Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning.
We have the Prime Minister of Ireland here for our traditional lunch in the Capitol, so it's a pretty exciting time.
In the meantime, the day job always goes on and, today, we're having continuing conversations with the Administration on legislation that puts families first.
We're very proud of the work that the Congress did last week with an $8.3 billion legislation to meet the needs of social and health services organizations, state and local government, testing, all the rest of that. Testing, testing, testing: so very important so we can have an idea of the size of the challenge but also that we first and foremost can meet the needs of those who test positive.
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the House passed Senator Tim Kaine's Joint Resolution limiting the President's military action in Iran:
"Today, the House proudly joined a bipartisan majority in the Senate to reassert the war powers reserved to us by the Constitution and to honor our first responsibility as Members of Congress: to keep the American people safe. Congress has an urgent responsibility to defend our constitutional authorities and our democracy's system of separation of powers – particularly as the President claims that Article II means he can do ‘whatever he wants.'
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the House reached a bipartisan agreement to reauthorize FISA:
"Democrats are pleased to have reached this strong, bipartisan FISA agreement, which strikes the balance between protecting Americans' security and their civil liberties. We salute the leadership of Chairman Jerry Nadler and Chairman Adam Schiff on this important agreement.
"This agreement updates our laws to keep the American people safe, including: