »

October 27, 2007 -- Governor Howard Dean, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, delivered the Democratic radio address this week. He highlighted the fact that while all of the Republican presidential candidates support borrowing $196 billion for the war in Iraq they all oppose spending $7 billion next year for the bipartisan plan to provide children health care.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement today after the White House issued a Statement of Administration Policy opposing the DREAM Act and Bush Republicans blocked consideration of the bill in the Senate: [White House Statement of Administration Policy, 10/24/07]    » read more »

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2007 -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement congratulating former Vice President Al Gore for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize today for his work concerning global warming:    » read more »

October 3, 2007 -- Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after President Bush vetoed a bipartisan plan supported overwhelmingly by the American people and 43 governors to extend and expand the State Children's Health Insurance Program to cover 10 million low-income kids:    » read more »