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Fifty-six years ago, our nation achieved one of the greatest legislative triumphs in our history when President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. At the signing ceremony, President Johnson said, ‘those who founded our country knew that freedom would be secure only if each generation fought to renew and enlarge its meaning.’ On this anniversary, we celebrate generations of Americans who fought to advance progress and recognize this generation of courageous Americans who are peacefully protesting to secure the blessings of equality and justice enshrined in the Civil Rights Act.

Unemployment continues to be higher than any previous period since World War II. We have reached 15 straight weeks of more than 1 million Americans applying for unemployment insurance and tens of thousands of new coronavirus cases reported each day, as the critical lifelines that are helping to keep American families and communities above water expire. Economists, scientists and even the Chair of the Fed have indicated that if we don’t deliver the investments in The Heroes Act, we will end up in a worse place economically and health wise.

As we vote for a brief extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, I continue to call on the Trump Administration to release the data of who has received its benefits. The Administration’s breathtaking lack of transparency continues to raise serious questions as to why the Administration is failing to ensure this lifeline reaches the small businesses in our most impacted communities.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after the House passed the Hong Kong Autonomy Act, legislation to impose mandatory sanctions on entities that violate China's obligations to Hong Kong under the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law, by unanimous consent

Joining us now, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the passage of H.R. 2, the Moving Forward Act, House Democrats’ transformative infrastructure package For The People

It is with great sadness that I come here, because we had such optimism and such hope. The U.S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan, House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans, with one voice in defense of those who are oppressed by Beijing and in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of Hong Kong.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour to discuss the Administration’s handling of intelligence indicating that Russia placed bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the latest on the Congressional response to the coronavirus pandemic and other news of the day.