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. Good morning.

Here we are, back from the July Fourth district work period. Did you have an enjoyable holiday? I hope so.

How about the women's national team? Wasn't that just a spectacular way to spend a Sunday morning? Apart from going to church, of course. I went Saturday night.

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Leader Chuck Schumer and House and Senate Democrats held a press conference showing the faces of Americans who would be hurt if the Trump Administration and Republicans succeed in their effort to strike down protections for people with pre-existing conditions and the entire Affordable Care Act in Texas v. U.S. Below are the Speaker's remarks.

Speaker Pelosi. Alright Mr. Schumer. Thank you, Mr. Leader.

[Applause]

Leader Schumer. That was a good clap.

[Laughter]

Speaker Pelosi. That was a real clap.

[Laughter]

Thank you to Leader Schumer for bringing us together here, on the steps of the U.S. Senate, to speak out on behalf of all of the American people.

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla for a press conference marking Democrats' Election Security Week of Action. Below are the Speaker's remarks:

Speaker Pelosi. Good morning.

As we continue to observe the birth of our nation, the Fourth of July – Declaration of Independence, isn't that – it's so exciting, the courage of our Founders to have a vision, to act upon it, to declare our independence based on the principle that all people are created equal. It was just remarkable, unheard of.

They, at the time of the Revolution, following the Declaration, Thomas Paine proclaimed, ‘The times have found us.' We think the times have found us now.

Dear Democratic Colleague,

As we return from our Fourth of July observances, we must also observe the challenges our country faces: the challenge of the horrible conditions children endure at the border and the challenge to an accurate count in the Census by the Trump Administration.

Whether or not the President responds to our request to improve medical care standards for the health and safety of children, and while Senator McConnell still refuses to help the children suffering in these deplorable conditions, we must lead a Battle Cry across America to protect the children.

Legislation is necessary, and Members visiting the border have made several suggestions as we move forward:

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Department of Labor issued its June jobs report:

"The June job numbers are an improvement over May's dreadful report, but hard-working Americans are still struggling under the Trump Administration's disastrous special interest agenda.

"As the cost of living soars, too many hard-working Americans are being forced to work multiple jobs just to provide for themselves and their families. While the wealthy and well-connected have been further enriched by the GOP's special interest giveaways, hard-working men and women earning the federal minimum wage are falling further and further behind. Our economy must work for everyone, not just the wealthy and privileged few.

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on a bicameral amicus brief in the cases of Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express, Inc. v. Melissa Zarda, et al., and R.G. and G. R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc. v. Stephens urging the Supreme Court to hold that discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity constitutes sex discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act:

San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump Administration's request for a stay of the district court's injunction barring the Trump Administration from using reprogrammed funds for the border wall in Sierra Club v. Trump. The House participated in the case as amicus curiae in support of the Sierra Club.

"Our Founders did not want a monarchy, they wanted a democracy. They gave Congress the exclusive power of the purse under the Constitution, and made the Executive subject to the laws passed by Congress.

Dear Democratic Colleague,

On the Fourth of July, as we celebrate the birth of America's independence and the blessings of liberty, I am writing to thank you for your continued leadership to honor the oath we take to protect and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic.

To that end, the good news last week was that we passed the Securing America's Federal Elections (SAFE) Act, to protect the sanctity of our vote and our electoral system, so central to our democracy. With passage of this important legislation, we continue to build on the promise of H.R. 1, the For The People Act.