Press Releases

“Democrats are focused on creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and reducing the deficit. The Republicans' repeal of patients' rights fails on all three counts while putting insurance companies back in charge."

“I appreciated the opportunity to join Speaker Boehner in extending our welcome to President Hu Jintao to the United States Capitol. The U.S.-China economic and trade relationship, North Korea, and human and religious rights in China and Tibet were among the issues discussed at the meeting."

“Since the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, there has been bipartisan concern in the Congress about the human rights situation in China and Tibet, the support of the Chinese government for rogue states, and China's unfair trade practices, which have ballooned our trade deficit from $5 billion a year to $5 billion a week. In recent years, climate change and clean energy has also been a key focus of our relationship with China."

“Sargent Shriver's life and career are a profile in public service, a story of dedication to our nation, fidelity to our values, and commitment to strong American leadership across the globe. He marched for peace at home and served in a war abroad. He was a political activist and organizer, helping to rally a generation behind a president and a New Frontier. As the first Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, he promoted a vision of prosperity for the American people; as Ambassador to France, he served as a messenger of friendship overseas."

“Americans want Congress to focus on creating jobs, strengthening the middle class, and reducing the deficit, not the Republican plan to repeal patients' rights and hand power over our health decisions back to insurance companies,” Pelosi said. “This is the one and only hearing scheduled in Congress where Americans already benefiting from patients' rights can have their voices heard before the Republican planned repeal vote."

"Martin Luther King Jr. gave his life in the struggle against prejudice and for equality; against hatred and for brotherhood; against division and for non-violence. He offered us a message of peace, and inspired us to respect our neighbors not as members of a given race, but as fellow human beings. His mission was to 'end the long night of racial injustice;' his dream a vision of common purpose and common humanity."

“Today's report is a clarion call to follow through on our commitment to respond to the BP oil spill: to hold the oil industry accountable, to help the families and businesses of the Gulf recover and rebuild, and to better prepare for unforeseen disasters. It is also a reminder of the urgent need to develop and enact a comprehensive clean energy policy that creates jobs, protects our environment, and preserves our national security by reducing our dependence on oil."

“One year ago, tragedy struck the heart of Haiti when an earthquake wreaked havoc and devastation across the island, took the lives of tens of thousands, and left more than a million others homeless."