Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement following President Biden's call for a three-month suspension of the federal gas tax:

"Democrats are united in our determination to lower gas prices for families at the pump. It is unacceptable that American families are being squeezed at the pump while Big Oil rakes in massive profits at their expense in the middle of Putin's War.

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after a bipartisan group of Senators released bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation:

"The bipartisan gun violence prevention legislation released today includes a number of important steps to save lives. After the Senate passes this bill, the House will swiftly bring it to the Floor so that we can send it to President Biden's desk.

Washington, D.C. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer released this statement following a meeting of the Big Four bipartisan, bicameral leadership on the COMPETES/USICA conference:

Dear Democratic Colleague,

Today is a national holiday observing Juneteenth! Let us rejoice and be glad!!

Let us be sure the American people, especially our children, are aware of the importance of this holiday. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and gave word to enslaved African Americans that they were free — more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in recognition of World Refugee Day:

"On World Refugee Day, Americans join the international community in recognizing the plight of all who have been forced to flee from war, persecution, natural disasters and other horrors. We pray for and stand with the nearly 90 million people who have been subjected to such painful tragedies, including the millions displaced this year by Putin's brutal war against Ukraine.

San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement today in recognition of the 157th celebration of Juneteenth, which marks federal officials' enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas on June 19, 1865:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement marking seven years since the racist act of violence that killed nine parishioners at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker's remarks: