Press Releases

"The thoughts and prayers of the entire Congress rest with the family, friends, and loved ones of Senator Ted Stevens."

"Increased funding for renewable energy projects that create jobs here at home and reduce our dependence on dirty and foreign fuels have been a top economic, national security, and environmental priority of Speaker Pelosi."

"This is about innovation--innovation that is created here with our creativity and the benefit of our education system and our entrepreneurial spirit and the rest. And then it says when we have the idea and we create the innovation, that we create the jobs here to produce it, to manufacture it and not to scale up overseas."

"Today the House acted to strengthen our border security and reduce violence along our nation's Southwest border, providing a total of $600 million in vitally-needed border security funds."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi was joined by Members of the House Democratic Caucus, Cathy Johnson, a retired schoolteacher from Columbus, Ohio, Loris Welch, a teacher from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Stella Edwards, President of the President of Chesterfield County Council of PTAs/PTSAs from Chesterfield, Virginia at a ceremony in the Capitol this afternoon to sign H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act.

"Taking a page out of the failed Bush playbook, Congressional Republicans want to saddle future generations with nearly $700 billion in debt to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest few, while opposing a fully paid-for jobs bill that reduces the deficit and keeps teachers in the classroom and police officers on the beat."

"The first responsibility of the Congress and all of our nation's leaders is to protect the American people. To fulfill that duty, we must honor the service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform by giving them the resources they need to succeed on battlefields abroad and keep us safe here at home."

“Forty-five years ago today, President Lyndon Johnson stood with Members of Congress in the Capitol Rotunda to sign the Voting Rights Act and to assert the fundamental right of every American citizen to participate in our democracy."