Press Releases
Press Release
January 9, 2014
"So again, it is not just about meeting the needs of people, which is an important responsibility we have. When it comes to the economy, it is very important to have this stimulus. Actually, food stamps and unemployment benefits, while we would like to create many more jobs to reduce the need for them, as it turns out, they are the fastest way to inject demand into the economy."
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“Again, I thank the Congressional Black Caucus, and Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and Marcia Fudge, the Chair of the Caucus, for bringing us together this morning. Thank you my darlings.”
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, we must renew our commitment to rooting out poverty in America. It is time to restore emergency unemployment insurance for the more than 1.3 million Americans still searching for work who were cut off from this critical lifeline right in the middle of the holidays. It is time to create jobs and restore fairness for the hard working men and women of America by raising the minimum wage. It is time to end poverty in this nation.”
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“Congresswoman McCarthy is a champion for empowering women, for strengthening education, and for robust financial reforms to improve transparency and protect consumers from abuses of Wall Street. Her sensibility and strength have been a tremendous asset to our caucus and the Congress, and she will be missed by friends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle.”
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“Congressman McIntyre is a strong voice for the people of his district, and he has never hesitated to do what he thinks is best. He will be missed by friends on both sides of the aisle, and we wish him well in all his future endeavors.”
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“Congresswoman Katherine Clark will be an excellent addition to the Committee on Natural Resources,” said Leader Pelosi. “With her dedication to conservation, fighting climate change, and ending our dependence on fossil fuels, Congresswoman Clark will be an important voice against Republicans’ relentless attempts to roll back critical environmental protections. We are fortunate to have her passion on the Committee on Natural Resources.”
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“Our commitment is to be as described by Senator Jack Reed: relentless, persistent, dissatisfied until we get this done. It is inevitable to us that it will happen. It may be inconceivable to some Republicans that it will happen soon. We have to shorten the distance between the inevitable to us and the inconceivable to them."
Press Release
January 8, 2014
“We welcome these new board members, and thank all of the board members and alternates for their service,” Speaker Boehner and Leader Pelosi said. ”The Office of Congressional Ethics continues to have an important role in the ethics enforcement process for the House of Representatives.”
Press Release
January 7, 2014
“House Republicans must end their shortsighted and immoral insistence on leaving these Americans out in the cold. Failure to extend unemployment insurance will cost the economy 240,000 jobs over the next year, slowing our recovery and making it even harder for unemployed Americans to find work. It is time for House to act.”
Press Release
January 7, 2014
“To cut funding or limit funding is not reducing the deficit. It’s increasing the deficit. So we all know that investment in people is what community is about. And that’s why I am so excited to be here today, certainly to support the Mayor on his leadership on this issue and all of the official family of San Francisco in every way. I think that there might be some questions for all of you, since you were very specific in your presentations. And we maybe can take a couple of questions from the press on why we’re here, why it’s important to us, and why we will succeed in not underutilizing any resources – not time, not education, not the beautiful City College of San Francisco.”