Bay Area House Democrats have a laundry list of what they want to hear in President Bush’s State of the Union address tomorrow, although they’re probably not holding their breath.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco: “In the first 100 legislative hours of the 110th Congress, we have set a tone of bipartisanship to address the critical priorities of the American people. I hope that in his State of the Union address, the President will offer ideas in the spirit of partnership, not partisanship, so that Democrats and Republicans may continue to work together to take our country in a new direction.”

Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Martinez: “The President once committed to fully fund the historic No Child Left Behind education law, but that promise is five years overdue. I hope to hear that the President is rededicating himself to this important law and in particular to re-commit himself to fully fund it.”

Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo: “After observing in his 2006 State of the Union address that America is addicted to oil, the president has done precious little to break the pernicious grip of this polluting, outmoded and costly energy source. Democrats accomplished more with passing just one piece of legislation last week — the CLEAN Energy Act — than the White House did all year. Rather than relying on yet another ringing phrase to get attention temporarily on the issue on Tuesday night, I hope to hear the president introduce a 12-step program to end this country’s addiction to oil from overseas sources, which distorts our foreign policy and contributes dramatically to environmental destruction.”

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Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton: “In President Bush’s last five State of the Union addresses, the President has addressed and the need for a rational, comprehensive energy policy and the need to move toward greater energy independence. And in his State of the Union address one year ago, President Bush pronounced America’s addiction to oil. Yet, despite these proclamations, the United States’ dependence on foreign oil has continued to grow. This dependence puts our economy and our national security at great risk. Last week, the House passed the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, which makes a significant down payment on our vision to diversify our energy sources and to create an entire spectrum of good-paying jobs in America. I have spent much of my professional career researching the benefits of clean energy sources. I know not only how critical a problem our energy dependence has become, but also how many viable solutions currently exist. I call upon the President today to work with us to immediately address the critical nature of this problem.”

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Fremont, chairman of the Ways and Means Health Subcomittee: “The President’s so-called health care proposal won’t help the uninsured, most of whom have limited incomes and are already in low tax brackets. But it will hurt middle-income Americans, whose employers will shift even more cost and risk to their employees. Much like Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, gold-plated health insurance plans are a figment of President Bush’s imagination. As health care costs continue to rise, more and more people will be deemed to have ‘gold-plated’ coverage, even as insurance companies pay a smaller share of health care costs. The result? Higher taxes, higher premiums, and higher costs for working families. Under the guise of tax breaks, the President is pursuing a policy designed to destroy the employer-based health care system through which 160 million people receive coverage. But in the individual insurance market, people will be denied coverage because of family history, existing illnesses or genetic makeup. They’ll also be unable to take advantage of the cost savings that currently result from sharing risk company-wide. The private health care market will never provide reliable and affordable health care to all people. Instead of building on what’s broken, we should build on what works. Medicare provides universal coverage to seniors citizens and people with disabilities at a lower cost than do private plans, and with more stability. Medicare, not the individual market, is the best model for health care reform.”