Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. And I thank the gentleman for yielding. Once again, I salute him for his leadership – the third bill in two days that he's brought to the Floor. Thank you. Yesterday for the ERA and Violence Against Women Act. Today, here we are in this legislation, here for the Dreamers.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and House Democrats for a press event ahead of House passage of H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act, and H.R. 1603, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, two vital and popular bills to modernize and reform our immigration system and secure permanent protections and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who are key to our economy and our nation. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 1620, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding and again, for his extraordinary leadership. This is quite a day for you, Mr. Chairman, with the Violence Against Women Act and the ERA, among other pieces of legislation that you are bringing to the Floor. Thank you for the very prolific and excellent work of the Judiciary Committee and for yielding the time.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined House Democrats for a press event ahead of House passage of the bipartisan 2021 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), landmark legislation to prevent and combat domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also thank you for yielding to me on the Floor for the Equal Rights Amendment legislation that we passed here with a deadline, as a point of order.
Mr. – Madam Chair, Sheila Jackson Lee, you have been constant, relentless, strong advocate, champion for both the Violence Against Women Act, and I, every chance I get I want to commend you for that because so many women in America benefit from your advocacy, your relentlessness and your persistence.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Mika Brzezinski, Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Kasie Hunt on MSNBC's Morning Joe to discussthe American Rescue Plan and other news of the day. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Mika Brzezinski. Joining us now, Democratic Speaker of the House, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi of California. Thank you so much for being on this morning. I know we'll be talking about the COVID relief bill. But first, I want to ask you about the investigation into security and everything surrounding the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
Where do we stand with a 9/11 commission to look into the tick-tock of what went wrong that day?
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi hosted President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Taoiseach Micheál Martin of Ireland, for the virtual Annual Friends of Ireland Celebration. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Hello. As Speaker of the House, it is my honor to welcome so many friends, colleagues and leaders from Ireland and Northern Ireland to this virtual Friends of Ireland celebration!
A generation ago, two Irish Americans – President Ronald Reagan and Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill – began the special, bipartisan Friends of Ireland luncheon. The next year, they were joined by Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald – hence a tradition was born.
And this year we celebrate with an Irish American President of the United States, Joe Biden.