Press Releases

“Once again, House Republicans are choosing to spend their time stacking the deck for the special interests and against hard-working American families. Instead of creating good-paying jobs and raising wages, Republicans are trying to gut vital consumer and investor protections to help the Wall Street special interests that sent us into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression."

“Matt Cartwright has consistently proven himself to be a forceful and effective champion for America’s hard-working families,” said Leader Pelosi. “Congressman Cartwright’s tireless leadership has been invaluable to House Democrats’ effort to build a stronger America for all Americans. In his new role on the Appropriations Committee, Matt Cartwright will be a powerful voice for a budget that invests in America, creates more good-paying jobs, and strengthens hard-working families.”

The agreement between the U.S. and Russia announced yesterday opens a new pathway for progress to reduce the brutal violence in Aleppo and across Syria.

As we humbly visit the sacred ground of 9/11 this year, we continue to marvel at the heroism of our first responders and the families who turned their grief into action to make America safer.

As maybe some of you know, today House and Senate Democrats were joined by Vice President Biden on the steps of the Capitol. We came together to call the Republican Congress to stop putting their special interest agenda ahead of the action to protect the American people.

We are especially proud to have Congressman Joe Kennedy III carrying forward his family’s bold legacy of service, writing his own chapter of leadership for America’s hard-working families in the House.

“Good morning everyone, as you know, in February, President Obama sent to Congress an urgent request for emergency resources to protect the American people against Zika. It is a growing public health emergency with almost 17,000 Americans, including nearly 1,600 pregnant women, already confirmed cases of Zika. The facts are these: the Department of Health and Human Services has already repurposed $670 million dollars for Zika out of other critical initiatives to protect the American people. Secretary Burwell has said, ‘We have exhausted our ability to even provide short-term financing to help with Zika.’ The CDC is on pace to virtually exhaust all of the Zika domestic response funding by the end of September. CDC Director Tom Frieden has said, ‘The cupboard is bare.’ Basically, we are out of money. We need Congress to act."