Press Releases
"The Trump Administration's repackaging has done nothing to change the immoral, unconstitutional and dangerous goals of their Muslim and refugee ban. This is the same ban, with the same purpose, driven by the same dangerous discrimination that weakens our ability to fight terror.
"The President's conduct over the weekend emphasizes how little regard he has for reality. As the leaked reports from Homeland Security exposed, the White House has desperately sought to invent an after-the-fact justification for its baldly prejudiced and unconstitutional Muslim and refugee ban. Protecting the American people requires us to be strong and smart, not reckless and rash.
Leader Pelosi. Good morning. Wow, what a week, huh?
Last night, we learned that Jeff Sessions, the Attorney General of the United States, lied under oath to his colleagues in the Senate and to the American people about his communications with the Russians.
There are standards of professional conduct for attorneys, especially the top law enforcement officer in our country. What is the message that that sends to the country, to the lawyers in the State Department, to the American Bar Association, which has standards of professional conduct, to the State of Alabama, which has standards for professional conduct for its attorneys?
"Attorney General Sessions' narrow recusal and his sorry attempt to explain away his perjury are totally inadequate. He is clearly trying to maintain his ability to control the larger investigation into the sprawling personal, political and financial grip Russia has on the Trump Administration.
"Attorney General Sessions' lies to the Senate and to the American people make him unfit to serve as the chief law enforcement officer of our country. He must resign immediately."
"The top law enforcement officer of the United States cannot be a person who lies under oath to the American people. Attorney General Sessions' impartiality was already suspect, now we know he does not have the integrity to lead the Department of Justice.
"Jeff Sessions lied under oath during his confirmation hearing before the Senate. Under penalty of perjury, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee, ‘I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I did not have communications with the Russians.' We now know that statement is false.
"Attorney General Sessions has never had the credibility to oversee the FBI investigation of senior Trump officials' ties to the Russians. That is why Democrats have consistently called for Sessions to recuse himself from any oversight of the investigation.
"If Republicans are too terrified of their constituents to make their plan to destroy affordable health care public, they shouldn't try to make it law. With no public hearings and no CBO score, Republicans have chosen a cowardly process to Make America Sick Again before their constituents realize the damage that could be done.
"Each Women's History Month, Americans pay tribute to the courageous women who have strengthened our great democracy. We honor the women whose labor and advocacy, leadership and sacrifice have moved America closer to fulfilling our highest ideals.
"One hundred years ago this year, Jeannette Rankin, a suffragist, became the first woman elected to Congress. By fighting for and winning the right to vote, women created a more just future for all of our families. Women at the vanguard of change remind us that nothing is more wholesome to our democracy than the increased participation of women in the political process.