Press Releases
Press Release
April 28, 2014
“In that same spirit, let us always embrace hope and demonstrate that Anne Frank was right; through our actions, let us build a future of peace and tranquility, justice, equality, and freedom for all.”
Press Release
April 28, 2014
"These are very serious charges. Therefore, I request that you and your colleagues in the House Republican Conference remove Mr. Grimm from his position on the House Financial Services Committee, pending the resolution of this matter. I look forward to your response. "
Press Release
April 26, 2014
“The Speaker can deliver as many platitudes as he wants; no amount of rhetoric can hide the failures of this Republican Congress. Doing nothing is not an agenda – it’s a disgrace. It’s time for Republicans to cooperate with Democrats to put people to work, lift up and expand the middle class, and build an economy that works for everyone.”
Press Release
April 26, 2014
“These Popes’ messages of peace and hope lift our hearts and strengthen our souls. As Pope Francis leads the canonization ceremony in St. Peter’s Square on Divine Mercy Sunday, I join with my fellow Catholics, and people of all faiths, in celebrating their inspiring leadership and this historic occasion. For this joyous ceremony, Congress could have no more fitting representative than Congressman Xavier Becerra, and I am especially proud President Obama has named him to the Presidential Delegation.”
Press Release
April 24, 2014
“On this occasion, we remember the nightmare that forever silenced the voices of more than 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children – a staggering crime that that was unequivocally described by international observers as a ‘campaign of race extermination.’ We must never forget this dark hour of history."
Press Release
April 24, 2014
“I urge Internet entrepreneurs, experts, and users to contact the FCC to make their voices heard and urge the Commissioners to establish rules of the road that protect the freedom, entrepreneurship and openness that must always define the Internet and American innovation.”
Press Release
April 22, 2014
“We must continue to fight to ensure that all Americans have the chance to attend college, to be heard in the political process, and to succeed in the global economy.”
Press Release
April 22, 2014
“In this location, the Warriors become a part of our civic and federal commitment led by Mayor Ed Lee and mayors before him to revitalize the Central Waterfront and Bayview Communities, along with transforming the Hunters Point Shipyard, completing the Central Subway and Third Street Light Rail, and restoring Pier 70 as a center of manufacturing, arts and retail."
Press Release
April 21, 2014
“We cannot afford to deny the reality of climate change, or to roll back our commitment to a sustainable future for all the generations to come. Yet, all too often, our environment has come under direct assault from our Republican colleagues’ toxic political games. We will need to work together if we are to meet the challenge before us. On this Earth Day, let us embrace our shared stewardship of this planet, preserve our environment, strengthen our economy, and avert the crisis of climate change.”
Press Release
April 17, 2014
“So, thank you for the opportunity to be here in a religious setting. Because we are on safer ground when we’re talking about immigration. It’s in the Bible: the Good Samaritan, he was an outsider; Deuteronomy talks about the Jews being foreigners when they came to Egypt. So if we do believe – as my colleagues, with their insistance upon faith over science and the rest – if we do believe in the dignity and worth of every person, that spark of divinity, I remind them: not only is it in every one that we encounter, but that spark of divinity is in ourselves. And we have to act upon that."