Press Releases
Press Release
June 13, 2014
"Last weekend I was in Normandy with a very strong bipartisan delegation led by Buck McKeon, the chair of the Armed Services Committee. We were observing the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was quite wonderful to see the patriots. We spent most of our time with the veterans, hearing their stories. Yesterday, members of our Caucus sat down for our regular roundtable meeting with the Veterans Service Organizations. We heard their suggestions about how we can work together. They want us to work in a bipartisan way, and that is what the Senate did yesterday. So we are very pleased with the bill that passed overwhelmingly, the VA reform legislation."
Press Release
June 12, 2014
“This proposed rule change is good news for our students and our city. I commend the ACCJC for providing a good-cause extension to City College and for upholding the rigorous academic, management and financial standards necessary for the college's success."
Press Release
June 11, 2014
“With today’s vote, the Senate acted to restore confidence in our nation’s solemn pledge to our veterans: that just as the military leaves no one behind on the battlefield, we must leave no veteran behind when they come home."
Press Release
June 11, 2014
“Today, Republicans in the House and the Senate once again showed their contempt for the millions of American burdened by crushing student loan debt. By blocking action on this growing and urgent crisis, Republicans have once again stood with millionaires over young Americans."
Press Release
June 10, 2014
“It has been 51 years since President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, affirming women’s right to equal pay for equal work, and taking an important first step to ending the injustice of paying women less than men for the same work. In the decades since, our nation has continued to take steps towards paycheck fairness, including the landmark Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the first bill President Obama signed into law in 2009. However, there is still much, much more to be done."
Press Release
June 9, 2014
“Today, the number of Americans who have lost this vital emergency support hit three million. This milestone is a heartbreaking reminder of House Republicans’ shameless disregard for the hardship facing these families – men and women who worked hard and played by the rules, who lost their jobs through no fault of their own, and who are now forced to brave the crisis of long-term unemployment without this essential lifeline. As long as Republicans continue to abdicate their responsibility to the American people, families will suffer and our economy will lose jobs."
Press Release
June 9, 2014
“Education is the best investment we can make in our children, in ourselves, and in our nation’s future. Yet growing student loan debt is holding back a generation of Americans – hurting our economy and weighing on the lives of millions of young people. Reducing the burden of these loans is critical to strengthening our economy and ensuring that all Americans have access to the quality, affordable education they need to succeed."
Press Release
June 6, 2014
“Our economy continues to make progress. But there is more we can and should be doing to create jobs, strengthen the middle class, and build an economy that works for everyone, not just the wealthy."
Press Release
June 6, 2014
“On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 troops headed across the English Channel to seize a fragile beachhead from which the Allies could drive Hitler’s armies back into Germany. They jumped from planes, glided into fields, and charged up beaches under long odds and withering fire. They fought for democracy, they fought for freedom, they fought for loved ones and liberation, and they fought that the world might once more know peace."
Press Release
June 4, 2014
“Seven decades later, we are still humbled and awed by the audacity, the bravery and the sacrifice of the Normandy landings,” said Leader Pelosi. “Neither our nation, nor any nation that cherishes the blessings of liberty fought for, bled for and died for on D-Day can ever forget its memory. We continue to owe the heroes of that courageous day a great debt, and our Congressional delegation is honored to help pay tribute to them.”