Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, Chairwoman Joyce Beatty, Congressman Tom Rice and the family of Former Representative Joseph H. Rainey to unveil "The Joseph H. Rainey Room" in the U.S. Capitol. In December 2020, the 116th Congress unanimously passed H.R. 1253, designating Room H-150 of the U.S. Capitol as "The Joseph H. Rainey Room" to commemorate 150 years since Representative Joseph H. Rainey, our nation's first African American Congressman, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement after President Biden announced that the leader of ISIS, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in a counterterrorism operation in northwestern Syria:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 4521, the America COMPETES Act of 2022. Below are the Speaker's remarks:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Caucus has approved the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee's recommendation that Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who was sworn in on January 18th to represent Florida's 20th Congressional District, join the House Education & Labor Committee and the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs for the 117th Congress.

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on House Democrats holding one thousand events across the nation highlighting the historic investments in workers and communities in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and HBCU Caucus Founder and Co-Chair Alma Adams issued the following joint statement:

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of designating the facility of the United States Postal Service in Atlanta, Georgia as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Building" and the facility in Petaluma, California as the "Lynn C. Woolsey Post Office Building." Below are the Speaker's remarks: