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Pelosi Statement on House GOP Plan to Force Vote on TrumpCare Without Updated CBO Score
March 17, 2017
Republicans are terrified the American people will see the reality of their disastrous TrumpCare bill. If the GOP are afraid of the public having the facts about their bill, they shouldn’t be voting on it.
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Transcript of Pelosi Press Conference Today
March 16, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today.  Below is a transcript of the press conference.

Leader Pelosi.  Good morning.  Are you all ready for St. Patrick's Day?  We have a little earlier start because we have our traditional St. Patrick's Day lunch today, and it is always a happy occasion.  And while I do not have Irish grandparents, I do have Irish grandchildren named Sean and Ryan, who all of us are celebrating today.

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Pelosi Remarks at House Democrats’ Hearing on the Impact of House Republican ‘Pay More For Less’ Repeal Bill
March 16, 2017
Thank you very much, Whip Hoyer, for bringing us together and for your extraordinary leadership on this. It certainly, I accept your compliment on behalf of all our Members who had the courage, the intellect, the wisdom and judgement to support the legislation as we go forward and always recognizing there’s never been a perfect bill in Congress and that there would be opportunities to improve as we saw implementation, so thank you for this very important hearing.
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Pelosi Statement on President Trump’s FY2018 Budget Blueprint
March 16, 2017
President Trump is not making anyone more secure with a budget that hollows out our economy and endangers working families. Throwing billions at defense while ransacking America’s investments in jobs, education, clean energy and lifesaving medical research will leave our nation weakened.
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Pelosi Statement on Nationwide Ruling Against Repackaged Muslim & Refugee Ban
March 15, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after a federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on President Trump's repackaged Muslim and refugee ban:

"The Trump Administration's repackaging did nothing to change the immoral, unconstitutional and dangerous goals of their Muslim and refugee ban.  It was the same ban, driven by the same dangerous discrimination, and today, it met the same defeat in court.

"Yet another judge has found that the true unconstitutional purpose of President Trump's Muslim ban is revealed in the hateful rhetoric and prejudice that dominated his campaign.

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Pelosi Statement on President Trump’s Threat to Roll Back Fuel Economy Standards
March 15, 2017
Congress passed a bold, bipartisan energy bill signed by President Bush in 2006 to increase fuel efficiency standards, put money back in consumers’ wallets, clean our air, and protect our climate. President Trump claims he wants to create good-paying manufacturing jobs, then targets the achievements that have bolstered American innovation and strengthened our clean energy future.
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Pelosi Letter to Speaker Ryan: No House Vote Without Updated CBO Report Following Rules Committee Amendments
March 15, 2017
Today, following reports Republicans are planning major amendments to their Pay More For Less bill at the Rules Committee, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Ryan on insisting that Republicans not force the House to vote without an updated Congressional Budget Office (CBO) score on the final legislation.
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Pelosi Statement on the Passing of Congressman Eligio ‘Kika’ de la Garza, II
March 15, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi today released this statement on the passing of Congressman Eligio ‘Kika' de la Garza, who passed away this week at age 89:

"Congressman Eligio ‘Kika' de la Garza was a proud champion of hard-working American families in Texas and in the Congress.  His patriotism and public service embodied the best of America.

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Pelosi Statement on GOP Sabotage Campaign to Lower ACA Enrollment
March 15, 2017
Washington, D.C. — Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after it was announced that enrollment in the Affordable Care Act's insurance Marketplaces under President Trump declined compared to last year's enrollment under President Obama:

"The Republican Pay More For Less bill is a moral monstrosity that will devastate working families across America.  With no way to sell it to their constituents, Republicans continue to grasp at straws to justify their disastrous bill.  Part of that effort has been Republicans' cynical and willful campaign to depress Americans' enrollment for 2017 in the affordable health coverage on the Marketplaces.

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Pelosi Transcript of Press Event Joining ‘Save My Care' Bus Tour to Speak Out Against GOP #PayMoreForLess Bill
March 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi joined Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Doctor Alice Chen of Doctors for America, and Americans who benefit from the Affordable Care Act to hold a press event to mark the end of the ‘Save My Care' bus tour and to call on Congressional Republicans not to take health coverage away from millions with their ‘Pay More For Less' bill.  Below are the Leader's opening and closing remarks, followed by the question and answer session.

Leader Pelosi's Opening Remarks:

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