Press Releases

One year ago, our nation was devastated by a brutal act of hatred and murder against the Latino community in El Paso that stole 23 innocent lives and left 23 more injured. Today, our hearts remain broken, but our resolve to end the epidemic of gun violence and confront the scourge of racism, xenophobia and fear remains as strong as ever.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Jim Sciutto on CNN’s Newsroom to discuss the House-passed Heroes Act, the latest on the negotiations on the COVID-19 response package and other news of the day.

More than 54 million workers have filed initial jobless claims since the middle of March and tens of millions of Americans remain unemployed still today. And yet, last Friday, President Trump and Senate Republicans abandoned the millions of jobless workers struggling to pay their rent, put food on the table, and otherwise financially survive the coronavirus pandemic that has pushed our economy to the brink of recession when they let the expanded unemployment insurance benefits helping millions of families lapse.

This is a very different kind of negotiation, because of what is at stake. Millions of children are food insecure, millions of families are at risk of eviction, and for the nineteenth straight week, over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment insurance. Our nation's GDP also saw the biggest quarterly drop on record.

Well, this was the longest meeting we’ve had and it was more productive than the other meetings. There are many issues that are still very much outstanding where we’re apart, but we had a serious discussion and we went down piece by piece and saw where each side was at.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center

With the 2020 election a little more than three months away, the Speaker of the House made a dire statement today that the Administration is withholding information on election security from the public. To talk about this remark, I want to bring in Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer held a media availability after meeting with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to discuss further coronavirus relief legislation.