Press Releases
Press Release
July 27, 2018
Here we are this morning, maybe the last time for many weeks to come, because today the Republican majority closes down the House for 5 weeks, heading home after months spent stacking the deck for the special interests, mortgaging our future with their tax scam for the rich and dismantling families' health care.
Press Release
July 27, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today commemorating the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which was signed into law on July 26, 1990:
Press Release
July 27, 2018
Washington, D.C – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, other Democratic Members of Congress and advocates to introduce the 2018 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act [VAWA]. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
Press Release
July 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that she will lead a Congressional delegation visit to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands focusing on hurricane recovery efforts, beginning Thursday, July 26.
Press Release
July 25, 2018
Leader Pelosi. Good morning everyone. It is my honor to be here with my colleagues, the Co-Chairs of our Seniors Task Force, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Congresswoman Doris Matsui of California and our special guests Pat Cotton, Ron Thompson and Dr. Nicky Mehtani and so many organizations who are here who will join us in celebrating what will be, on Monday, the 53rd birthday of Medicare. Fifty three years – that will be on Monday – 53 years ago, our government made a fundamental promise of dignity and security for seniors and working families when President Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law.
Press Release
July 24, 2018
Washington, D.C – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Congressman Bobby Scott, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and fellow House Democrats to unveil the Aim Higher Act which is a sweeping reauthorization of the Higher Education Act that reflects a vision for an accessible, affordable higher education system. Below are the Leader's remarks:
Leader Pelosi. Thank you very much Mr. Cicilline and thank you for your great leadership as [co-] chair of our Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. We're all here to honor the work of, continuing the praises of our Ranking Member Bobby Scott.
Press Release
July 24, 2018
Leader Pelosi. Good afternoon everyone. I’m delighted to be up here today. This community did more to educate the American people about what was wrong about what the Republicans were doing, trying to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
Press Release
July 24, 2018
“Today marks nine years since hard-working Americans earning the federal minimum wage had their last pay raise. A Democratic Congress acted to deliver bigger paychecks to working men and women trying to make ends meet, but the GOP Congress has put the bank accounts of the special interest ahead of the wages of working families.
Press Release
July 24, 2018
“We’ve seen this scam before. Republicans make a bunch of empty promises to the middle class and then write a bill that ultimately hands 83 percent of the tax cuts to the wealthiest 1 percent.
Press Release
July 22, 2018
“Despite President Trump’s repeated claims, these documents provide clear evidence of ‘Russia’s coordination with Carter Page,’ a high-ranking Trump campaign official, ‘to undermine and improperly and illegally influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.’