Press Releases
Press Release
June 18, 2020
Today is a joyous and proud day for our country, as the Supreme Court has rejected the Trump Administration’s illegal, immoral assault on young immigrants who make America more American, which the Court rightfully found to be ‘arbitrary and capricious.’ The Court’s decision upholds our values, the law and the will of the American people. Dreamers have the overwhelming support of the public, with more than three out of four voters saying Dreamers should be allowed to stay – including more than two-thirds of Republicans.
Press Release
June 18, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to Cheryl Johnson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, requesting the removal of portraits of the previous House Speakers who served in the Confederacy from display in the U.S. Capitol.
Press Release
June 17, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Brianna Keilar on CNN’s Newsroom to discuss the Congressional response to the killing of George Floyd, including Democrats’ transformational legislation, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020, and other news of the day.
Press Release
June 17, 2020
House Democrats hope to work in a bipartisan way to pass legislation that creates meaningful change to end the epidemic of racial injustice and police brutality in America. The Senate proposal of studies and reporting without transparency and accountability is inadequate. The Senate’s so-called Justice Act is not action.
Press Release
June 17, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement marking five years since the racist act of violence that killed nine parishioners at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. on June 17, 2015
Press Release
June 16, 2020
The President’s Executive Order on policing was not the sweeping change many have been calling for, including our next guest who said in response to the President, ‘During this moment of national anguish, we must insist on bold change, not meekly surrender to the bare minimum.’
Press Release
June 16, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. and others for a press event in support of H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, which would finally grant the District of Columbia statehood.
Press Release
June 16, 2020
The President’s weak Executive Order falls sadly and seriously short of what is required to combat the epidemic of racial injustice and police brutality that is murdering hundreds of Black Americans. The Executive Order lacks meaningful, mandatory accountability measures to end misconduct. During this moment of national anguish, we must insist on bold change, not meekly surrender to the bare minimum.
Press Release
June 15, 2020
Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s The Situation Room to discuss the Congressional response to the killing of George Floyd, including Democrats’ transformational legislation, the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, and other news of the day.
Press Release
June 15, 2020
The Republican Senators are turning their backs on the American people. Senator McConnell says he is the Grim Reaper and indeed he is. Every day the GOP Senate delays, more lives and livelihoods are lost.