Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has recommended to the Democratic Caucus that Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California be appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. The full Democratic Caucus is expected to consider the nomination tomorrow.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has recommended to the Democratic Caucus that Congressman Jimmy Panetta of California be appointed to the House Armed Services Committee. The full Democratic Caucus is expected to consider the nomination tomorrow.

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee unveiled a bill that includes $1.6 billion in taxpayer funds for President Trump’s border wall:

There’s no escaping it: the Trump Campaign’s inner circle met with an agent of a hostile foreign power to influence the outcome of an American election. The American people face a White House riddled with shadowy Russian connections and desperate to hide the truth.

More than six months into the Congress, House Republicans are still flailing on their basic responsibility to pass a budget. Another delay, another sign of a House Republican Conference floundering and frightened of revealing the true job-killing disaster of their Billionaires First budget plans.

The reports from President Trump’s private, two-hour meeting with Putin leave the American people asking why the President continues to fawn over Putin instead of standing up for the integrity of America’s democracy. U.S. intelligence officials have concluded with high confidence that Russia intervened in the 2016 election, but Trump still refuses to accept this truth.

June's jobs report shows an economy where American workers still aren't getting the bigger paychecks they deserve. Despite all the Trump Administration's promises, automakers and other industries are shipping American jobs overseas, and the White House offers nothing but tweets. Hard-working Americans are being left behind by a Republican Congress and Administration that haven't lifted a finger to create good-paying jobs or raise wages.

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after Walter Shaub, the government’s top ethics official, announced his early resignation: