Press Releases

“Congresswoman Lofgren has demonstrated tremendous leadership in her 15 years of service to the House of Representatives, including her eight years on the House Ethics Committee,” Pelosi said. “With this appointment, she will hold Members of Congress to the highest ethical standard."

“Tuesday, on the steps of the Capitol, we will inaugurate the 44th President of the United States. From the inaugural platform, President Obama will look across the expanse of the National Mall to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where one of America's most courageous and compassionate prophets of peace -- Reverend Martin Luther King -- called upon our nation to fulfill the promise of its founding dream for all of our people."

“Chairman Waxman has set an aggressive timetable for action to reduce global warming and our dependence on foreign oil. I share his sense of urgency and his belief that we cannot afford another year of delay."

“The Senate has cleared the release of the second half of TARP, but now the process must ensure that there will be full accountability and transparency to the taxpayers and that substantial assistance will go to homeowners facing foreclosure. That was Congress' original intent, which was ignored by the Bush Administration."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today that the House Democratic Steering Committee has nominated appointments to the House Agriculture Committee, House Education & Labor Committee, House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Judiciary Committee, House Natural Resources Committee, House Oversight & Government Reform Committee, House Science & Technology Committee, House Small Business Committee, and House Veterans' Affairs Committee.

“With the election of the New Direction Congress two years ago, the American people spoke clearly for change. They demanded change in the way we do business in Washington, and they demanded that Congress restore accountability and oversight to government. The America people saw clearly the consequences of lack of oversight: massive waste, fraud, and abuse. They saw this in the tragic mismanagement of Hurricane Katrina-related contracts, and in the woefully mismanaged Iraq reconstruction effort."

“Good afternoon. This is indeed a happy day for us and we have some very special guests to celebrate with. Passage of the bipartisan children's health insurance bill is a monumental achievement for our children, and for our country, and certainly for this Congress. With a strong bipartisan vote, the House brought us one step closer to providing 11 million children with health care."

“Good afternoon. We are about to go into a bicameral House and Senate Democratic leadership meeting to make further progress on the economic recovery package. All afternoon, House Democratic leaders and relevant chairmen were meeting to go over the particulars of the package as we saw it."